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KawanKawan Media Four Indonesian short films, each co-directed with a Southeast Asian counterpart, will world premiere at the Critics’ Week sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, with Jakarta-based KawanKawan Media uveiling the official trailer for the anthology on Tuesday.
The program, “Next Step Studio Indonesia 2026,” marks the first Indonesian edition of Next Step Studio, an initiative created by Critics’ Week that pairs local directors with international counterparts to co-write and co-direct short films shot in the host country. Four Indonesian directors each collaborated with a fellow Southeast Asian filmmaker: Reza Fahriyansyah with Ananth Subramaniam of Malaysia, Shelby Kho with Sein Lyan Tun of Myanmar, Reza Rahadian with Sam Manacsa of the Philippines, and Khozy Rizal with Lam Li Shuen of Singapore. All four films were shot on location in Jakarta.
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