Bali-Glasgow Filmmaker and Programme Exchange

Haris Yuliyanto is a filmmaker and an extracurricular film teacher at a high school in Semarang, Indonesia. Coming from a family of sailors, Haris draws deep inspiration from maritime and social issues, which he explores through his films. His debut work, Berlabuh (Anchoring), was selected for competition at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen in 2021. His latest film, Pelabuhan Berkabut (Fish, Please!), delves into the ecological disaster impacting the coastal areas of Semarang.

About Glasgow Short Film Festival

Since 2008 Glasgow Short Film Festival (GSFF) has been the leading short film event in Scotland, hosting an inclusive community of filmmakers and film lovers, showcasing ground-breaking works of visual storytelling. GSFF seek to nurture and inspire diverse forms of cinematic expression, in Scotland and around the world.

GSFF contributes to building a stronger, more diverse film sector by opening alternative routes into the industry and encouraging fresh and creative approaches to visual storytelling. Peer-to-peer exhibition and collaboration is vital in developing emerging screen talent and building resilience in the industry. GSFF not only advocates the importance of short film in progressing future generations of filmmakers, but also provides the meeting-place where collaboration can begin.

International collaborations have taken place with festivals in Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and South Korea. In 2023 with the support of the British Council we staged an extensive Lebanon focus in collaboration with Beirut Shorts. The festival was recently profiled by European cultural broadcaster ARTE. In 2019 the US magazine Moviemaker voted GSFF one of the twenty-five coolest film festivals in the world.

GSFF prioritises the provision of an inclusive and accessible exhibition context for diverse audiences. As well as introducing a range of access measures such as Pay What You Can ticketing and SDH captioning, the festival has developed relationships with community organisations and venues across the city and elsewhere in Scotland with the aim of increasing audiences from under-represented groups. The festival has an extensive schools programme at both primary and secondary level, and in 2024 screened a sizeable proportion of the festival programme to the inmates of HMP Polmont, Falkirk, alongside discussions with filmmakers and animation workshops. This has proven to be the most rewarding and instructive community project we have embarked on to date.

https://glasgowshort.org/

About Minikino

Minikino is a short film festival organization. Founded in Bali, 2002, Minikino has been working for 22 years in this field. Through monthly, all year round short film screenings and discussion, Minikino put forward its artistic achievements in contemporary short film production and exposes the latest cultural, aesthetic and social trends. It is the oldest short film festival in Indonesia and actively promotes inclusive cinema. We have a strong network with filmmakers, other national and international short film festivals.

In 2015, Minikino Film Week (MFW) initiated as the annual festival. MFW is a member of the Short Film Conference, an organization of the global short film conference since 2019, which is where we were first introduced to Glasgow Short Film Festival. Through film festivals, Minikino facilitates global intercultural meetings, believes that culture can only exist and develop with exchange, not isolation.

Minikino lives with its partners. International collaborations have taken place since 2002 with strong network of annual short film programme exchange that connect cities in Indonesia (Indonesia Raja), S-Express in South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam). We collaborate with other festivals in East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China), Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Canada, USA, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Norwegia, Poland, Spain.

Minikino organized and work independently. The organization’s running cost is solely covered by private funding, collaborators, sponsors, and occasional government’s funding as per-project basis. Minikino (Yayasan Kino Media) is the receiver of Strategic Event Fund 2022-2025, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Indonesia, as well as the Education Fund Management Institution through the 2022-2024 Cultural Endowment Fund Utilization Program. A lot of in-kind support involved and supporting various organizational activities.

https://minikino.org/en/