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FILM LAB FOR
PROFESSIONALS
2019
The first and biggest gathering of film students,
academics and practitioners from around the
world to #makeachangewithmovie in
Bali, 5-11 August 2019
Draft 1 April 2019
CINEMAWITHOUTWALL
FILM LAB FOR PROFESSIONALS 2019
"Beyond the Glitz & Glam of Bali"
INTRODUCTION
This is the first year of CINEMAWITHOUTWALL Film Lab, a platform to bring together
aspiring film students, academics and practitioners from all around the world, in a mission to
#makeachangewithmovie starting from Bali, Indonesia and annually moving to another place.
CINEMAWITHOUTWALL Film Lab is divided into two with different outputs:
Film Lab for Students
A gathering of 100 film students from around the world to make a change with movie by
producing 20 short entertaining yet meaningful movies.
Film Lab for Professionals
A gathering of 10 film academics and 10 film practitioners from around the world to discuss
and create solutions with movie, by producing 5 idea proposals in a form of video. Also to be
the judges for short movies produced by the students.
OBJECTIVES
The future of film is in the hand of our young filmmakers, but today is still in the hand of our
professional academics and practitioners. Hence, through Film Lab for Professional this 2019
will focus on the following objectives:
To create a proposal video to be proposed to related stakeholders with an idea that can be
implemented for making a change with movie.
To redefine film as, not only an entertainment, but also a weapon to create positive impacts.
To promote awareness of occuring social, cultural and environmental issues in current
location, Bali, Indonesia.
To build networks and promote collaboration between international film academics and
practitioners in critical discussions of global issues and to look for solutions with movie.
To promote a long-term relationship between educational and industrial sector, and between
each nation to prepare our future change-makers in film.
To provide a bigger platform for international film academics and practitioners for making real
changes in the university, community, country and the world with movie.
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ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS
CINEMAWITHOUTWALL Film Lab for Professionals is looking for passionate film academics
and practitioners in social film movement who are willing to commit for a week of immersion in Bali
this 5-11 August 2019. The Film Lab will provide free accomodation, transportation to venue and
food with no registration fee to enter. However, each participant will have to provide their own flight
and visa fee to Bali, Indonesia.
Those who may enter the Film Lab for Professionals are as follow:
Lecturer/researcher
Limited to 10 lecturers/researchers around the world
Lecturer/researcher in this Film Lab is defined as someone who teaches/researches
subjects related to filmmaking, communication or mass media studies in a university or
college.
Only 1 (one) representative per university.
Active lecturer/researcher and is currently teaching/researching.
Filmmaker
Limited to 5 filmmakers.
Filmmaker in this Film Lab is defined as someone who has a professional experience
more than 3 years in filmmaking related field, either in making commercial feature films,
short films (fiction/non-fiction), advertising and or music videos.
Preferably those who had won some film awards or had published his/her works
commercially.
Film stakeholders
Limited to 5 film stakeholders.
Film stakeholder in this Film Lab is defined as someone who works professionally in
film/video related subject, such as film critics, film distributors, film investor and or media
agency, with an experience of more than 3 years.
Film academics and practitioners will be selected and specially invited by our board advisors
based on resume and recommendations. Those who are interested can apply individually to
cinemawithoutwall@gmail.com by sending a letter of interest/motivation and a resume about
his related profession before 30 June 2019. All participants selected will be informed starting on
July and may send their presentations from July 1 to August 31.
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PROGRAM OVERVIEW
SCHEDULE 5-11 AUGUST 2019
TIME MON / 5 TUE / 6 WED / 7 THU / 8 FRI / 9 SAT / 10 SUN / 11
Introduction Farm to Table Focus Group Submission Evaluation of
and with Farmers Discussion and Film Lab 2019
Workshop 1 and Workshop 2
DAY "Film as Our Experiment "Engaging
Weapon" begin Stakeholders"
Visit to Presentation Screening Packing and
Canggu Session and Awarding Farewell
Night
NIGHT
Introduction and Workshop 1
Participants gather with film students to get to know each other and attend our first workshop
about “Film as Our Weapon”.
Visit to Canggu
An ice-breaking session for everyone to visit Bali’s current hippest place.
Farm to Table with Farmers
Our basecamp in Pelaga is a prime land for farming in Bali. Participants will experience the food
system in relation to Balinese culture, from seeds, planting, watering, harvesting to eating,
right on the farm.
Presentation Session
Each participant are given 10 minutes to present about himself, his related background, and his
idea to make a change with movie in relation to one (1) topic he chose. After that each participant
will be divided into 5 teams consisting of 2 academics and 2 practitioners. Each team will decide
and conduct an experiment to execute the most implementative idea.
Focus Group Discussion and Experiment
Each team begins their discussion and research experiment in Bali. They may travel, set their own
schedule, and choose the method of research. All team have to submit the proposal in a form of 5
minutes video on Saturday.
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Submission and Workshop 2
Each team submits their proposal video and attend the second workshop about
“Engaging Stakeholders”.
Screening and Awarding Night
Each proposal video will be shown inbetween students’ movies. During the screening, participants
will act as judges and decide which is the best film for Film Lab for Students.
Evaluation of Film Lab 2019
Each proposal movie will be evaluated by other participants and moderator team to discuss action
plans and to be implemented for real.
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THEME BACKGROUND
Bali is a small island with an area of 5,780 km2 and a population of 4,2 millions in 2014. But
although it is small, Bali makes up almost 40% of the total tourism revenue in Indonesia.
In 2010, Bali received the Best Island award from Travel and Leisure because of its attractive
surroundings (both mountain and coastal areas), diverse tourist attractions, excellent international
and local restaurants, the Balinese culture, religion and the friendliness of the local people. During
the same year in August, Bali also gained more recognition thanks to the movie "Eat, Pray, Love"
which was starring Julia Roberts.
"Bali is a living postcard, an Indonesian paradise that feels like a fantasy. Soak up the sun on a
stretch of fine white sand, or commune with the tropical creatures as you dive along coral ridges
or the colorful wreck of a WWII war ship. On shore, the lush jungle shelters stone temples and
mischievous monkeys. The “artistic capital” of Ubud is the perfect place to see a cultural dance
performance, take a batik or silver-smithing workshop, or invigorate your mind and body in
a yoga class."
Beside awarded as one of the World's Best Islands, ranking second after Santorini, Greece on
BBC Travel released in 2011, Tripadvisor also published on 21 March 2017, its annual list of
Travelers' Choice Awards and rewarded Bali as the top favorite destination in the world.
However, beyond the glitz & glam of how beautiful the tourism described this island, Bali cannot
be sustainable without the support of other sectors. During this Film Lab, we will discuss social,
cultural and environmental issues that participants may choose to focus and share ideas about
what we can do to improve this situation better with movie:
1. Food security
2. Land Loss
3. Quality Education
4. Human development and mental revolution
5. Youth Innovation
Page 61. Food Security
At one side, the enormous tourist population brings a great economics improvement in Bali, but in
another side it threatens the food security of the whole island. Several facts noted to know:
The farmers of Bali have been gifted with a 3,000 sqm prosperous land from their forefathers,
yet they struggle to live with only a meager income of USD 5 per day.
For hundred of years living in comfortable 2 seasons (wet and dry), farmers of Bali are not
prepared with recent unprecedented extreme weather caused by climate change.
Overdependency on mono-crops leaves no room for alternatives in the case of a poor season.
Bali cannot provide food for itself as the value of the farmer decreases and employment is
sought in tourism. 70% of vegetables, fruits, and flowers are imported from Java Island. Rice
is also imported from other countries including Vietnam, India and Myanmar.
Decades of monocropping and chemical abuse have rendered Bali's once-fertile volcanic soil
drier and nutrient-deficient.
Balinese farmers know how to plant, but not what to plant; how to harvest but not how to sell.
“Don’t be a farmer like mom and dad,” is a message passed on to all the young generations of
Balinese today. Yet, if there are no future farmers, there will be no food and no future.
2. Land Loss
The last 15 years have seen rampant development as a response to growing number of tourists,
local transmigrant and ex-pats. Farmland is being developed for tourism at a rate of 1,000 -
3,000 hectare per year. A famous proverb even says, "Javanese sells meatballs to buy a land in
Bali, while Balinese sells land to buy meatballs." For families whose only asset is their inherited
land, the lure of selling it for a large sum of money is great. There are several other reasons that
contributes to land loss:
Lack of entrepreneurship, innovative and financial management skills among local farmers.
Farming is not subsisidized by the government and cannot compete with the economic gains
offered in tourism. Furthermore, farmers tend to seek for a quick shortcut by selling their land
to gain income without long term plans.
Land speculation and money laundering have created a real estate bubble. Sellers' exorbitant
profits have fomented a sense of entitlement and greed on a scale not seen previously. This
greed supersedes thousands of years of a sacred relationship with the land and threatens the
future of Balinese culture.
Many who settle in Bali are highly interested to build private homes with pools in the middle of
the working agricultural landscape.
3. Quality Education
High quality education has an important role in reducing poverty for a long term in Bali. However,
without balancing the increase of income and quality education, such as farmers with high
education but low income in agriculture, will prefer to sell their land for tourism. Important facts to
note about farmers' education in Bali:
In 2015, approximately 50% of Balinese farmers are recorded to graduate from elementary
school and 18% from high school.
There is only one agricultural vocational school in Bali, named SMKN 1 Petang Bali, which
is owned by the government and has approximately 300 students per year with strong
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However, a quick survey in 2017 revealed that almost 90% of students at SMKN 1 Petang do
not want to be a farmer. They prefer and are encouraged by the parents to work in a hotel or
cruise. Approximately less than 10% pursued a higher degree in agriculture, but there is no
further data about the undergraduates.
A quick survey also showed that most farmers who only graduated from elementary school
cannot properly count and track the production cost, family income and expenses. The
concept of saving money is not enforced in the family, and farmers tend to live in a debt cycle.
4. Human development and mental revolution
With a low quality of education for farmers, a meager income of only USD 5 per day, and tight
competition in the tourism, there are several traits easily found among adults and the younger
generation of Balinese:
Low literacy level. In general, Indonesia ranked 60th out of 61th nations.
Lack of interest in reading and watching, due to the limited number of library, cinema and
online access to resources.
Lack of persistence to move forward, since life is fairly good with friendly climates and strong
connections in local community to help each other.
Lack of innovation to stand out as an individu. Indonesia is a collectivistic country, which
emphasizes the needs and goals of the group as a whole. The mentality of being the same
is much stronger and more enforced than being different or unique. This culture can be
observed from local businesses that tend to copy each other, instead of being unique and
support each other.
Lack of confidence and feelings of inferior to foreigners, as a result of long colonialization
and media influences that is not balance in portraying and comparing Indonesia with other
countries to local audiences.
5. Youth Innovation
Health Minister Nila Farid Moeloek at the inter-ministerial conference on the South-South and
Triangular Cooperation (SSTC), which was taking place in Bali, 18-20 September 2019 particularly
highlighted that developing countries were seeing an increase in their young and productive
population as a result of high fertility rates.
"In Indonesia, the proportion of young population is estimated to reach its peak in 2030," Nila
further said, preparation and management in dealing with these situations were necessary.
In February 2018, the number of workforce population in Bali reached 2,584,943 people.
Roughly 67% of the total estimated population.
The number that works in the formal sector reached 48%, while in the informal sector reached
52%. Those who are entrepreneurs are only 16% of this total.
Although the rate of open unemployment in Bali is only 0,7% it is wiser to start preparing the
young generations to be socio-preneurs for a more sustainable and environment-friendly business
and competition in the future.
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MECHANISM
Presentation Session
Each participant needs to submit their presentation in .pdf file by 1 July 2019 via email to
cinemawithoutwall@gmail.com
Each participant may prepares the presentation on 6 August 2019 in desired formats such
as .pptx with common types of font. Each presentation may be accompanied by a supporting
video. Participants are encouraged to conduct a survey or case study of their respective for a
realistic and relevant presentation.
Each participant will give a 10-minute presentation on their assigned topic.
Moderator will hold the Q&A session which will last for 5 minutes after the presentation.
Moderator will conclude the session after the time is up and announce the team consisting of
2 academics and 2 practitioners.
Focus Group Discussion and Experiment
Participant will be divided randomly into 5 teams consisting of 2 academics and
2 practitioners.
Each team will choose a topic and idea they would like to experiment.
Each team decide their own schedule and method of research and trial execution.
Submission and Screening
Each team must submit their result and proposal in a form of video with duration of 5 minutes.
Each team is free to use their creativity and style, as long as the video is easy to understand
by generally everyone with Indonesian subtitle.
Each video will be presented inbetween the student's movies.
Evaluation
Each video is designed to be a proposal for pitching the ideas to government, university and
other related stakeholders.
Each video must be clear, easy to understand and engaging audiences to watch.
The idea represented in the video must be implementable and help making a change with
movie in current location, Bali, Indonesia.
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