Mungiu's Fjord Wins Jakarta World Cinema Audience Award
The festival's only feature prize went to Cristian Mungiu's Fjord, as three Indonesian directors secured debut feature funding.
Cristian Mungiu's Fjord has won the Audience Award at Jakarta World Cinema 2026, the festival's only feature prize, according to Variety. The film had also opened the festival.
The 2026 edition closed with a screening of Banjong Pisanthanakun's Thai horror film Inherit at CGV Grand Indonesia. Executive director Frederica said more than 25,000 people attended screenings over the festival's eight days.
The festival's KlikFilm Short Movie Competition awarded its top prize to Jusuf Witjaksono's short Karim, which comes with full production and distribution funding for his debut feature from Falcon Pictures. Adam Hasyim Al Raschid's Air Pangea was named first runner-up and Ali Yafie Muzaki's The Grave of Dreams second runner-up, with each receiving full debut feature funding from KlikFilm.
Zaky Alfawwaz's Callsh#t took the short film audience award, while Michael Juan Saptayada's OTW received the Special Jury Prize. The competition drew more than 300 Indonesian shorts submitted between April and July.
Quick answers
What did Fjord win at Jakarta World Cinema 2026?
Cristian Mungiu's Fjord won the festival's Audience Award, its only feature prize. The film also opened the 2026 edition.
Who won the KlikFilm Short Movie Competition at Jakarta World Cinema 2026?
Jusuf Witjaksono won with the short Karim, earning full production and distribution funding for his debut feature from Falcon Pictures.