They aim to explore alternative film networks in Asia, learning from the practices and strategies of collectives that, under political and social constraints, create spaces for the screening, production, and education of film as an art form outside the commercial film industry. In Indonesia, they explore community management and local engagement through art films, while investigating opportunities for exchange between film collectives in Japan and Indonesia, including joint workshops and screenings on the history of colonialism and film. In Thailand, they will research screenings, short film festivals, publishing, and other initiatives developed through collaboration among diverse organizations, as well as how emerging film collectives and screening venues across different cities connect and work together. Through their research and exchanges, they hope to contribute to a sustainable network of film collectives across Asia and create new opportunities for collaboration.

Profile
Atiqa KAWAKAMI
A filmmaker and a producer, Kawakami directed Pilgrimage, a documentary on the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, which received the Second Prize at the Kirin Art Award in 2001. Since then, she has worked across a wide range of works, including documentaries and collaborations with musicians. She has directed documentary shorts featuring traditional performers, including Minato-ya Koryu IN-TUNE (2015), Good Luck Charm (2016), and The Storyteller (2018). In 2023, her first feature-length film, With Each Passing Breath, was screened at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. She was selected as a fellow for the IDA’s international conference Getting Real ’24. She also founded the collective “///” and is engaged in building networks with film practitioners across Asia.

Kimi IDONUMA
While at university, she interviewed Jonas Mekas in New York and organized a screening program in Shibuya. After graduating, she worked at CINRA, Inc. for about seven years, engaging in editorial work and project planning in the arts and culture field. In 2018, she launched the independent film project Hadakeru Kōsen, through which she curates and presents film screenings, and in 2024, she undertook the nationwide distribution of There Is a Stone. From 2023 to 2025, she worked in public relations at the art gallery Toki no Wasuremono. She also writes and conducts interviews, and in 2024, co-founded the collective “///,” fostering connections among film practitioners across Asia.