Mendefinisikan Ulang Film Indie: Deskripsi Perkembangan Sinema Independen Indonesia

Abstract

Tulisan ini memaparkan tentang industri film independen Indonesia; mulai dari bagaimana
awal mulanya hingga saat film independen Indonesia menjadi bagian dari industri
film Indonesia kini. Dengan menggunakan historiografi yang proses penulisannya
memanfaatkan metode sejarah, tulisan ini mendeskripsikan perkembangan sinema
independen Indonesia pada era Pasca Reformasi. Sejak kemunculannya pada tahun
1970an, seperti yang terjadi di belahan dunia lain, pengaruh film independen terhadap
industri film nasional juga terlihat di Indonesia pada abad ke-20. Pada era Orde Baru,
sinema independen Indonesia digerakkan oleh sineas muda yang berada di luar industri
film mainstream. Namun dengan perkembangan teknologi serta bergantinya pemegang
kekuasaan, definisi film independen Indonesia sangat mungkin telah bertransformasi
sedemikian rupa. Kini, wajah sinema independen Indonesia tergambar dalam ragam
festival film independen dan komunitas film independen yang hadir di Indonesia serta
para sineas yang lahir dari keduanya.

This paper describes the Indonesian independent film industry, ranging from how the
it started until when it became part of the Indonesian film industry today. Employing
historiography, this paper describes the development of independent cinema in Indonesia
during the Post Reformation era. Since its emergence in the 1970s, not unline in other
parts of the world, the influence of independent films on the national film industry was
also apparent in Indonesia in the 20th century. During the New Order era, Indonesian
independent cinema was driven by young filmmakers outside the mainstream film
industry. However, the development of technology as well as the change of power holders
enabled the definitive transformation of independent film in Indonesia. Today, the face of
Indonesia independent cinema is illustrated by the variety of independent film festivals
and independent film communities as well as filmmakers who emerged from both