Indonesian Movie Industry. Take 4

Post author:Zsolt Zsemba
Post published:May 18, 2024
Post category:blog,

Indonesian Literacy?

Oddly enough most big IP is taken from books. Yet most Indonesians do not read anything past getting out of school. Yet there are amazingly good writers out there. Lost in translation from book to movie because of budget or as mentioned before, the execution of the film is not on par. Sometimes it is X (Twitter) hype, and sometimes a good independent script is made into a movie by some caring, artistic individuals.

Most of the time the big-headed over-inflated egos of directors and producers manage to ruin the book anyway.

Yet there are nearly 300 million people here that need to be served up entertainment. Imagine if the movie industry was proportionally as good and as big as Hollywood!

Indowood?

It sounded much better in my head, I swear. So imagine if you invested today and the industry exploded by 20%. The screens increased by 30% and you invested today, rather than 5-10 years from now.

Aha, I Got You Now, Right?

The interest and investment time is today, not tomorrow. Will there be another COVID hit, yes there will, will there be stock market crashes and currency fluctuations, yes. Will there be business conducted under all of those circumstances? Hell yes, we know how to deal with most of these emergencies and we will recover.

So the people looking into investing and growing this industry are numerous. Where are they coming from? China, Korea, Singapore, and America. How do I know? I have talked with many and there is a growing interest in this amazingly diverse country called Indonesia.

As the country does its best to better itself, investors will flock. The currency fluctuations and political situation will always cause concern. As the literacy rate rises, as the population of Indonesia expands its horizons, better movies will be made. The movie industry is thriving and the consumer is demanding more.

Let’s hope for better movies, more investment into this sector of entertainment, and hope that we can reach all levels of Indonesians with good, well-thought-out, well written, and well produced movies.

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Zsolt Zsemba

Zsolt Zsemba has worn many different hats. He has been an entrepreneur, and businessman for over 30 years. Living abroad has given him many amazing experiences in life and also sparked his imagination for writing. After moving to Canada from Hungary at the age of 10 and working in a family business for a large part of his life. The switch from manufacturing to writing came surprisingly easily for him. His passion for writing began at age 12, mostly writing poetry and short stories. In 1999, the chance came to write scripts. Zsolt took some time off from his family business to write in Jakarta Indonesia for MD Entertainment. Having written dozens of soap operas and made for TV movies, in 2003 Zsolt returned to the family business once more. In 2018, he had the chance to head back to Asia once again. He took on the challenge to be the COO for MD Pictures and get back into the entertainment business. The entertainment business opened up the desire to write once more and the words began to flow onto the pages again. He decided to rewrite a book he began years ago. Organ House was reborn and is a fiction suspense novel while Scars is a young adult drama focused on life’s challenges. After the first two books, his desire to write not only became more challenging but enjoyable as well. After having several books completed he was convinced to publish them for your enjoyment. Zsolt does not tend to stay in one specific genre but tends to lean towards strong female leads and horror. Though he also has a few human interest books, he tends to write about whatever brews in his brain for a while.