Goodfellas Boards Andini's 'Four Seasons In Java' — SkimNews
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- Goodfellas acquired international sales rights to Kamila Andini's Four Seasons In Java ahead of its world premiere in the Centrepiece programme at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Putri Marino stars as Pertiwi, a woman returning to her village after years in prison and confronting community rejection as she seeks healing from past violence.
- Forka Films (producer Ifa Isfansyah) produced the feature, an international co-production involving Indonesia, France, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.
- The project received support from the Hubert Bals Fund, Netherlands Film Fund, Sørfond and CNC France, and previously participated in CineMart (IFFR), the Berlinale Co-Production Market and the Venice Gap-Financing Market.
- Andini's prior collaboration with Goodfellas, Before, Now & Then, won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance (Laura Basuki) at Berlinale 2022.
- Andini's Yuni won the Platform Prize at Toronto 2021 and subsequently became Indonesia's submission for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars.
Why it matters: Andini has now placed three consecutive films at major festivals with Goodfellas handling international sales on her most recent two — a pattern that gives Four Seasons In Java a credible shot at the same awards-season runway Yuni rode to an Oscar submission. The seven-country co-production and backing from the Hubert Bals Fund, CNC France and the Netherlands Film Fund also mean Andini's TIFF premiere arrives with deep institutional pre-validation already locked in.
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