Ready to Become a Cinema City, DKI Provincial Government Launches Jakarta Film Commission
The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has declared its seriousness in cultivating the potential of the creative industry to support its transformation into a world-class Cinema City. One of the steps is the launch of the Jakarta Film Commission (JFC), precisely on DKI’s 499th anniversary on 26 June 2026.
Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Rano Karno, stated that the Cinema City idea stemmed from his 50 years of experience in the film world. He believes Jakarta has strong potential to become a locomotive for the creative economy. Rano noted that Jakarta has a strong foundation with the availability of human resources from the Jakarta Institute of Arts (IKJ), and is home to 80 per cent of the total 141 production houses in Indonesia.
"Film is the locomotive of the creative economy out of the 17 existing sub-sectors. It involves costumes, music, crafts, and others. To become a Cinema City, the ecosystem must be prepared, and all world cinema cities like Busan or Tokyo always start their journey with a Film Commission," said Rano Karno at CNN Indonesia Forward on Friday (26/6).
The Jakarta Film Commission is being pushed to become an integrated service centre to facilitate and support the national and international film industry in DKI. Through this institution, the DKI Provincial Government is ready to provide one-stop public services to make it easier for producers wanting to shoot. In this regard, the JFC will take over all licensing matters, from regional asset bureaucracy to coordination with the police.
"Police matters and permits, we will handle everything. You (producers) just need to work creatively without disruption," said Rano.
Besides ease of permits, the DKI Provincial Government has also prepared a number of attractive incentives, including discounts of up to 50 per cent for the use of filming locations owned by DKI Provincial Government assets such as the MRT, TransJakarta, government buildings, museums, and parks. There is also a special stimulus for national film producers through DKI Jakarta Governor Decree Number 531 of 2026 to boost the quantity and quality of local film production. The DKI Provincial Government is also ready to support film promotion and advertising in provincial public areas with a 50 per cent discount, including guaranteed publication space on mass transportation.
The Deputy Governor is optimistic that the labour-intensive film industry can create a very large multiplier effect for the regional economy. He cited the example of a film cooperation project with South Korea that used the Kota Tua area of Jakarta for two months early last year, which reportedly contributed billions of rupiah in regional income. The project, which also starred Lisa from Blackpink, proved that Jakarta is capable of providing high-level service and security standards.
"That cooperation alone generated almost Rp3 billion for Jakarta. That does not yet count the hotel component where they stayed, food, and other sectors. Film involves a large population movement," said Rano.
At the same time, Rano acknowledged that the vision of Jakarta as a Cinema City still faces several challenges, including the readiness of local human resource standardisation, covering technical crew to extras. Rano explained that the DKI Provincial Government, through the JFC, will hold active training for local residents to meet international qualifications.
"From the experience with Korea, I said, ‘sorry, this is the first time Jakarta has provided a service like this, so it will not be perfect immediately’. But they were very enthusiastic and satisfied with the security and comfort services we provided," he said.
The DKI Deputy Governor hopes that the presence of the Jakarta Film Commission in the future can play a role in advancing the national film industry, as well as becoming an effective tourism promotion tool to boost Jakarta’s overall economic wheel.