Indonesian Drama "Four Seasons in Java" Wins Top Prize at Tokyo Film Festival

The 2025 Tokyo Film Festival's market arm, TGFM, recently concluded with several notable awards. The top prize, the Tokyo Projects Award worth JPY2 million ($13,225), went to the Indonesian drama "Four Seasons in Java." The film, currently in post-production, is a magical realist work that confronts the dark underbelly of progress and power in contemporary Indonesia.

Alongside the Tokyo Projects Award, "Four Seasons in Java" also received the Kongchak Award from Cambodia-based Kongchak Studio, offering sound post-production services valued at $25,000. The TGFM jury praised the film's "striking overall quality and diversity" and commended the selection of Southeast Asian projects, which they described as "charting the exciting geography of a region brewing with talents and cinematic vitality."

In addition to the top prize, the Asian Gen-Z Award worth JPY500,000 ($3,305) was presented to Filipino filmmaker Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan's sci-fi western "Hum." The film follows a young veterinarian who discovers she can "speak" to animals and use their abilities to help her community prepare for natural disasters.