Workshop: Film & Media Industries Research
Tailored for beginners with no prior experience, this hands-on workshop equips participants with the fundamentals of film and media research. Attendees will learn how to formulate systematic questions, choose basic methods like interviews or content analysis, and collaborate on building a practical, one-page research design to turn their everyday curiosity into structured investigation.
SCHEDULE
🗓️ Date: Wed, 2 December 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00–15:00 WIB
📍 Venue: Artotel Suites Bianti: Lotus
🗺️ Location: https://share.google/g5cVjoaPukLUXEGsn
💳 Admission fee: Rp200.000,-
Speaker
Yearry Panji Setianto
Film & Media Researcher
Yearry Panji Setianto is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Digital Journalism and Content Creation at Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Indonesia. He teaches communication theories, media studies, and digital research methods, focusing his research on media, politics, and society in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia. His publications explore everyday digital media practices, and the media’s role in shaping debates on technology and religion. His work appears in journals including AI & Society, Southeast Asian Studies, and Media and Communication. His current research examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping Indonesian media work and creative labor.
Pei Sze
Film & Media Researchers
Pei-Sze Chow is a media scholar researching how AI is transforming creative work in the cultural and creative industries. She speaks regularly at international academic and industry events on creative labour and AI governance in the cultural sector. She co-founded the Asian Media Industries Research Network and is advisor to the Women* in AI, Humanities, and Social Sciences initiative.
Facilitator
Dyna Herlina
JAFF Advisor
Dr. Dyna Herlina Suwarto is a Lecturer in Communication Studies at Yogyakarta State University. She is an alumnus of the University of Nottingham, England. In addition to teaching on campus, she also facilitates various film activities such as academic scriptwriting, policy research, workshop facilitator, jury, and curator. Some of her activities include curator of the Danais film production program 2014-2019, 2025, jury nomination for feature films at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) 2024-2025, final jury for film criticism at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) 2024.
She has written several books including "The Crisis and Paradox of Indonesian Film" (2013), "Mapping Yogyakarta Filmmakers" (2015), "Watching the Audience: Cinema Audiences in Three Cities" (2019). Her scientific articles in the field of media and film studies have been published in various reputable international and national journals. She is the Chairperson of the Indonesian Film Reviewers Association (KAFEIN), a member of the Jogja Film Consortium, a Co-founder/Festival Advisor of the Jogja Netpac Asian Film Festival, and a member of the Cinematic Precarity Research Network