We expect that it will increase because this is only the initial target. We want it to increase to 18, 80, 800. We have to present them because we have the potential
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno is keen to see more Indonesian films showcase the advantages of the country's tourism and creative economy that can be streamed through various digital media streaming services.

Uno then lauded films that promote tourism destinations in Indonesia, such as "Laskar Pelangi" and "KKN di Desa Penari," as they have positive effects for the locations where the films are shot.

Indonesian films have good quality if they are well-packaged and presented, especially if they concern history and other aspects that can spur the audiences' emotions, he stated here, Tuesday.

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The minister also highlighted the importance of collaboration to promote Indonesia's tourism and creative economy in this new era. These two sectors contribute 1.1 million new jobs in 2022.

One of the forms of this collaboration involve cooperating with Netflix to support the Wonderful Indonesia campaign.

Through this cooperation, eight contents from Indonesia in the form of long movie, short movie, music-based film, animation, documentary, and sport-based film are presented through one of the digital media streaming services.

These eight contents will be available for the next several months until 2024, Uno remarked.

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"We expect that it will increase because this is only the initial target. We want it to increase to 18, 80, 800. We have to present them because we have the potential," he remarked.

Uno expects that this collaboration can be a momentum to expedite stronger recovery and revival of Indonesia while also offering opportunity for domestic contents to be streamed on Netflix that has 220 million members in 190 countries.

During the opportunity, Vice President of Public Policy at Netflix Dean Garfield noted that Indonesia has several extraordinary content creators.

He is keen that the collaboration between his company and Indonesia would be able help spread the message on the beauty of Indonesia.

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