# Linda Yulisman reports in Rest of World on AI in Indonesia’s film industry [Canonical reading](https://escapemeridian.com/readings/linda-yulisman-reports-in-rest-of-world-on-ai-in-indonesia-s-c450e822) On October 10, 2025, Linda Yulisman reports in Rest of World that Indonesian filmmakers are using AI to speed production work and pursue ambitious films on smaller budgets. VFX artist Amilio Garcia Leonard says an AI-assisted draft of a visual-effects edit takes 70% less time; the article gives no measurement method or comparison basis. The reported efficiencies sit alongside job losses and reduced hiring: producer Wiendy Widasari says studios are hiring fewer storyboarders, and VFX artist Ignatius Krismawan says he has reduced hiring roto artists. Film and animation lecturer Bisma Fabio Santabudi predicts that lost jobs will likely be balanced by new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry. That remains a prediction, not an established outcome. The article closes with storyboard artist Bahrul Ilmi’s belief that manual work will have more value when AI content reaches saturation. Whether new roles will offset jobs displaced in Indonesia’s film industry remains unknown. Headline and summary by Escape Meridian, prepared by Luna from the attributed source. A source check is not independent confirmation of the source’s claims. ## Original source Rest of World · Article Original source date: Oct 10, 2025 (2025-10-10T10:00:39+00:00). Date basis: Date stated on the publisher’s page. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-11T19:23:24.163Z. First observed: 2026-11-09T03:33:58.529Z. Retrieved: 2026-11-09T03:35:37.523Z. - [Indonesia’s film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Limits Text as retrieved on November 9, 2026; originally published October 10, 2025. The 70% time reduction is Garcia Leonard’s account; the article gives no measurement method or comparison basis. ## Open question How many new roles, if any, will offset jobs displaced by AI in Indonesia’s film industry? ## Source-stated Linda Yulisman reports that Indonesian filmmakers and entertainment companies are using AI to work more efficiently and pursue ambitious films on smaller budgets. > Entertainment companies and filmmakers are using AI to become more efficient and generate ambitious, high-quality movies on smaller budgets, which they couldn’t have done previously. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated VFX artist Amilio Garcia Leonard says an AI-assisted draft of the final visual-effects edit takes 70% less time. > He uses them to create a draft version of the final visual-effects edit, which now takes 70% less time, he said. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated Yulisman reports that workers describe job losses and reduced hiring in roles including storyboarders and roto artists. > With advances in AI image and video generation, studios are hiring fewer storyboarders, Wiendy Widasari, a producer at production house Progressinema, told Rest of World. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated Film and animation lecturer Bisma Fabio Santabudi predicts that lost jobs in Indonesia’s film industry will likely be balanced by new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry. > The loss of jobs in Indonesia’s film industry will likely be balanced by the creation of new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry, Santabudi said. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated Storyboard artist Bahrul Ilmi believes that human work may gain value when AI content becomes saturated. > “I believe that AI-content made instantly and used by many people will reach a saturation point,” he said. “That’s when manual work will have more value than AI.” - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source and contributor context Rest of World · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Rest of World Rest of World reports technology and its social effects outside a US-only frame. - [Explore this context](/entities/rest-of-world) - [Reference](https://restofworld.org/) - [Reference](https://restofworld.org/feed/latest/rss.xml) ## TIME TIME is a news magazine publishing reporting on world affairs, business, technology and the workers behind digital services. - [Explore this context](/entities/time) - [Reference](https://time.com/) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: 693f08de-8f0a-f53a-50ba-ff36ebe42f05. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: passed by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-11T19:19:40.343Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: bd4e44013c4c4f5d383b766a4cc3a8bdb6e4918d75650384f6c1f1f2e5e812af. Source text hash: 1dba92a896e5afe3b9b693aa7cb9451920620b1ed99892868553b8d2325a5877. ## Revision and source-check history ### Version 1 — 2026-11-11T19:23:24.163Z On October 10, 2025, Linda Yulisman reports in Rest of World that Indonesian filmmakers are using AI to speed production work and pursue ambitious films on smaller budgets. VFX artist Amilio Garcia Leonard says an AI-assisted draft of a visual-effects edit takes 70% less time; the article gives no measurement method or comparison basis. The reported efficiencies sit alongside job losses and reduced hiring: producer Wiendy Widasari says studios are hiring fewer storyboarders, and VFX artist Ignatius Krismawan says he has reduced hiring roto artists. Film and animation lecturer Bisma Fabio Santabudi predicts that lost jobs will likely be balanced by new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry. That remains a prediction, not an established outcome. The article closes with storyboard artist Bahrul Ilmi’s belief that manual work will have more value when AI content reaches saturation. Whether new roles will offset jobs displaced in Indonesia’s film industry remains unknown. ## Original source Rest of World · Article Original source date: Oct 10, 2025 (2025-10-10T10:00:39+00:00). Date basis: Date stated on the publisher’s page. Added to Escape Meridian: 2026-11-11T19:23:24.163Z. First observed: 2026-11-09T03:33:58.529Z. Retrieved: 2026-11-09T03:35:37.523Z. - [Indonesia’s film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Limits Text as retrieved on November 9, 2026; originally published October 10, 2025. The 70% time reduction is Garcia Leonard’s account; the article gives no measurement method or comparison basis. ## Open question How many new roles, if any, will offset jobs displaced by AI in Indonesia’s film industry? ## Source-stated Linda Yulisman reports that Indonesian filmmakers and entertainment companies are using AI to work more efficiently and pursue ambitious films on smaller budgets. > Entertainment companies and filmmakers are using AI to become more efficient and generate ambitious, high-quality movies on smaller budgets, which they couldn’t have done previously. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated VFX artist Amilio Garcia Leonard says an AI-assisted draft of the final visual-effects edit takes 70% less time. > He uses them to create a draft version of the final visual-effects edit, which now takes 70% less time, he said. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated Yulisman reports that workers describe job losses and reduced hiring in roles including storyboarders and roto artists. > With advances in AI image and video generation, studios are hiring fewer storyboarders, Wiendy Widasari, a producer at production house Progressinema, told Rest of World. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated Film and animation lecturer Bisma Fabio Santabudi predicts that lost jobs in Indonesia’s film industry will likely be balanced by new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry. > The loss of jobs in Indonesia’s film industry will likely be balanced by the creation of new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry, Santabudi said. - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source-stated Storyboard artist Bahrul Ilmi believes that human work may gain value when AI content becomes saturated. > “I believe that AI-content made instantly and used by many people will reach a saturation point,” he said. “That’s when manual work will have more value than AI.” - [Supporting source](https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/) ## Source and contributor context Rest of World · Publisher The publisher is identified here. No individual author has been inferred. ## Source media Media retrieval status: unchecked. ## Terms and references Reference context selected by Escape Meridian; separate from source evidence. Entity mentions do not establish authorship, involvement or endorsement. ## Rest of World Rest of World reports technology and its social effects outside a US-only frame. - [Explore this context](/entities/rest-of-world) - [Reference](https://restofworld.org/) - [Reference](https://restofworld.org/feed/latest/rss.xml) ## TIME TIME is a news magazine publishing reporting on world affairs, business, technology and the workers behind digital services. - [Explore this context](/entities/time) - [Reference](https://time.com/) ## Editorial provenance Version 1. Publication ID: 693f08de-8f0a-f53a-50ba-ff36ebe42f05. Prepared by openai/gpt-6-luna; grounding review by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5. Source check: passed by anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 on 2026-11-11T19:19:40.343Z. This checks fidelity to the source, not whether its claims are independently true. Editorial selection: accept; reasons: bridge\_admitted\_by\_model. Observation: bd4e44013c4c4f5d383b766a4cc3a8bdb6e4918d75650384f6c1f1f2e5e812af. Source text hash: 1dba92a896e5afe3b9b693aa7cb9451920620b1ed99892868553b8d2325a5877. ### passed — 2026-11-11T19:19:40.343Z — anthropic/claude-opus-5.5 Publication: 693f08de-8f0a-f53a-50ba-ff36ebe42f05 attribution — pass: The reading attributes the report to Linda Yulisman in Rest of World, matching the byline and publisher. It assigns each claim to the right speaker: Garcia Leonard (70%), Widasari (storyboarders), Krismawan (roto artists), Santabudi (new roles) and Ilmi (saturation). This is a single reported article, not a listing. > By Linda Yulisman summary — pass: The summary leads with the development, uses of AI by Indonesian filmmakers, and its stakes: efficiency and smaller budgets set against reduced hiring. It keeps Santabudi's forecast and Ilmi's counter-view, so the disagreement survives. 'VFX' is glossed by the nearby phrase 'visual-effects edit'. 'Roto artists' is left unexplained, but it is one example and does not block understanding; a tooltip term could be added. The question follows from the evidence and is not leading. > The loss of jobs in Indonesia’s film industry will likely be balanced by the creation of new roles requiring AI-prompt artistry, Santabudi said. date — pass: October 10, 2025 matches the dateline and the UTC day of the originalPublished instant. The page was modified on 2025-11-06, but the cited passages are core body reporting consistent with the original date. The reading uses no later material and keeps forecasts attributed as predictions. No archive disclosure is needed because this is a publisher page. > 10 October 2025 • South Tangerang , Indonesia support — pass: Every claim matches its quoted excerpt. The note that the 70% figure lacks a stated measurement basis is accurate. Santabudi's offset view is labelled a prediction, and the question about offsetting jobs follows from the source. The cited passages are central body text, unlikely to come from the November edit. The reading does not present source claims as independently verified. > He uses them to create a draft version of the final visual-effects edit, which now takes 70% less time, he said. media — pass: No media is selected and no verified candidates were supplied, so nothing was invented or misidentified. ## Recorded references Explicit citations in public readings and public file attachments to this reading. Shared topics are not citations. Other artifact types need an explicit reference adapter. No public references recorded here yet. 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