The 11th Jakarta International Film Festival was held from 4 to 12 December 2009.
[1] Riri Riza's Sang Pemimpi marks the first Indonesian film to open the festival.
[2] The festival was closed by anthology film New York, I Love You.
[6] Lembaga Sensor Film (Film Censorship Board) banned the screenings of Balibo, a film about the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed while reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor of 1975.
The head of LSF, Muchlis Paeni, stated that the film discredited Indonesia.