The 2026 edition of Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) will take place in Central Jakarta, from 11-20 September. We invite photographers, artists, visual storytellers and lens-based practitioners from around the world to submit photographs, photo-based works (including video), multimedia installations as well as projects based on archival research that show diverse perspectives. The submissions should reflect the festival theme, RESILIENCE.

Resilience offers the chance to consider our collective histories and celebrate solidarities, bringing together stories of endurance and survival, and gestures of restoration and regeneration. From environmental disasters to political revolution, from triumphs of the past to the challenges of the future, Resilience speaks to the tenacity of the human spirit and its ability to overcome adversity. It also embraces myths, values and visions that resonate across generations and continue to shape our identities and ways of being. In resilience, we find the means to adapt and the capacity to flourish; the will to resist oppression and the desire to dream.