Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema

Rafiq is a dangdut singer who comes to Jakarta to advance his career. Parto, his friend from the same village tries to represent him to different recording companies. But they differ because of Rafiq’s naivete and Parto’s city-style plus Parto’s insistence on pop music, and Rafiq’s dedication to dangdut. So their conflict is resolved by a music expert and student, Norma, who is researching dangdut music, and who eventually becomes Rafiq’s girlfriend. But the person who manages to get Rafiq a record deal is Lily, whom Rafiq meets when working in a car shop. Finally, Rafiq gains Norma’s hand when her parents approve their relationship.

Based on Novel by Teguh Faluvie.

The police found a woman named Ferlina (38) dead in her own home. Rio (18) who is her only child, became a witness to the incident to uncover who is the perpetrator of the murder.

Intan had to live with her husband's family, who was experiencing financial difficulties. Pressure and demands from Damar's family soured their relationship, to the point where Intan felt more like a servant than a wife. Damar was caught between his responsibilities to his extended family and his own marital happiness, until Intan finally forced him to choose his priorities.

The story of a middle class man about how he trying to save his daughter from some sudden illness.

A sexy assassin who perform a serial killing spree against the people around her. What makes her commit murder in cold blood? How do you entice potential victims?

Having a best friend is rather tricky. Ben Sarjono must do all of those so his friendship can emerge beautifully from its cocoon.

The unrequited letters motivate Gendis to come to Jakarta to find out where his mother has been. By following the Annual Student's Annual Camp, Gendis has hope in realizing his dream to be able to see and embrace the figure he missed. Meeting Gilang and some friends in the camp was the start of an elaborate search in Jakarta. Gendis thinks it will be fine, but on the contrary, every quest leaves a mystery to be solved by it. Is Gendis able to meet his mother and return safely?

Mae and Rendy already have children, they decide to become an independent family which is free from their parents and friends who only caused trouble. But after giving birth, Mae experienced 'baby blues' which made her become emotional.

A comedy drama about human characters who are often selfish and prioritize their own interests, yet sometimes forget to empathize and open their hearts to reconnect and build meaningful relationships with the people around them.

One by one the corpses without a heart were found in Pagar Alas Village. At the same time, Sukma, a beautiful girl in the village is just about to become a Lengger dancer, and Dr. Jati, a young doctor has just arrived to work in the village.

Ciang Pek inherits a wushu school and lives with his grandfather. When Ciang Pek's grandfather died, mafia boss, Munar came and threatened to confiscate the wushu if he failed to pay his grandfather's debt.

Dina runs away with her teenage daughter Laura after her abusive husband Gion gets imprisoned. However, Gion is released from the prison due to the pandemic and Dina is panicking because not only she took Laura but also took Gion’s valuable antique statue away. Raka, a mysterious man appears and makes things even more complicated.

While celebrating their children's birthdays, Mae and Rendy received shocking news. Sophie announces that she will get married to Kim Bum Park, a Korean man whom she just met for 3 weeks when holidaying in Korea.

a short film by Tuta

Nina is trying her luck in Surabaya after dropping out of school. She is forced to follow in the footsteps of her colleague, Vivi, who became a sex worker. On the first day of selling herselve, Nina has to flee from the pursuit of city police until, accidentally, she enters the Paskibra’s (Flag flying group) training center. In that place Nina meets with a veteran of historical actors, Pak Sakiran stirs Nina's nationalism. He makes Nina really want to fly the red and white flag in a flag ceremony.

Unlucky day for Roy (22), he sold goods via Cash On Delivery system, but was cheated by the buyer. Not accepting it, Roy plans to take revenge. Wiro (22) met Roy on his way home. Along the way, they experienced obstacles which made Roy even more annoyed because of the dishonesty of the people around him.

A movie about the famous ghost of the Dutch raised nurse, Norah, who can not walk for having a wounded leg.

In their final night together, a boy and a girl create a tender universe under their blanket fort, blissfully indifferent to the world outside that is slowly coming to an end.

This story tells the story of 4 overseas men in living their lives in Jakarta. Idoy, Dadang, Aceng, Akum they are very different in character. The difference in character is what makes them friends. However, an incident made their friendship torn apart.

CATHY has just returned to Indonesia from studying abroad as a gynecology specialist (pregnancy and uterus health). Arriving in Jakarta, Cathy's friends and family welcomed her proudly. But along with her new title and job, Cathy is also under pressure from her parents to get married. One candidate emerged as the strongest candidate for Cathy, his name was Erol. Cathy's friend has long harbored feelings for him, but Cathy has no intention of welcoming those feelings because her heart is still trapped in an old love with MALIK, her boyfriend from high school. One day, Cathy meets an old friend, her name is HANNA. They met while Cathy was practicing; Hanna comes as a patient who is pregnant. As a form of letting go, Hanna invites Cathy to have dinner at her house. But how shocked Cathy was when she found out that Hanna's husband was Malik. Cathy's surprise grew when she found cancer cells in Hanna's body.

In this Warkop DKI comedy, Dono has two girlfriends, Windy and Cindy, so he finds it difficult to arrange dates and they often misunderstand. His sidekicks, Kasino and Indro, are jealous. They ruin Dono’s dating life by degrading Dono in front of the two girls’ parents. Then Dono seeks revenge by tricking the two of them.

A tattooist who doesn't believe in falling in love with a flower shop owner who is not happy with his marriage.

While caring for their respective parents, Asia and Raja meet in a hospital and fall in love, but a bittersweet secret changes everything.

Ardi, Ferry, and Rara, struggling filmmakers, are given one week by their boss Fabian to create a hit concept. Desperate, they visit a shaman, Mbah Upit, who gives them a magical book with spells and clues to a 1977 murder in Sumur Jiwo Village. Trapped in the past and haunted by Pocong and Kuntilanak, they struggle to find a way back to 2025.

After the events of Humuq 1: Do Not Sleep at Dusk, a new main character called Aurora appears to try & save Ling-ling from the danger she's in. But then as time goes, she slowly discovers secrets that lies within her surroundings.

Following the story of Teuku Akbar Maulana who intends to join ISIS after seeing his colleague's experience on social media.

Returning from Mecca, Darwis changes his name to Ahmad Dahlan as he is disturbed by the trend of Islamic laws in his society; that borders on heresy, Syrik (polytheism), and Bid’ah (wrong innovation). Using a compass, he proves that the direction of Qibla (that points to Mecca), in the Great Mosque of Kauman is wrong. The discovery angers every Kyai (Islamic experts), especially the head of the Great Mosque of Kauman, Kyai Penghulu Cholil Kamaludiningrat. Dahlan, who studied in Mecca for five years, is seen as a rebel upstart. Since the proposal of changing the direction of Qibla is rejected, Dahlan starts a movement calling for the change. On his first sermon as a preacher, Dahlan criticizes the habits of residents in his village in Yogyakarta: "In a prayer, only a sincere and patient heart is needed, it requires no Kyais, money, let alone offerings". As a result, Dahlan gets a hostile reception.

Little Lana was 3 years old when she was abandoned alone in the zoo. Raised by a giraffe trainer, the zoo is the only world she knows. Until one day, a charming magician arrives and Lana finds her love, for she is ready to leave the zoo. Lana embarks on journey, until one day, she decided to go back to the place where she was abandoned.

Perkenalkan, Nama Kami JKT48 is a concert film capturing JKT48’s 2013 summer tour, the JKT48 5 Cities Concert Tour. Within six days, the idol group performed seven high-energy shows across five major Indonesian cities: Makassar, Solo, Balikpapan, Surabaya, and three shows at Tennis Indoor Senayan in Jakarta. The film features popular performances of songs such as Heavy Rotation, River, and Oogoe Diamond. This concert film was officially released on DVD under the title JKT48 in Concert – “Perkenalkan, Nama Kami JKT48” (July 4th 2013 Tennis Indoor Senayan Concert) on December 7, 2013.

Europe does not just teach them about life science. But also pursue the Divine formula of diversity and enduring convictions. A tale of wanderings in discovering the great secret of human civilization thousands of years ago. Finding Islam, not only the faith and yet the practice. This is the end of the trip Hanum and Rangga in Europe. Delivering them to the search for meaning and the source of truth Supreme perfect.

After their mother’s death, a brother and sister remain in the house shaped by her control, negotiating conflicting memories of abuse and care. As ritual, body, and memory intertwine, their grief exposes a deeper entrapment, one that persists beyond her absence.

Increasingly jaded by how men treat women (including how her own mother is casually abused by her father), Nyi Ageng (Suzanna) decides that's not going to be the path for her. She's forced to marry a wealthy man who later dies under mysterious circumstances.

Released from prison, a woman returns to her village and tries to face the four seasons of her past. The lack of welcome from the villagers, and even her family, leads her into a power that is hidden underneath the fog. Aiming to heal, a sexual assault survivor takes a journey to redefine her own meaning of home, family, and peace.

A famous girl band is being asked by their Producer to create a new choreography to improve their new image. Their management contracted a new dance choreographer, Andre, a cute and well-known dance choreographer. The appearance of good looking and charismatic Andre caused all the member of Cherrybelle to lose concentration especially Kezia. Andre was very disappointed and decided to leave. Meanwhile, Angel was struggling with her own problems. Her sister, Karen, gave Angel a hard time for wasting her time with the "Circus". Angel was very angry and depressed. Losing a battle dance challenge, made the girls determined that they had to find Andre and get him to come back. While on their journey, they realized that their weaknesses were that they never expressed, projected and enjoyed their feelings to find the soul of dancing.

Nina, Cherry, Wynne, and Bulan reunite at the Nina's family's villa. The next day Nina disappeared and left a mystery for the three friends.

After his fiancée cheats on him, a brokenhearted man develops writer's block and uses his newfound friendship with a fearless girl to break free.

After officially divorcing Aris, Kinan is now adapting to his new life, becoming a single parent and becoming active again as a doctor. He and his daughter, Raya, live in complete harmony with each other. One day the ex-husband visited him and Raya with Lydia, that's when the complicated problems started. Lydia, who has always had the status of a mistress, is not satisfied with just being Aris' lover, she wants to marry him, wants to be made queen of Aris' heart. Before agreeing to Lydia's request, Aris asked for Kinan's opinion, something he did because he apparently still hoped to get Kinan and Lydia's love at the same time. Even when he was drunk, Aris tried to make love to Kinan. This misunderstanding apparently reached Lydia's ears, she was furious, she went to Kinan to confront him. Lydia felt that her position had reversed, she felt like a woman who had been cheated on and betrayed, while in fact, Kinan really wanted Aris and Lydia to disappear from her life.

A remake of 1973 film of the same name. "Bulan di Atas Kuburan" is a tale of hardships in the capital city. Sahat, Tigor and Sabar ; three friends from Samosir, North Sumatra, quest after greatness whilst deperately holding on to their inner idealism.

For generations, the residents of a remote village in Kalimantan have upheld a sacred tradition of making offerings to the Mariaban—an ancient ritual believed to guarantee an abundant harvest. But when this deeply rooted custom is broken, the Mariaban's terrifying wrath is unleashed. One by one, lives are violently claimed, and the nights descend into an endless, waking nightmare.

Angku Wan, a retired teacher who won a raffle prize from a soap company. With those billions, Angku Wan intends to build a village for the common good. However, before claiming the money, Angku Wan died. The leader and villagers then worked together to devise a plan to claim the prize by faking Angku Wan's death. Things got complicated when a company representative came to validate the win.

To honor his father, a diligent college graduate takes on the daunting goal of becoming a reporter for an English Premier League soccer club.

Pandu is a boy living in a slum area. One day while scavenging, Pandu saw an object flying in the sky. He chased the object until he ran into a girl with her older brother, who was playing with a drone. The girl wanted the drone, so her older brother lent it to her. He smiled and a rainbow appeared above the girl's head. Seeing this, Pandu's heart was moved and he tried to make the people around him happy to see the rainbow again.

Evelyn, a student, has two younger siblings: Arya and Maya who are still in elementary and middle school. Evelyn has a boyfriend, Bimo, who has a hobby of horror. In fact, he has a strange community on campus, a demon search community. Bimo is accompanied by Angeline and Roy in the community. Evelyn says that after her parents died in an accident, she has to move from her house because the house had been mortgaged to the bank for a long time. They find a house that was in line with Evelyn's financial abilities. Mysteries happen in that house.

Since his mother left him, Bejo, 5 years old, has often experienced strange events, ranging from little girls appearing and disappearing at the edge of the forest, fairies dancing for him, his magical friend Rohman always accompanying, protecting him, but also taking part of his property, to the Buto Giant who always applied to be his friend. The incident filled the emptiness of Bejo's heart throughout his life. Bejo's life is no longer able to distinguish between reality and his fairy tale world. He grows up with his eternal childhood with him.

A father who is confused about explaining the definition of sex to his daughter who is still in first grade, because she feels that it is not the time for her daughter to understand sex.

Based on the experience of the Director, this short film tells the story of a struggling family when a moment changes the family’s life. The mother figure becomes the light that moves the family to stay together.

Kemal, high school student from Samarinda, Indonesia. Repeatedly failed in teenage love, the girl the he dreamed was Raisya, the prettiest girl in school. The problem is Raisya is Nanda girlfriend, (A school whiz). Kemal effort to captivate Raisya culminated in a duel between him and Nanda. After graduate from high school Kemal move to Indonesia capital city, Jakarta. Unfortunately kemal still doesn't lucky in love. Kemal see the way to get the woman that his dreams is to become famous through the "Stand Up Comedy" stage (Indonesia TV Show).

Orphaned by a tragedy that took the lives of her parents, Srintil grows up in a poor Indonesian village aspiring to be a sacred dancer.

Baby is a beautiful, energetic orphan who dreams of becoming a dancer to pay for her grandfather’s medical bill. Secretly, Baby quits school and enters a high school dance competition, wearing a mask and a new identity, Phantom. Her amazing performance enthralls the audience and jusy. But everyone wonders about Phantom’s mysterious identity. The organizer of the competition, Wizard, tells Baby that she can only participate in the Grand Finals if she goes to the Pekerti Luhur high school. Wizard will pay all fees. Pekerti Luhur is an elite private school lead by a young, strict and disciplined principal, Mr. Yudo. His son, Benny, is head of PHP (Supervisors of Education Harmony) whose duty is to make sure that no student breaks the rules. Zarro, the coolest boy in school, who is also a participant in the dance competition’s Grand Finals, really hates Benny. Baby and Zarro both quickly become enemies, especially when it is known that Baby is his competitor in the dance competition.

On the train in Germany, Arini, a 38-year-old student, meets Nick, who is 15 years younger than her. Nick fell in love with Arini, but Arini had lost her faith in love and was unable to accept Nick.

Jojo is an unemployed. He decides to become a gigolo for an escort company. Everything works smoothly until he falls in love with a medical student.

Rohaya (Roekiah) must separate from her lover, Kasim (Rd Mochtar), so that she can marry her father's choice, the disreputable but rich Musa (Eddie T. Effendi). The night before the wedding, Kasim plays the song "Terang Boelan" for Rohaya, and they agree to elope. The following day, Rohaya and Kasim escape from Sawoba Island to Malacca, where Kasim begins work at a drydock and Rohaya keeps busy as a housewife. They discover that Kasim's old friend, Dullah (Kartolo), has lived in Malacca for some time.

With her marriage to the unfaithful Iskandar already in the toilet, Susy goes cougar and tries her luck with several younger men. Leading lady Suzzanna gets a brief reprieve from starring in nothing but horror flicks in this Private Lessons-inspired drama.

Gali asks his girlfriend, Rinjani and his other three friends, Ray, Maya, and Indra to join him finding a place called Setra Wingit lake in a forest that is never been touched by human being before. When entering the forest, strange things happen, including the missing of Rinjani, quarrel and fight among them, even Gali slipped into a hole. He is conscious and sees Rinjani. He brings her out of the forest and finds a house which is occupied by an old woman. Gali and Rinjani reveal their feeling for each other but then Rinjani is missing again. The old woman says that she only sees Gali alone and never sees her girlfriend, Rinjani. The body of Rinjani is found by a member of another group.

4 friends that Glenn, Pipin, jadoel and Rivet. They are fairly well-known boy band, which often appear in the cafes. Until one night, on the way to a cafe, Pipin, jadoel and Rivet suffered the unfortunate fate as a tragic accident that killed them. After the death, they were still hanging around like any other human. Pipin still pursuing his love for a beautiful lecturer, while jadoel and Rivet are still looking for their love.

A happy couple celebrates their six-month anniversary, wrapped in the illusion of a perfect love. But as the night unfolds, buried truths resurface, forcing them to confront whether their relationship is built to last or just a beautiful lie.

An inter-faith family come to a conflict when the mother, Maryam, died. The children (Fara, Aryo, and Adi) and the housemaid (Ijah) debating on how Maryam will get buried. When Maryam's funeral problem get solved, turns out that other problems still haunting them one by one.