Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema

Beset by financial woes, an event planner with a baby on the way tries to reunite an iconic comedy troupe for a performance that could save the day.

Unable to accept his daughter's sudden and mysterious death, the father intentionally let the child's death shroud still tied during the funeral which make her become a free spirit, and to take revenge.

Unexpectedly, a man named Bumi met a girl named Paris. Starting with a silly misunderstanding, their story evolved into love. Unfortunately, a fact emerged that Paris was still connected to a traumatic event from Bumi's past.

Along with two friends, thirty-year-old Mira reluctantly returns to her home village, where she crosses paths with a face from her past.

Under the shadow of the gang leader of a legendary hitman organization, four skilled assassins are used to working together as an efficient team. However, everything changes when the leader mysteriously passes away. With the suitcase he inherited containing access to vast amounts of digital assets, the battle for control of the deadly legacy begins. Every move and decision is key to their respective fates. Their killing instincts are tested to the limit.

Journey of three losers security becomes hero in order to safe their boss daugther.

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

Riri (Mitha The Virgin) is an announcer who reads mystery stories on the radio and Wanda (Dara The Virgin) is a fan of Riri’s show. Wanda likes to write a mystery story but does not have the guts to send it to the radio. Wanda was paralyzed after a car accident that killed his brother, Tino. Once Riri is found by her mother hanging herself in her room. Since the death of Riri, Wanda often gets harassments at her home.Wanda is frightened and decides to investigate the case.

To save his failing business, an elderly tailor must confront his deep-seated prejudice when he accepts an unusual order: creating a female cosplay costume for a young man.

Dara, the actress who returned for her latest horror film 'Boneka Arwah' after her divorce from her husband Darius had put an end to her career. One day, their son, Embun died and both of them felt sad. The two of them together with Jenny, Dara's assistant, finally found a way out until Embun appeared through Dara's own new doll property.

After experiencing trauma and disappearance of her son, Astrid struggles to cope with the reality. She has to face one of the perpetrators who brings up painful events.

There is a local legend of a spirit known as Wewe Gombel, who can transform into a midwife to steal babies. Asih is pregnant and goes with her husband, Budi, a farming instructor, to a village. She is worried after hearing the local legend of Wewe Gombel. She wants to return to the city but Budi refuses... until a neighbor gives birth and the baby mysteriously vanishes. Will Asih be next?

Dante is again trapped in Ghost Island. Alongside Nero, they struggle to get out from the island. Whilst trying to get out, they meet 9 people who are making a rave party on the island.

Agoy, Bruno, Cherry, and Darlina are eternal marine science students who can’t seem to graduate because their thesis proposals keep getting rejected. When their proposal is finally accepted, their euphoria quickly turns into a new problem: the research costs have skyrocketed to Rp100 million. In a desperate attempt to raise funds, they recklessly invest in a plot of land sold at a suspiciously low price, rumored to increase in value soon. But it turns out the land is a scam—literally sloped, far from civilization, and muddy all over. The four friends must now figure out a way to turn this useless land into something profitable. Along the way, they learn heartfelt lessons about friendship, cleverness, and the responsibilities that come with growing up.

This omnibus film tell six stories about the terror of six Indonesian ghosts: Ustaz (Kiky Armando) who is tested by Pocong terror; A woman (Putri Ayudya) is visited by Bajang after abortion; The trick of Sundel Bolong against a pregnant woman (Marya Supraba); Investigation of reporter (Gandhi Fernando) about the mysterious Begu Ganjang legend; A woman (Dea Ananda) who finds her father keeping Genderuwo; and a girl (Btari Cinta) who performs the forbidden dance caller Lehak, a damned creature from legend.

An overworked career mom who tries to get home early for her daughter’s birthday ends up taking care of her boss’ daughter all night and missing the whole birthday.

Agnes, an undercover police woman become a sport teacher in school and team up with Meg, a school teacher to catch a drug dealer in the school.

A woman in her golden years goes to college, where she befriends a group of younger students and gets into many misadventures.

Garuda member contingent, Captain Satria, Lieutenant Arga, and Sergeant Gulamo, assigned to Lebanon as peacekeepers. Satria among others, should mediate disputes between Israeli soldiers by the Lebanese army, and managed to free the Spanish army of Hezbollah soldiers hostage.

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.

Shila (Yuki Kato), daughter of a fisherman around Lake Toba, wants to go to favorite high school in Medan. But alas, Mother wants her to enter into the pesantren (religious boarding school). Shila complains to Father. This time Father agrees with Mother. Shila disappoints and their relationship is strained. Pesantren’s life is full of activities and disciplined, making Shila difficult to adapt. She becomes homesick. Even so Shila still dreams of being a novelist. Together with his friends, Manda (Febby Blink), Ayesha (Via Blink) and Icut (Vebby Palwinta), she discovers the meaning of true friendship. They even have a "pot of tears", where they keep all of sad and happy tears. Shila’s life at pesantren is decorated with colorful typical problems of adolescence.

An antisocial teen who acts out develops an invigorating relationship with a new student who has befriended her with a benevolent ulterior motive.

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.

Birth and death occur when the devil's horns rise. The terror of waiting for the birth of a child from a pre-pregnant marriage and the 14 day wait for death due to an implant that had not been removed.

Wealthy hedonist Budiman turns an inherited property into a brothel, where he rapes girls and turns them into prostitutes when he isn't bartering their services for drugs. An abortion forced upon one of the girls unleashes the spirit of her unborn child, who begins to haunt the establishment.

Learning that her father has married a woman her own age, Kanaya leaves home, only to get into an accident that lands her in a haunted hospital.

Depicting the celebrated recapture of the town of Yogyakarta from Dutch forces in March 1949, by Indonesian youth of the resistance and members of the Indonesian army. Although it was held only for a few hours, it resulted in a UN resolution calling on the Dutch to leave.

A group of teenagers gather for a midnight horror screening at an old, decaying trade center. Among them are sisters Dian and Mirna, still estranged after their father’s death sent Dian into a mental health retreat. After the screening, a friend dares them to try a viral ritual in the mall’s lowest basement: five circles at midnight, headlights off, a simple mantra.

Lintang and Bayu, held a pocong oath, due to the insistence of the villagers who felt their village was polluted. This was done because Lintang, who had just become engaged to Bayu, was declared pregnant, they had sworn not to do anything and did not know that Lintang could become pregnant. Once the oath is executed, the Oath has no consequences.

A group of elite hotel staff named The Crew is given an important mission: save the wedding of the owner's daughter.

Suryo (47) is a retired photographer who developed an obsession with photographing human shadows as a representation of the absence of Dewi (42), his wife. Meanwhile, Adzkia (25), Suryo and Dewi's only child, has had to become the family's breadwinner because Suryo is aging and has been suffering from an illness that has worsened since Dewi's passing.

A farmer named Sutrisno has a daughter named Alya who has dreadlocks. The dreads were never made but given away. People believe that the dreadlocked child was given by a supernatural ancestor. People also believe there is a supernatural spirit that follows the child along with the hair. To free the child, it is necessary to hold dreadlocks rituals.

Rian, a university student from Lampung, sets out on a journey to his campus in Bandung. He travels in a shared car with three other passengers. Conflict arises when the car breaks down and the driver is unable to fix it, causing some of the passengers to grow frustrated and angry. Amid the tension and uncertainty, they begin to open up to each other—sharing their backgrounds and the personal struggles they face. Through this unexpected moment of connection, they come to a new realization: “mangkat” (to depart) is not just about a physical journey, but about the courage to face life itself. Eventually, they manage to repair the car and continue their journey.

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.

A hopeful high schooler and a skeptical woman in her thirties take different roads through love, only to realize fate has its own plans.

At his school, Jethro is respected, good at one-on-one combat, and intelligent. Jethro is in the same class as Sara, a Solo girl who is shy, simple, and always wears her hair in a ponytail. Sara's goal in moving to Bogor was to focus on studying to enter medicine. Initially, Jethro didn't pay attention to Sara, who he thought didn't exist enough. Sara secretly liked Jethro, who at that time was dating Lea, a social girl who was the idol of many men. One day, Sara treated Jethro's injured hand, Jethro began to notice Sara's existence and the two of them grew closer.

It was inspired by the real event of a train crash in Bintaro that claimed many victims. The story begins with Minah (Roldiah Matulessy) who lives in a dense Jakarta village with five of her grandchildren. Parents of children who have to divorce, to Minah who accept their burden. Everyday Minah earns a living as a clothes washer and a massager. His second grandson, Juned (Ferry Octora), in addition to going to school, has been looking for money by selling newspapers. Minah wants to move her granddaughter to move to the village. The dream was destroyed, the compilation of the train they were riding in a collision. Most films try to redraw the crash event. Grandma Minah became a victim. The only survivor is Juned, while his left must be amputated.

Not unlike the other Warung Kopi (Warkop) comedies featuring (Dono, Kasino and Indro), this film is also made up of a series of comedic skits featuring plenty of pretty faces and beautiful bodies. In this film, initially the Warkop trio are training to become security guards, whose commandant turns out to be a patient from a mental hospital. Then, they masquerade as women in order to get jobs at a company that is only hiring women. All of their career attempts end humorously.

Dono, Indro and Kasino really want to have a car, but they don't have money. So the arrival of Uncle Dono, Dewo Sastro, was used to request a car. Unfortunately Dewo Sastro was very stingy, Dono's request was not granted. They don't run out of mind. With the help of his friends, Dono's kidnapping plays were arranged by real villains, Mata Satu who happened to be an acquaintance of Indro. Criminals ask for a ransom from Dewo Sastro, which is enough to buy a car. But by Mata Satu, the ransom requested is far greater than originally agreed. Dono was even kidnapped real and really would be killed if his request was not granted. But Dewo Sastro still doesn't want to redeem Dono. Forced by Kasino, Indro and his female friends tried to save Dono. Later Dewo Sastro actually presented a luxury car to Dono because he had succeeded in arresting Mata Satu.

From the lens of its alumni, this film chronicles about the history of Marching Band Korps Putri Tarakanita, a marching band extracurricular that continues its legacy to this day.

Since childhood, Bombom only wanted a birthday party. But an “illness” that makes him explode when he's too happy forced him to live in fear of happiness itself.

Dirandra is a young man raised as a girl by his mother. This led to isolation and gossip, even from his father. He faced the choice of conforming to societal norms or embracing his mother's teachings. After his mother's death, he quietly held onto the desire to be like her while living with his father.

Putra and Yasmin are planning to get married in a romantic place. Putra invites his grandfather, Ray, as a witness. Yasmin invites her mother, Fazira. But, mutual suspicions ruin their happy day. Fazira rejects the law from Indonesia, while Ray does not agree that his grandson does not marry an Indonesian girl. Ray, a retired intelligence, is present at the wedding is not without cause. Ray is investigating the alleged disappearance of the Malaysian plane that was hijacked. Ray finds a bright spot of an international criminal conspiracy. But Ray does not realize that his job ruins the wedding plan. Men and Yasmin. Ray even drags them into the vortex of the problem. Their lives are at stake.

During the revolution, Jaka takes refuge and entrusts his house to Husin. Husin then rents the house to someone else and Maryam has to face this bitter fact. She is visited by Danu and his wife Ratih, whom Danu likes to spoil, using state funds. He is arrested when his baby’s shower party is being held. Out of shock, his pregnant wife prematurely delivers the baby and loses a lot of blood. While the others are busy panicking, the cool and composed Ridwan donates his blood. This act of compassion attracts Ros’s attention and she falls in love with him.

Four best friends have different reasons for being single. However, problems arise when they desire to have a lover causing the beautiful friendship turned into a rivalry.

Abdulkadir is a scrooge. He works as a loan shark. His daughter, Suliati, is going steady with Ahmad. But Abdulkadir resents his daughter's lover due to his poverty. Instead, he pairs off Suliati with the wealthy Abdulrachman. Meanwhile, Abdulkadir is dating Rohana, his own son, Ramelan's girlfriend. Finally, it is revealed that Ahmad is actually Abdulrachman's son. In the end, Ahmad gets to marry Suliati.

A village being terrorized by a demon. This terror was caused by residents who performed pesugihan (ritual to get rich). The head of the hamlet and other residents tried to get rid of this terror.

At the foot of Mount Panderman, in a house of 6 x 7 m, Iwan dreams to build a bedroom. Living with six other people in the cramped little house, a bedroom is truly a luxury. His father is a public car driver who can’t remember his own birthday, while her mother didn’t finish elementary school. Iwan grows up together with his four sisters. It is education that grants a way out. With tenacity, the Apple Town boy can work in the Big Apple, New York. Ten years of his exploration in that most cosmopolitan city makes him able to raise his family’s dignity. He manages to hold an important position in one of the biggest multinational corporations. However the bright lights of New York can’t heal a bitter memory. A shocking event brought forth someone who takes him to revisit the past. It is family love that saves all.

When Caramel laces up her ski boots for a dream trip to Switzerland with Dave, she doesn't expect to plow into a romantic interest from her past.

Determined to discover her roots, a young woman travels to Indonesia and pieces together her parents' unconventional love story.

In this comedy, Syamsul is envious of Ina, his rival grocer. One day, he sees Ina worshiping a bra that he thinks is the talisman that increases Ina’s sales. In fact, Ina is checking a bra she had just found. Provoked by his wife, Syamsul intends to steal the bra.

8 members of JKT48 got lost in the zoo, and when they return to theatre, they find out that their theatre has been taken by Miss Kejora, who create a rival group. They must find a way to get the theatre back,

Tells the story of the time when the comedy group Srimulat's career began to climb so that it became the first to appear on Indonesian national television.

Sequel to The Big 4 (2022).

Maya, like a mother in general, began to realize the feeling of loneliness that came after her two children left home to live their own lives. However, the arrival of that lonely feeling, lit a spark in her marriage relationship with Damian. The relationship that turned out to be not well, now feels even more complicated and there is no visible bright spot that both Maya and Damian yearned for.

The story begins with some students who live in Pak Bolot's boarding house, they are Remon, Dede, Dion, Radit and two beautiful girls Tata and Dila. In addition to lectures to supplement the necessities of life in Jakarta Remon works as a corpse makeup, while Dion and Tata work part-time as film extras. After shooting the film Dion and Tata came home, in the middle of the trip right in a bend Dion and Tata saw a motorcyclist lying on the side of the road like a hit-and-run victim and they certainly wanted to help but when they heard the voices of residents who came Dion and Tata decided to leave but before leaving without Tata's knowledge, Dion took the necklace box lying near the victim. The next day Remon invited Dion and Radit to accompany him to make up the corpse that had just died. How shocked Dion was when he learned that the corpse that Remon had composed was the corpse he had found last night with Tata.

A woman with a dark past dedicates herself to taking care of multi-handicapped children. When a young musician comes into her life, she is forced to face her history, or it will destroy her future.

A mysterious masked burglar is in action. Dono (Dono) Kasino (Kasino), Indro (Indro), Anneke (Intan Fully) and Debby (Eva Arnaz) are worried that their house might be the next target. They hatch a plan to catch the burglar and Dono places an ad in the paper taunting the thief as part of their strategy. A police officer, who has been assigned to help, shows up, but is mistaken for the burglar because of his appearance: buckteeth and wearing a gold bangle on his right wrist. Dono and housemates immediately capture him by feeding him drugged onde-onde cakes. After the police officer has passed out, a man in a police uniform shows up, saying that he has been assigned to help them catch the robber. It turns out that this man is actually the thief, who intends to wreak revenge on Dono and friends for their attempt to capture him.

Dara is a young woman who has lived without her father for 20 years. Reuniting with his father, this meeting opened old wounds and became an emotional moment where both of them expressed their hearts to each other. In an intense dialogue, Dara tries to forgive her father while facing the fact that she is now in a similar situation to her mother.

Kala and Radit are a husband and wife who live happily and feel perfect with their only child named Bima. One day, this happiness slowly disappeared after they had to go to Radit's old house because their long-lost mother was found to have mysteriously committed suicide in Radit's old house. The death of the grandmother made this family experience a lot of terror by creatures beyond reason in the house. And strangely, all the terror was aimed at their only child, Bima. Kala and Radit decided to leave that place. They thought leaving that place was the best way to save Bima, however, they never thought that it was just the beginning of a series of nightmares that would soon happen, and the dark secret behind their grandmother's death was related to with the rise of a demonic figure.