Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema

A boy from Sumenep, Madura Island, participates in the International Physics Olympiad in Singapore to find his mother who left him to work in Singapore when he was a child.

Losmen Bu Broto is an inn managed by Bu Broto, Pak Broto and their children. However, a problem arises, worsening a conflict within the family.

Darmi, an unfaithful married woman, uses a magical charm to preserve her youth. Once her husband finds out what she's been up to (which includes screwing the village playboy), he seeks the help of a Shaman.

Jati works out day and night to be like his idol, Joni Krakatau, a legend who stands atop the peak of success. When the more popular Abe stands in the way of his dream of becoming the best, Jati challenges him. As both men tear their muscle and dislocate their joints, they realize that success is not determined by who is the strongest, but who has the stronger determination to reach the top. With both men drenched in the pink goop of Joni Krakatau-branded protein shake, the whole gym goes into a frenzy in search of a true legend.

An unplanned meeting of two people who were waiting for their respective partners in the hospital corridor. Day after day as their partners try to stay alive, they fall in love and enjoy each other's presence.

Siska, a young woman was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement. Unwilling to see his sister depressed, her brother Johnny introduced her to his friend Leo, who is known as a womanizer.

Two lovebirds separated by fate, and has to deal with a heartbreaking feeling of longing for each other.

After a fateful meeting of a widow and a young entrepreneur with Alzheimer's, friendship between the two blossoms following the man's request to make traditional mooncakes.

In this high school musical, a talented teen tries to change his reputation by running for student council president against his ambitious friend.

After celebrating his graduation by spray-painting graffiti on a protected heritage site, a young man finds his family haunted by an entity.

Yuma never dared to face a group of children who always bullied him, Omar and his friends. He always tried to run and hide from them, until one day Yuma met a reclusive veteran named Sudirman. Yuma asks Sudirman to teach him how to fight his oppressors. Through their friendship, Yuma and Sudirman learn to face their respective fears, Yuma learns to be brave to face their oppressors and Sudirman learns to be brave to face his biggest fear, his past.

Menyulam Lobang departs from the story of a mother who is forced to leave her bamboo stilt house and move into a concrete structure. This personal transition becomes a reflection on the paradox of modernity, where human development reshapes the earth to sustain comfort like embroidering the abyss . Through fragments of 35mm imagery, the film explores material fragility, time, and memory, suggesting that every structure we build carries traces of loss and unseen damage.

A single mother struggles to raise her only daughter on her own.

Noval falls in love when he meets with Astika. But, between love and happy there is also pain. He repeatedly mires in a situation where she deceives him. She asks him to do and say strange things in various comical situations. He could have been away, but her charm makes him could not leave her. He plans to declare his love for her. Unexpectedly, in the most important moments she tells that her boyfriend, Nico, will return after 100 days missing. He delays to declare his love until the day when her old boyfriend is back.

Naura, Okky, and Bimo were chosen to represent their schools to compete in the science competition at Kemah Kreatif which is located in Situ Gunung rain forest, Sukabumi. This adventure meets them with Kipli, a small ranger who is foiling the Trio Licik effort, a wild animal trade syndicate group. The tricky Trio Licik finally brought Naura, Okky, Bimo, and Kipli into this thrilling adventure action. Friendship and the opportunity to become the champion of science competition between schools is at stake.

A rich but pious playboy named Boy starts dating a student from his college—only to face sudden opposition from her parents.

A rich man (Rendra Karno) comes to the Gelanggang Dagang to woo the pretty sales promotion girl (Baby Huwae). She already has a journalist boyfriend (Bambang Irawan), and when a female journalist/photographer (Rima Melati) comes onto the scene, the love triangle becomes a four-way street. The “humour” comes from the comedy trio of Bing Slamet, Mansyur Syah, and Ateng.

Sahroni was in love with Rini who will be married with Raden Mas Pono. Sahroni and Raden Mas Pono compete to become Rini's husband.

Three first year junior high school teenagers lives closely in a housing complex since childhood.

An optometrist and a young woman he just met slowly realize they are characters in a story being written by a pair of writers.

After losing his family to the sea, Bahar returns to the sea where the tragedy struck—not for resolution, but presence.

There is a robbery in a village far from the city, and the robbers not only steal, they also kill. Yanti is raped and is taken to Jakarta. Both her parents and her younger sibling are murdered by the robbers. Rachman, who really loves Yanti, finds her in a night club. Although she has become a prostitute, Rachman still loves her. They escape the brothel and marry in the village. Yanti receives martial arts lesson from Rachman’s grandfather and decides to take revenge on the robbers and the pimp who trapped her in prostitution. With numerous tactics and great fights, Yanti and Rachman manage to defeat the criminals and the pimp.

When Mae and Sophie re-embrace religious for fearing of afterlife, everyone around them panicked.

Recording the journey of Raisa, a great Indonesian singer from childhood to her greatest achievements, holding a big concert at Gelora Bung Karno.

Witch Anggun (Devi Ivonne) is always on the lookout for beautiful young women to sacrifice. She thinks she finds the perfect new sacrifice in fellow witch Ayu (Hazni Zulaikah H), who's looking to give up her evil ways. However, it proves to not be such an easy task as Ayu has a mystical protector named Iman (Harry Capri).

A rich teen who yearns to study abroad meets an intriguing college student who could offer her some valuable insight — and potentially more.

A man must undergo a traditional marriage trial as he tries to propose to a lover he has never met.

A boy asks his dad about their difference in skin color and eyes.

Mia is a writer who's very eager to make her own play with her musician father, Raja Abdinegara, until that very dream halts due to her newly found lung cancer, the same disease that once claimed the life of her mother. Mia and Raja, who came from wealth, now have barely enough for their needs, for the cost of her mother's treatment in the past means the musician has lost his muse. When Mia discovers she has only eight months left to live, accompanied by the presence of the Rainbow Girl, her own fictional character that was inspired by her mother, Mia sets herself to be as positive as possible. When Mia attends an independent play, she meets a young actor, David. As their relationship becomes romantic, they seem to resolve their grief.

A family move to a new, creepy house. While the parents fight a lot, their youngest daughter missing. It said that she was taken by a supernatural being called Wewe Gombel.

After burying his brother, Jampang renews his fight against oppression. He starts to defend people who are forced to sell their land, by tackling Kisima, the extortionist. Kisima, who wants money to open a gambling house is furious at Jaka’s intervention. So Kisima brings in another champion, Kosim and his teacher, Komeng. Jampang defeats all of them including Kisima, who is thrown into a river full of crocodiles.

Siman discover a foreign crew shooting a moon landing. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off. He goes through life in slow motion, imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy.

This film tells the story of a girl named Marni who is a fan of Cat Woman. She went to Jakarta to see the star's concert. But on the way she was killed and became a pocong. At the pocong dormitory, Marni met the pocong Mr. Bean. As a white pocong, Mr. Bean often isolates himself because he does not understand Indonesian. However, after meeting Pocong Marni, Mr. Bean is crazy about her.

A girl who doesn't like eating vegetables refuses the free lunch provided by her school.

When a stolen bell unleashes the vengeful ghost of Panebok in Belitong, a shaman’s last descendant must recover the artifact and master forbidden rituals to stop its bloody rampage—before nine lives are claimed, including his own.

Rangga must overcome the hardships of being an orphan in an unjust world where thugs and gangs run rampant.

After swearing an oath to marry the one who picks up her weaving stick, Dayang Sumba embarks on an unexpected romance with a royal staff member.

Beginning with a flashback, Richard goes for a vacation at the hometown of his friend, Roni. There, he dates Roni’s sister, Katyana, and makes her pregnant. But Katyana chooses another young man who lives in the town, as she sees Richard falling for Nina, who has always been jealous of her. Richard leaves, leaving a necklace and swearing a furious oath that he will destroy all women. The flashback ends and we see Rizal, who is left by his mother, Katyana. Rizal is Richard’s son. He becomes a vagabond and is found in a weak condition by Roni and his daughter, Riana. He is taken care of until he is grown up. Then Roni is disabled after an accident and his wife, Nina, becomes a prostitute and joins a crime syndicate. When Rizal and Riana start to have an intimate relationship, Nina throws Rizal out of the house, and then he starts a job as a police informant.

Antares and May, a couple from different ethnic groups, are separated during the May 1998 riots in Jakarta. While Antares is busy as a filmmaker documenting the historic moment, May is kidnapped and raped. May is also separated from her mother, who takes refuge in a hotel. In despair, May’s mother exchanges her house deeds for an airplane ticket to Malaysia with a lowly laundryman, Gandang. Ten years after, Antares finds May in Malaysia. She now has a child from a foreign reporter who saved her on that unfortunate day. The reunion reveals the tragic past of May and her mother.

One night at 11:11 sharp, Galih (Rendy Kjaernet), an archaeological student who likes diving and photography, found the whereabouts of Dewi, her mother. Dewi disappeared when Galih was a child on a remote island called Tanjung Biru. Galih travels to the place with three friends, Ozan (Fauzan Smith), Vania (Twindy Rarasati) and Martin Bayu Anggara). During that dive, they find a ship wrecked on the sea floor. Inside the ship they find an ancient artifact that is a clue to look for Galih's mother, but the artifact also brought disaster. The disturbance after disturbance from the guardian ghost of Tanjung Biru hit the group.

Sam and her mother Uci, are about to do a road trip to G-Land beach in Banyuwangi. Sam's cousin, Happy, who's 180° different from Sam also came along on the road trip.

As a young group of friends navigates the pitfalls of love, Deon tries to court the newly single Fira using the ta'aruf process.

Tells the story of a mother named Marni who had to circumcise her child named Yuda in order to get money to fulfill her prestige, but Marni found that the child did not want to be circumcised. Marni tries to get Yuda to be circumcised by promising to buy her son shoes.

Brandon, a rising and arrogant young actor, insulted the figure of Grandma Gayung. Since then, Brandon has been haunted by the presence of Grandma Gayung. In a state of fear, Brandon came to Boim and Abas who had experience with Grandma Gayung. They are looking for Mbah Shaman Bolot. From Mbah Dukun, it was learned how to let go of the curse of Grandma Gayung, namely by taking a bath in seven wells using a dipper from Grandma Gayung. Apparently, it's not that easy. After they managed to steal Grandma Gayung's dipper in his grave, now Grandma Gayung was even bothered to chase them all.

Shakira (Dewi Persik), a stripper, meets James (Robby Shine) who then becomes her lover. One day by chance Shakira sees a murder in the basement at her lover’s house. Apparently the lover and his friends run an illegal business by selling body organs. Since she witnesses the murder, Shakira herself gets murdered and thrown at Lapindo mud to avoid suspicion. Her heart is taken to be sold to a woman patient. When this heart starts to beat again in the woman’s body, Shakira rises from the mud and seeks avenge. A terrifying terror starts to unleash itself. Shakira hunts down her murderers one by one to make them pay.

Doyok, Otoy, and Ali Oncom are stuck in debt. They found a suitcase with a lot of money. They became rich but did not realize it was mafia boss' money.

Jake Carver needs to retrieve a microfilm containing information which would cause a Wall Street panic and an economic crisis for Western governments. Also seeking the microfilm is the villainous Adam who plans to sell the microfilm to the highest bidder. Fist fights, explosions, and car chases ensue.

Sara, a transgender woman goes back to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and that the villagers have become extremely religious. Added to that, her mother suffers from dementia and treats her like a complete stranger.

During a truck ride to visit Bu Lurah in the hospital, villagers gossip and debate about the single status of Dian, the most beautiful girl in the village.

It tells the story of Jelita, a girl who was stranded on a remote island as a child after a plane crash. She grows up among an isolated tribe, unaware of her origins. When a group of anthropologists arrives to study the island, Jelita reunites with her father, who turns out to be alive. However, conflicts with treasure hunters and the local tribe make their journey full of danger.

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

Harun is a successful and busy surgeon who has no time for his family. One day he meets a desperate woman who wants to commit suicide. He takes her into a house and she becomes pregnant. His wife, who is running out of patience, reveals Harun's poor behavior. Harun then gets angry. He steals his wife's property and runs away with his mistress.