Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema

From the true experiences of Gita Savitri Devi, an Indonesian student in Germany who discovered Islam in an Islamic minority country and found the closeness of family when they were far apart.

Sonya, a demonic fighter who has many magical skills, has defeated many martial arts experts and raped many women. He even murders his own eldest child to fulfill his promise to his teacher. Then he ambushes the princess of Adipati Jepara and takes her hostage to a haunted place.

Sarah, Jasmine, and Lydia always help each other if one is hit by the problem. Each had a brilliant career in the field. At one point, Lydia complained to Jasmine and Sarah that she was expecting and as a result had a child out of wedlock. The child was the result of his relationship with Christian, Lydia’s ex- lover.

A young woman returns to her hometown after being away for years. However, her homecoming reopens old wounds and triggers a series of strange events that slowly engulf the villagers in suspicion and fear.

Shelly accompanied by Rama, Karin, Doni, and Eja were in Alas Moyang forest to participate in a courage test event. As soon as the event began, Shelly shouted to say "tulang" ("bones") that were taboo in the forest. Soon, Shelly disappears, terror and search begin.

Alvaro is faced with two difficult choices when Anggia enters his life. But Alvaro has a lover named Athala lying in a coma.

Ummi Aminah, a 68 years old ustadzah (the term originally means teacher but in Indonesian urban contexts it often translates to Islamic preacher), has loyal congregation. She has seven children. From her first failed marriage, she has two children: Umar whose wife is Risma. Risma is a typical daughter-in-law, cynical and is not in a good relationship with Ummi’s family. Risma is always worried that Umar’s family will take advantage of their wealth. This often drives Umar over his edge so that he threateans to divorce Risma. Aisyah, the second daughter, is a housewife whose husband is Hasan, a middle level civil servant, with two little children.

Four friends ensnared in a village, haunted by a ghost because of their sins in the past. They are forced to confront the malevolent specter that hungers for retribution, a horrifying Ronggeng dancer ghost determined to unleash its vengeance upon them.

Four years ago, an accident chasing the swordfish took away the life of Captain Fu’s elder son. It was the last time the giant swordfish was seen. With no fish to catch, his other son Yee thinks about transforming the business. At the moment when their boat Victory is about to be abandoned, Fu meets a foreign boy Ruan who tells that the fish is still out there. Can’t resist the temptation, Captain Fu brings Yee and Ruan embarking on the journey to search for the giant swordfish. In their journey, Ruan encounters migrant workers, which triggers his memory as a wartime refugee. He recalls his dead mother’s words: “Never trust the people on the shore”. The obsessions that bring men to the sea eventually become their doom. Only one of them shall return.

Seven friends who attend a dinner and decide to play a game with their cell phones. Unfortunately, the game ends in disaster when their dark secret is revealed.

As his father is released from prison, Gilang, a famous singer decides to accept his father back into his life. But deep down, he is frustrated with his own father.

A desperate girl enlists a shaman to purge her cursed home, but his arrogance triggers a catastrophic mistake. As the ritual unravels, they are hunted by a vengeful force—and soon realize the true horror has only just begun.

After losing a World Cup bet, two hapless buddies must use their wits to pay off their debt to a big Jakarta bookie.

Husin bin Said (Udjang) suddenly got the inspiration to become a shaman. He put up a nameplate. So in droves of people came asking for help: people who intend to become cultural attaches, members of parliament, wives of officials whose husbands are dating again, producers, aspiring film stars, etc. For some reason, film producer Henry Bross (S. Bono) and aspiring film star Mimi (Diana Subroto) have succeeded in making Husin try their best to help carry out their intention. This story is also the main pillar of the film, besides being an opportunity for the director to mock the world of film. Moreover, then came Husin's friend, Pedro (Rd. Ismail), an old and unused performer who still had illusions about his triumph as an actor. Husin's house is next door to the family of Jaka Prawira-Mariam (R. Sukarno, Tina Melinda). To this house came their in-laws, RA Berlian (Edifah Hanoem), a controlling noble.

Pengki manage to sneak into the house of the Mafia Boss, who then escapes with a pendant and also evidence of the list of women trafficking.

Kevin and Nayla newly marry and inhabit a new house that is fully automated. In the housing complex also live Julian and Ditta, Kevin’s colleague. Linda, Kevin’s mother, also live in the new house, because she still wants to set the life of her only child. At the house there are annoying things: there is always sand. Some items are also moved. Nayla also feels that something is watching, approaching, even touching her. Julian and Ditta are panic because his son, Lila, is often talking and playing with a figure he calls grandpa. Julian took him to a psychiatrist. Test results: Lila has the characteristics of an indigo who can communicate with the spirit world.

A small-time actor and compulsive liar finds himself in deep trouble when he unknowingly falls for a gangster’s wife, setting off a chain of absurd and dangerous events.

Gunawan moves his troubled family (including an adulterous wife) into a new Dutch home that comes complete with a hidden treasure and ghosts.

Reno, a successful entrepreneur, loves Clara, his wife. One day, there is a new secretary, Tiara, who works in his office. One night Reno celebrate his friend’s birthday at a nightclub. Reno is drunk and having sex with Tiara. It turns out that Tiara records this incident and then squeezes Reno. Tiara asks Reno to divorce his wife and gives a month’s time. Tiara threatens to give the videotape to Clara.

Iwan, a high school student, loses his bajaj-driver father because the jeep of Dance Lintang, a famous singer, runs him down. Iwan’s pregnant mother has to work hard. Iwan has been singing on the streets for money, and now he gets help from his younger siblings who sell newspapers. But his mother passes away when she gives birth to her last child so Iwan vows to raise his siblings. But when he cannot afford it, he puts his siblings in the orphanage. Then when his girlfriend Tia yells at him for doing that, he instinctively runs off with his siblings. He is imprisoned as a result but a journalist, Miftah, who knows his talent, bails him out. Iwan decides to quit school and Miftah manages to record him. Dance is furious when he hears that Iwan is making a record. He approaches the producer and destroys the recording tape. Then Dance gets arrested for narcotics while Iwan’s record is a major hit, so he brings his siblings home from the orphanage.

Farhan, a young introvert guy who has been struggling with his sexuality and spirituality, had crush on his new neighbor who made him question about being what he wants and what his God wants.

Grey and Neyna Neviana’s close friendship loosens when Grey's family move to Jakarta. After being separated for nine years, Neyna and Grey reunite during the student orientation in college. Neyna is a college freshman while Grey is a sophomore who loves to make trouble. Neyna is still the same little girl from nine years ago while Grey has changed. They have to struggle to rebuild their friendship again.

In this sequel, Anita and her husband, Rio, are offered to act in a film. Kadir, their housekeeper, wants to join in. Their neighbour, Tati, and her housekeeper, Doyok, also want to join in. Rio, Anita, and Kadir pass the selection, after deceiving Tati and Doyok. Then a misunderstanding happens. Rio, Anita, and Kadir are misconstrued as having a fight when they are actually rehearsing a scene. Meanwhile Tati, who often uses the phone at Rio’s house to contact the director, is suspected of having an affair, leading to more comedy of errors. It seems to be an intention to criticize the film industry.

The Woven Path: Perempuan Tana Humba is made up of two short movies that highlight the role of women in Sumba culture. The first part of the documentary, The Woven Path, is a 10-minute movie featuring picturesque footage and images that serve as a backdrop to two poems centering on the theme of mothers. The 30-minute Perempuan Tana Humba is a much more straightforward documentary, focusing more on Sumba culture and women in three short chapters: “Marapu”, “Belis” and “Perkawinan”.

Dinda decides to stop working to take care of her newborn baby, while Dika is working hard to support her family. It turns out that having children is not what they both imagined. The intervention of the mother-in-law, Dance Mother, adds to the stress level. The accumulation of all this makes Dinda experience Baby Blues syndrome which slowly hurts Dinda and Dika's relationship. In the climax, Dinda's unintentional request was granted: they swap bodies. They must learn to understand and understand each other.

A vocational school student is driven to take revenge on the bully who ruined his best friend's life and ended the terror of school bullying.

Deon, a high school delinquent and his mother, Isma suffering from early stage of Alzheimers, are trapped inside their apartment during a sudden mysterious outbreak. Deon bumps into Reza, who was on his way to his brother’s apartment, Reyhan. Meanwhile, Deon’s father, Dr. Ross joins the special force to get the serum for the outbreak.

When boiled cassava becomes the last resort for poor residents who don't receive their share of subsidized rice.

Unexpectedly, Firman and his friends found an orangutan who had escaped and was running from the pursuit of Indonesian endangered species smugglers. Firman and his friends who really love animals try to protect the Orang Utan. With the help of everyone in charge, they try to thwart and save these endangered species. Did Firman and his friends succeed in saving these endangered species?

Pak Wahyu, who only worked as an electronic equipment repairman in a rented shop, was made dizzy by his wife and two children who are only busy with their own lives. There are rumors that Mrs. Wiwik is a fraud, Agung is a believer in black magic, and Ati is pregnant out of wedlock increasingly widespread in their flats. Pak Wahyu also tried to create a large family they were whole again and loved each other.

Edu, a senior pilot who serves pioneering routes in Papua, received a special assignment from Simon, the owner of the airline company. Edu was promised to lead Simon's subsidiary, if he was able to establish a youth football club which they would sponsor, by recruiting young Papuan talents. Edu then met John, the coach who had just won a gold medal at the national football event. John responded pessimistically to Edu's plan, because his team had split up and returned to their respective lives. Edu realized that pessimism was the biggest challenge he had to face.

Moan is a Batak young man who has lived in Jakarta for a long time. Even though he was 37 years old, he didn't have a girlfriend. This situation made his mother living in Samosir dizzy and had to intervene. Then forced Moan to go home and marry his cousin, Uli. Unexpectedly, Uli, who is told as a beautiful woman and loves Batak culture, already has a lover.

Chased by a deadline, Satya tries hard to solve and get out of the problem. He was not aware that he was making storyboards and scripts for what he was experiencing, hallucinating.

Serani (20) lives among a land that cultivates silence and patience, where time never truly moves forward, it only loops, repeating events that keep knocking in different faces. When truth is seen as a disturbance, and silence is praised as virtue, Serani drifts between those who stay quiet and those who know. Her voice slowly loses its form.

Melody moves to another school because of avoiding problems, moreover she has a bad past with David, her ex-lover. But in the new school, the problem re-emerges when Melody meets Dylan, a guy who had been famous for being cool, like to make trouble but still an idol because of his handsomeness. Rumors about Dylan are common knowledge. Melody and Dylan find no point in their love relationship, so they agree to sever their relationship. Melody just realizea that her love for Dylan is so great. But it's too late. Dylan is sent by his father to study abroad. Melody could only be sad to let him go. Before leaving, it turns out Dylan gives a romantic video to Melody. With the video, Dylan reveals all of his mind. Dylan's honesty makes Melody have new hopes.

A group of mothers rise up to clean up their town, but their fight begins to tear the community apart.

Tio is a very well-known sculptor who has customers from every country who always flock to his galleries. The statues he made are always very realistic and he is always all out in every sculpture he makes, even to go as far as ignoring his girlfriend, Maya. One day, Maya was promised that they will have a big engagement announcement on television, however it never happened, and Maya was only made to be the base of his newest sculpture. Maya, who heard about it, got mad at Tio. Tio cannot take it anymore, and in the end, killed Maya, even after knowing that she is pregnant with their child. Tio decided to make a sculpture from her body so people would not know the truth.

Two brothers had to remove their unstable mother from their home before their older brother's remains arrived.

A painful truth is revealed when a successful single mother hosts a private celebration for her daughter's 18th birthday.

Two women, Kinaras and Lara with different religion perspective met each other and found something that unexepected to each other

Japra, who lives in Kampung Pasir, has a serious problem. Since his childhood, due to an incident with the whiskers of a catfish, his genital has grown smaller. But Japra wants to get married and has to be circumcised first. As a result, he becomes the laughing stock of the villagers, especially Sukri, Marwan, and Juhi. In reality, the trio are impotent and cannot have relations with their wives: Lela, Jum, and Tiwi. Bini, a girl with an identity crisis, is Japra’s closest friend. She feels that she is a man trapped in a woman's body, though deep in her heart, she is secretly in love with Japra. But Japra is in love with Srimpi, the most beautiful girl in Kampung Pasir. This, of course, makes many wives angry.

The story of a woman who is pregnant out of wedlock named Tenri who does Silariang (going from home with a partner who is not approved by her parents or commonly called eloping) with Firman, the son of Karaeng Parappa. Their relationship was not approved by Tenri's parents because of business problems between both parents.

Lola, a shy 16-year-old Indonesian girl, receives a scholarship to study at a famous high school in Perth, Australia. There she meets Dhani, and love begins to blossom in the foreign city.

Naomi felt lost because her husband died. She questioned her faith. Exhausted, she found something she didn't expect.

Horas' desire to become a policeman was opposed by his father. On the other hand, his love story with Nauli is also complicated.

This is a sequel to the film Guna-guna Istri Muda ("A Young Wife's Witchcraft"). The husband, Arifin, realizes his bad behavior and divorces his second wife, Sandra, to go back and live with his first wife, Tati. Sandra is vengeful about the one-sided divorce. She asks for the shaman’s help, to use black magic to destroy Arifin’s family. Chaos ensues in the family, including during a wedding reception of the son. At a critical moment, a savior arrives.

2008, the Indonesian city of Parepare. Together with his best friends, 14-year-old Doddy tries to recreate an iconic scene from a zombie movie and record it with the video camera that belongs to his sad and angry emo brother, Anji.

Serdadu Kumbang are Indonesian drama movie which was released on June 16, 2011 to be directed by Ari Sihasale starring Yudi Miftahudin and Ririn Ekawati.

As usual, this comedy featuring Dono, Kasino and Indro is more driven by a series of comedic skits than a unified storyline. This story, built around the three comedians, also features two beautiful young women, Linda (Sally Marcelina) and Christin (Nurul Arifin), who have been talked into moving from their dormitory to stay with the trio at their house. Linda is Kasino’s girlfriend, while Christin is dating Indro. Initially this comedy depicts the three friends appearing on a television program. Then the producer, who promises them more screen time, talks them into judging a beach beauty contest, so the film setting jumps to the beach. While there, the potential beauty queens attempt to seduce the three men. Linda and Christin, who are very angry at this, plan revenge against the three friends. The film then moves to an island where a film shoot is going on.

After Indonesia became independent, a veteran independence soldier, Ki Atam, continued his life selling banana blossoms for a meager income, he lived a life full of poverty. Approaching the anniversary of Independence Day, he wanted to buy an Indonesian national flag for his house. However, a tragedy befell him.

The thinking of a Muslim child who is critical, he really wants to have a pet dog. However, his parents did not allow him.

Love blooms between a rising musician and a fellow student on campus, but things get complicated when his ex-girlfriend reenters the picture.

SAMIN (21), a drunken man hopes to get a second chance on court day by appealing to the judge.

A man is sitting at a bar, chatting with a bartender. A young man comes in and sits next to him, shifting the conversation toward the newcomer. Their conversation flows smoothly until they reach a disagreement about politics, which sparks a debate between the two characters.

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

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.