Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema
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9.5 2021 • Indonesia -
Hartini is raising three children alone after her husband died. Working as a stone breaker is her final choice to survive and to send their three children to school: Banyu (high school), Gendis (high school), and Satrio (elementary school). Banyu grows into a "pilot" in the family. His manner is often conflicting with his sister (Gendis). Especially when Gendis know a someone whom she loves. That is Panji. Banyu has to go to Jakarta to reach his dreams. Hartini feels wobbly the second time as when left by her husband. Moreover Gendis decides to continue studying in Jogjakarta. Satrio is the only solace for Hartini. Banyu becomes a pilot and Gendis a doctor like the Hartini’s dream. But, there is a secret that has kept by Hartini.
Ibu Maafkan Aku
0.0 2016 • Indonesia -
Tutik and Ningsih's dispute regarding the accumulation of garbage.
Nunut
0.0 2020 • Indonesia -
"Her voice is so sexy. The woman's mouth is so great, her lips are red and wet. Every time I hear the sound of soap rubbing against my skin, I can't help but imagine a body that is so full and full. If only I hugged that body and threw it on the bed. If..." Before the husband had finished his sentence, his wife screamed so loudly that it could be heard throughout the alley. "Pleasengngngngng! My husband is fantasizing again! Pleasengngngngng!" It seems that without the sound of singing and the sound of people bathing, it is certain that the happiness of the households of the residents along the alley would be disturbed.
Dilarang Menyanyi di Kamar Mandi
0.0 2019 • Indonesia -
"Indonesia is Harmony" is what Indonesia means to Ginanti Rona. According to her, this country is a harmony that arises from its many differences. However, ultimately, it can create harmony.
Indonesia Itu Harmoniku
0.0 2016 • Indonesia -
"Nini Thowok" film is about Nadine (Natasha Wilona) and her sister Naya (Nicole Rossi) who were forced to open and not to sell an inn Mekar Jiwo as her grandmother's (Jajang C. Noer) inheritance in Solo, West Java.
Nini Thowok
6.0 2018 • Indonesia -
Since they occupy the house, many strange things that these couples, especially Kim. Kim was always harassed by the presence of the figure who terrorized her. Den also feel the same.
Iblis
1.0 2016 • Indonesia -
Dina (21), who is missing her father, gets a chance to feel her father's presence by a call from her customer. But when Dina tries to convey her feelings, she runs out of time.
Lalu
0.0 2022 • Indonesia -
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.
Her Absence is the Ritual
0.0 2026 • Indonesia -
Tumbas
0.0 2023 • Indonesia -
Inaaku: A story About Quarantine
10.0 N/A • Indonesia -
A man whose parents were killed by Dutch soldiers plots revenge.
Jaka Gledek
0.0 1983 • Indonesia -
The stigma in Indonesian society (especially parents) assumes that civil servants have a higher status than other jobs. Most parents in Indonesia will definitely prioritize civil servants for their children over other informal jobs. But do their children also want to become civil servants? In a family with both civil servant parents, Tutik (F77) who is a retired teacher (civil servant), has 2 children with one civil servant, Iwan (M42) and one non-civil servant, Ika (F45). Iwan himself works at the regent's office (as a civil servant) following in the footsteps of his parents. Meanwhile, Ika, chose not to follow in the footsteps of her parents and chose to become a private employee. With two different career views, this family still respects each other. Because basically all jobs have the same status and dignity. These jobs have their respective portions in life.
We're on the same frame
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
Set in Jakarta’s upper-middle-class milieu, the film tells the story of three young and stylish female friends, Lisa, Fanny, and Sandra. After a violent break-up with her boyfriend Jacky, Lisa gets involved in a same-sex relationship with Mirna, an older woman. When things go awry between the two, Lisa decides to go back to Jacky. In a fit of jealousy, Mirna attempts to kill Lisa, but luckily her friend Fanny saves the day. The film ends in highly dramatic fashion with Mirna stabbing Jacky to death and subsequently being sent to prison
Gadis Metropolis
9.0 1992 • Indonesia -
A short movie based on Jhumpa Lahiri's short story about a married couple, Baskara and Samantha whose their relationship is on edge. Taking advantage of a four-day power outage, they talk to each other about secrets they were previously kept in the dark, hoping that their relationship will be better.
Interlude
8.0 2024 • Indonesia -
A woman who owns a homestay named Lily who tries to take her face from a beautiful woman named Levronka who was looking for an inn for him. Then, Lily tried to do a ritual to take her beautiful face, but Levronka managed to beat the woman to death. But when Lily who it turns out that the demonic figure that helped Lily then possessed Levronka's body and Levronka becomes the new demon's arm, for killing him, Lily who was previously an extension of the Devil.
Geulis
0.0 2020 • Indonesia -
A personal assistant in a Hindu ashram in Bali is torn between his charismatic Guru and an innocent recruit.
Where the Wild Frangipanis Grow
0.0 2023 • Indonesia -
This film tells about the life journey of several students at a campus in Bandung, namely Slamet, Fuad, Gungun, Poltak, Benny and Ria.
Bahwa Cinta Itu Ada
0.0 2010 • Indonesia -
A group of young people embark on their darkest adventure ever. What begins as curiosity about the dark tunnels beneath their apartment turns into endless terror. Little do they know... that every step they take down is a step toward their death.
Basement: Jangan Turun ke Bawah
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
Andre (Hudi Prayogo), who is rescued from the ocean by the family of Henry (Turino Djunaidy), falls in love with Henry’s daughter Cynthia (Kiki Fatmala). However, Cynthia’s brother, Daniel (Deddy Rizaldy), dislikes Andre, who suffers from amnesia, intensely. Ten years pass, and Andre still hasn’t gotten his memory back. After Henry dies, Daniel wastes a lot of money on partying and gambling, while Andre and Cynthia become increasingly serious about each other.
Kabut Asmara
0.0 1994 • Indonesia -
Nirmala, a young woman full of dreams with a fear of darkness, involves in an intimate relationship with the Sun. Living with her protective Aunt, Nirmala begins to find comfort in Bayu, her close friend. As they get closer, Nirmala strays away from the Sun, unknowingly bringing darkness into her life.
Nirmala (To Preserve a Sunflower)
0.0 2021 • Indonesia -
Based on the true story of Fanny Kondoh.
Baby Udon
0.0 2026 • Indonesia -
Since her husband is cheating on her with her own sister, Rosnia, who initially intends to kill her husband, accidentally kills her own sister. For that, she is sentenced to eight years jail while pregnant. She is treated by Dr. Herman, who yearns for children but his wife, Dea, is too busy with her career. Herman grows closer to Rosnia, as she is severely depressed after the delivery. Herman manages to revive Rosnia’s life spirit, and he even becomes famous for his writing entitled "Di Balik Dinding Kelabu" (Behind Grey Walls), which is published in a popular women's magazine. Meanwhile, Dea achieves her goal of becoming a famous designer. Then Herman chooses Rosnia, however, at the last moment, Dea realises her mistake. She catches up with Herman who brings Rosnia home, and promises to be a good wife. Rosnia holds her child and walks away, leaving Herman and Dea.
Behind Grey Walls
0.0 1986 • Indonesia -
Hasduk Berpola
0.0 2013 • Indonesia -
It is a story of two sisters with different personalities, Maya and Lila. Lila is a tender woman with strong religious faith while Maya, her elder sister, believes in the mystic and magic, and practices sorcery. Lila is raped by four young men and dies. Maya then avenges her sister by way of sorcery toward the four young men. And so begins a terrifying ritual: the dispatch of atrocious witchcraft to Robert and his crony, that is “Erotic Black Magic”. One by one they die mysteriously by Maya’s sorcery, aided by Lila’s ghost.
Santet Kuntilanak
0.0 2012 • Indonesia -
Two siblings (Elvi and Adi) forced to leave their house after unfortunate incident happened. Hoping Elvi's talent will help them, they went to Jakarta for a better life.
Senggol-Senggolan
0.0 1980 • Indonesia -
Failing a suicide attempt, Arni is rescued and treated in a house. Living next door is a journalistic photographer, Baron. Both of them fall in love with each other. In the end it is discovered that Arni is the wife of a famous businessman who is having an affair with a famous fashion model
I Love You
0.0 1974 • Indonesia -
Bambang works as an office boy and Nadia as an editor in a magazine company
Otomatis Romantis
0.0 2008 • Indonesia -
A wife not into her husband's S&M games jumps ship and finds herself another lover.
Love Bed
0.0 1995 • Indonesia -
After losing her sister, Ghea is drawn into a mysterious online game spreading through an underground internet forum. Guided by a faceless curator, she and her friends must complete increasingly disturbing challenges that seem to make their wishes come true. As the game grows more violent and players begin disappearing, Ghea becomes obsessed with the belief that finishing the game could bring her brother back — even if it means sacrificing everyone around her.
Nethernet
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
In a post-New Order Jakarta, Native Indonesians (Pribumi) are legalized to perform the black magic ritual “Babi Ngepet” to balance their economy against Chinese Indonesians. When Kai, a Chinese Indonesian boy, needs money for university, he asks his best friend Nala, a Pribumi girl, to perform the ritual for him.
Sawo Matang
0.0 2023 • Indonesia -
A father is teaching his son to do online learnings due to the pandemic. He is having a hard time because his son cannot follow the task given by his teacher. When submitting an assignment, he finds an internet network problem. As a result, he accidentally connects to his neighbour's WiFi, which causes an argument between himself and the next-door neighbour.
Current Network
0.0 2022 • Indonesia -
In the ruins of post-disaster West Java, a child escapes from a rehabilitation center and tries to find meaning and well-being in life.
MIN(D/E)
0.0 2026 • Indonesia -
This film tells the story of Anggi Wahyuda, a person with a physical disability who once had dreams of becoming a public servant and an athlete. However, his dreams were shattered when he was involved in an accident that resulted in the amputation of his right leg. His struggle to recover from depression and overcome his fear after the accident led him to decide to do something he had never done before.
One More Step
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
Living with intrusive thoughts is very uncomfortable. But Yosa had to face it all his life. How does he end his thoughts?
ESTRANGED
10.0 2024 • Indonesia -
An Islamic teacher and a young man were concerned about the declining attendance at the mosque, so they had to find a way to revive it.
Login ke Masjid
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
Angel and Clarissa move to a new place with their mother Ratih after their parents` divorce. Wanting her daughters to adapt to their new friends and surroundings, Ratih lets them go on a holiday with their friends. The two sisters come across an Ouija board in an empty house while on holiday and decide to play with it. At first nothing happens but when night comes, something else comes along with it to terrorise the unsuspecting sisters.
Ghost
0.0 2018 • Indonesia -
Agnes appears to be out of control. Her father is seldom at home while her stepmother is afraid of her. At school, she dares to confront teachers whom she considers as no good. A young teacher, Wing Ganda, tries to understand her and shows her how to use her talent. His effort is fruitful but Agnes falls in love with him. Wing tries to avoid her. When another young man attempts to approach Agnes, she makes a fool out of him. Agnes has to deal with the fact that she cannot conquer everything. Wing is unconquerable and her stepmother secretly cares about her very much. This was one of the more insightful teenage films that understood teenage psychology and was also optmistic in a realistic way.
Gadis Penakluk
0.0 1980 • Indonesia -
While trying to apprehend a robber / murderer, a detective and some other officers accidentally burn his house down and kill his son and brother-in-law. Five years later, the same detective ends up stranded in a supposed haunted village and is forced to spend the night in a house of an old lady who's actually the murder suspect's mother.
Lightning in the Night
0.0 1967 • Indonesia -
Ompung Putra Boru, a sixties indigenous Batak woman from Humbang Hasundutan, North Sumatra, retraces her life stories through photographs that interweave her past and present as a wife, mother, healer and indigenous land defender in two neighboring villages. Her multi-layered stories are juxtaposed with visual records of everyday life in the two villages, where people’s living space is still increasingly threatened by a giant pulp expansion.
Motherland Memories
0.0 2022 • Indonesia -
Nurjanah has been running her small salon in South Kemang for 17 years. More than just an affordable haircut place, her salon has become a safe space and gathering spot for women from lower- to middle-income backgrounds. Bad news strikes when Lilis, a longtime client, informs her that Salon Gue Aje is about to be evicted to make room for a wellness center complex deemed more "suitable" for Kemang’s aesthetic.
Cream Bath Aftermath
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
It tells the story of Rendy's struggle to cure his younger brother who has lost his memory. Rendy then met Nisye who was touched to see the affection between the brothers and was willing to help them.
Asmara di Balik Pintu
0.0 1984 • Indonesia -
A boy is forced by his father to go to a boxing gym and train as his successor, but his fascination with make-up made him question his true identity.
Lion and the Cub
0.0 N/A • Indonesia -
Prostilitikus
0.0 2023 • Indonesia -
Tommi, a busker, meets Jerri on the street and takes him to his boarding house. However, they were arrested by Satpol PP who thought they were illegal traders. They were released by Pak Bustomi, the senile father of the boarding house.
Tommi n Jerri
0.0 2017 • Indonesia -
One hundred years ago, in a descendant Chinese village, the territory of the Dutch East Indies. Once upon a time, three "Amoy" whose actions were famous throughout the country.
The Legend of Trio Macan
0.0 2013 • Indonesia -
How well we know our cup of coffee?
Aroma of Heaven
0.0 2014 • Indonesia -
Bulan is a street hawker whose parents were killed during the Bali Bombing in 2002. A talented sculptor, she secretly carves a statue inside a cave that she names the Angel's Cry. She gives the statue as a gift to her friend, Kevin, a mixed Balinese Caucasian, who wants to help by displaying the sculpture at his father’s gallery. An Australian tourist buys the statue and more so Bulan’s secret talent is revealed. The success brings a dramatic turn to her life and Kevin’s parents also adopt her.
Angel's Cry
0.0 2004 • Indonesia -
Bian & Hanif have to go to Grandma’s funeral. When night comes, they have to sleep in her room. That’s when strange things happen.
Before 7 Days
0.0 2020 • Indonesia -
Nay, who's pregnant for about 11 weeks now, has to face life's adversities and the true nature of the people around her: her boyfriend Ben, her manager Ajeng, Ben's mother, and Pram - who she thinks is dependable. Shot entirely in a car.
Nay
7.0 2015 • Indonesia -
Having a best friend is rather tricky. Ben Sarjono must do all of those so his friendship can emerge beautifully from its cocoon.
Friendship is Like a Cocoon
7.8 2021 • Indonesia -
Struggling to pay rent, best friends Key and Citra think their luck has changed when two charming new housemates arrive—until they realize the guys are hiding a secret that could change everything.
Chocolate Strawberry
0.0 2007 • Indonesia -
Nadya ( Monique Henry ) spotted eagle, his girlfriend was making out with his best friend Wanda ( Ratu Felisha ). Great quarrel between Nadya and the Eagle, causing Nadya must undergo torpor result was thrown from a height of buildings But God still gave him a second chance. Nadya bangkit from torpor. Trying to forget and avoid Eagle and Wanda, Nadya was rented an old house that is 70 years old. And Nadya did not want anyone to know where his new address In fact, Lucky ( Miller ), general manager of the café where Nadya worked today and attentive to her, did not know where to stay Nadya Since living in the house, Nadya find various peculiarities horrible and terrifying. People call it the Ghost of the Virgin Kaffir Lime. Even so, Nadya did not want to move out of the house Until one when, Nadya guided through supernatural powers who the real ghost of the woman's head.
Hantu Perawan Jeruk Purut
1.0 2008 • Indonesia -
A healer woman works as a narrator in the theater, telling a story of other women who have the same ability as her. In the story, powerful women always end up in exile. Turns out, history never changes. When her work friends find out about her power, she also ends up the same way.
Whispers of Exiles
0.0 2024 • Indonesia -
In the middle of night, somewhere in the woods, a group of people to get rid of a little girl who is considered to bring bad luck. They loaded her into a coffin, locked it, and threw it into the middle of the lake, and let it sinking. Thick fog suddenly enveloped the lake followed by a loud scream. Andrean, Keyla, Boy, Audi, and Joni go to the lake. Andrean says, "This is the best place on earth." They spend the night on the lake shore. Andreas finds a coffin when they swim in the lake, and raise it to the shore. At night, thick fog enveloped their tent.
Black Lake
0.0 2014 • Indonesia -
The three-year history of past violence that changed the fate of thousands of Indonesian women forever through the ianfu system seems to have never been fully resolved. Instead, the gap in knowledge of history to the current generation seems to be widening.
Shadow of the Sakura
0.0 2025 • Indonesia -
Majep, a motorcycle taxi driver, confronts his fears as he navigates unfamiliar roads and a dense forest to deliver an order from a mysterious customer.
Leave a Message
9.0 2024 • Indonesia -
Too exposed to television, Deva is now confused as to whether the reality he believes is real or not.
Delusi Layar
0.0 2023 • Indonesia -
In a forest in Mount Bromo, Badra, the Blind Fighter, finds a woman on a stretcher, attacked by a group of villains. Badra quickly acts. Upon her death, the woman asks Badra to take care of the children. So he finds the father of the children. On the way, he is ambushed by his arch enemy and is hurt. The king helps him to recover, then he meets again with his arch enemy.
The Blind Man from Ghost Cave: Lost Paradise
0.0 1977 • Indonesia -
Harun who cannot stand Mustofa’s repressiveness decides to leave his village to study martial arts. One year later, Harun returns and defends the villagers repressed by Mustofa
Warrior of the Seven Well
0.0 1971 • Indonesia