Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema

Vellya, a Balinese teenager, moves to a seaside town with his mother. The bombing in Bali caused Vellya's father to die and Vellya had hearing difficulties.

The school principal reports Doni to his father as a boy suffering from a mental disorder. He is suspended for one month and advised to see a psychiatrist. In reality, however, Doni is portrayed as someone who enjoys teasing girls.

Gamelan is more than just a traditional musical instrument, but also a cultural heritage rich in philosophy, spirituality and social values. In fact, gamelan also plays an important role in religious rituals, as a medium of communication with the spiritual world. However, as the times evolve, will this culture continue to exist?

After the funeral of his wife, a man tries to reconcile with his estranged daughter.

Firman inherits a piece of land and a hut from his late father. He works hard by selling fruits, to fulfil his father’s dream, of ensuring that his little brother, Agus, finishes his university education. Agus falls in love with Isma, a daughter of a middle-class tailor, Mrs. Slamet. Mrs. Slamet is a distant relative of Mrs. Dirham; a rich widow, who wants her son, John, to marry Isma. But Isma falls for Agus and John often disparages Agus, which infuriates Isma more and more. Finally Mrs. Slamet gives in and accepts Agus’ proposal, and even John is willing to pay the marriage expenses.

There is a special moment in the lives of the that can be described by a single word: Mabadong. Toraja funerals are as they were 500 years ago. The tradition of letting into the inner circle of mourners anyone weeping for the deceased, is a ritual which brings together every rank of society. It is a huge ceremony which reinforces the social hierarchy and keeps alive the spirit of the Toraja culture. But it is also a tradition that threatens to put this people into financial ruin. This is the story of a young man who puts his family in debt, sells his parents' house and gambles the lot on cockfights, to raise the money for his grandmother's funeral and thus preserve his family's rank in the tribe.

As the time to retire comes, Abdurahman, a department employee who is honest, diligent and down-to-earth, has prepared himself. He manages to finish a university degree, with which he is sure that he can live his retirement period in peace with his six children. What happens is the opposite; he cannot get a new job. Susana, one of his daughters, becomes a prostitute. His wife, Ina in an effort to get money, is seduced by her own stepfather and is then caught in the act by her mother. On top of these troubles, his other daughter, Aminah, returns from abroad before finishing her studies because she is pregnant and is going through a mental breakdown. Corruption and the social depravity that it causes is the film’s theme.

A video artist working on his latest project, is unexpectedly visited by his long lost friend, Jansen. Jansen is having a troubled relationship with his wife. He escapes the city and meet him who has gone through a similar problem. During their awkward reunion, they became aware of how far apart they have grown, and at the same time unfolding each others breakdowns. Rocket Rain touches on the human longing for inner peace within the shifting values of contemporary Indonesian family. In a country where traditions are considered sacred, the concept of nature and social values are being mediated by the demands of modernity. Rocket Rain is a story of people who are trying to cope with this complexity of endless contradictions.

Wening and Karwit have been married for 10 years without being blessed with children. Wening asked for help from the heirloom dagger he had. Until finally Wening became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. But this child was just a burden for Wening. Intrigued by the continuation of the story?

Rasty and her friends, Smitha, Debby, Marchel, Harry, and Dhana, try to make a video clip of her at a train station. While editing the video, they see a strange apparition in the footage. When they go back to the station to make a documentary, they start being haunted. They are advised to tear the shroud of a dead virgin and set the cloth on fire to stop the haunting. With a help of Fikri, a police officer, Feli and Sarah set off to find that piece of fabric, and bring it to a railway carriage that is said to be haunted.

A young man wakes up chained to metal chair in a room painted a sickening shade of pink and illuminated by a single blinding block of neon lights placed at his right. A razor blade hangs on a string before him, and sharp pink pencils are aimed at his left eye and stomach. He does not know where he is or why he is there. Periodically, a beautiful young woman dressed in floral summer dress enters the room and performs cruel and calculated acts of seemingly senseless torture. Who is she? Why is she doing this? What has he done to deserve this? And most importantly, will he survive?

People come and gather to... do nothing?

Melbourne Ska Orchestra is an orchestra with a difference. Helmed by the energetic Nicky Bomba and comprising up to 26 members, this juggernaut contains some of Australia’s finest musicians and performers. Their unique take on the genre of Ska has wowed audiences all over the world since their 2003 formation, and May 2024 saw their first time headlining The BaliSpirit Festival, a concert captured for posterity in this magnificent recording.

High school hothead aspires to become a basketball athlete.

A Sequel to Behind You (2023).

Bulan, the wife of a fisherman named Lallo, who lives by the Galesong coast with her mother-in-law, Daeng Ngiji, waiting for her husband’s return from the sea. While enduring loneliness and the burden of being a fisherman’s wife, Bulan forms a forbidden emotional connection with Aldebaran, the young son of her husband’s superior. As gossip and tension rise within the coastal community, Bulan’s inner turmoil pushes her toward rebellion against her fate.

Purnama, a street child who lives in a halfway house. He was affected by amnesia due to being hit by the car of Mr. Surya, a businessman who is a workaholic and still lives alone.

H is a migrant worker from Indonesia like wandering around and he already ran away for over a year. He built a temporary hut on his ex-employer’s farmland. He took his friend R in the shelter who ran away from metal processing factory and almost got caught when working in a tea plantation. Because of that R rarely steps outside the hut. Tonight, H receives a phone call from his friend T. She said she runs away from fruit processing factory and will come over with her friend B who also ran away from the auto-parts factory. Later the night, run away housekeeper E and D who run away from screw factory appear in the hut. In the same night, the hut of H already becomes well-known.

Permana is a playboy while Nancy is a seductress. Both use black magic against each other. At first, Nancy uses black magic to seduce Permana, to play with him and to leech off his wealth. When he realizes this, Permana uses black magic in turn to try to destroy Nancy by conjuring up a demon.

Sequel to Mystery of the Merry Widow (1991).

A father who is uncomfortable with the state of his family as he is craving perfection from them.

On the river side, a photographer meets a girl who likes to go there. The discourse on that day becomes a contemplation and release from past events

Abdi celebrates his graduation by watching an old memorable video with his family.

This is an analogy to the story about the presidential election. glasses are a tool for walking, you should choose glasses that can't be wrong because it will interfere with the way forward.

just like the previous movie, Darah Biru Arema 2 talked more about a satirical accent when fanaticism began to be questioned. Aremania is only a human, where the regional support base for regional support also feels how to be a father waiting for the birth of his child in an overseas land with his dilemma in aremania activities

Film Based on the 2008 Banten Tsunami and a 55-Hour Footage. About friendship, struggle, separation and giving up loved ones. Docudrama of Seventeen's journey, career and calamities.

Idak-Idak-Idak is a hybrid-documentary relating the stolen Lombok Treasures with the Sasak diaspora through three generations of women: a daughter, her mother, and her grandmother. Blending full-spectrum cinematography with personal footage, this film moves between Indonesia and the Netherlands to examine colonial legacies, displacement and healing the heart of home. In Sasak, "Idak" can be interpreted as both “heart” and “absence”, becoming a container for memory, loss, and the unseen layers of the self between generations.

An ordinary story about an awesome trashman.

Moza, a fat girl who is insecure turns out to have to fight all her insecurities when she falls in love with a film director who is interested in telling her life with her weight.

Ateng is spoiled by his grandmother and this troubles his parents since Ateng is a little mentally challenged and needs special education from a teacher. The presence of Iskak, a village kid who is adopted and brought there to accompany Ateng is also a worry as Iskak always has ideas for his own profit. Ateng becomes very dependent on Iskak, so when Iskak is told to leave after he is accused of stealing a neighbor’s watch (though unproven), Ateng is very upset. Then he climbs up a water tower and refuses to come down until Iskak returns.

Inem is now a rich lady, but gossip keeps following her. Inem accidentally meets her ex-husband and Brontoyudo becomes jealous upon seeing them still close. Mrs. Cokro pushes her husband to resolve the problem, by calling for job applicants to be hired as the new housemaid.

Slamet, a big chicken businessman, has an accident. He is treated at the hospital and falls in love with the nurse, Fajarwati. Everything goes smoothly till the wedding day.

Night life of a transgender who has his own story.

A mother tells a fairy tale about the Moon Warrior who must save the Earth by accepting and refusing his requests according to his pact with the Star Devil to her daughter.

Sirni and Purwa, a couple who have married for years but have no children. They prayed and prayed, but the child they dreamed of never came. Countless villagers would speak ill of them, calling the old couple infertile, and more horrible words. Then one fateful day they met a giant named Buto Ijo who promised them a child. But, Buto Ijo gave a condition that their child must be returned to him when their child turned 17 years old.

Taking a taxi at night in Jakarta is very dangerous. Especially for attractive young girls. In this case, it's more dangerous for the taxi driver.

Adit has seen things he shouldn't have and heard things he never should. He wonders—how is he still alive? Perhaps it's a question about the universe itself.

Delia soon separated from her sister Camelia because she was getting married, but did not put aside the habit of always fighting. Until the Wedding Day, the commotion even involved the her parents.

King Arashid falls sick from a runaway wind around town, and the only person who can help catch it is genius wizard Abu Nawas.

A documentary about Rita Matu Mona as one of the main faces of Teater Koma, and how she became a woman and a mother.

Based on urban legend of Makassar.

Si Bego (WD Mochtar) and his two friends (Dicky Zulkarnaen and Anny Kusuma) face the Black Cat gang who kidnapped a bride and her father. Then they also face the landlord who extorts the people, who turns out to also be supported by the Black Cats.

Murti (Sally Marcelina), the daughter of bankrupt farmer Murdali (Wenda Wijaya), is offered up as a bride to relieve a family debt owed to loan shark Juragan Hamid (Mawardi Harland). Before the forced marriage occurs, Murti and her boyfriend Yusman (Johan Saimima) run off and marry one another is a mystic ceremony witnessed by the spirit of the dwarf shaman Mbah Jagaraga (El Koesno). After becoming married to the man she hates, Murti learns that Juragan Hamid is a fugitive convict so he kills her to secure his secret. Murti’s death disturbs another spirit and the two of them return as ghosts to haunt the village.

Observing the behind-the-scenes experiences full of stories, film editors struggle alone in silence, facing time pressure and demands for perfection, as they try to maintain mental balance amidst the endless routine.

A man is sent to address the havoc created by the Queen of the South Sea, and is eventually forced to marry her on a condition that cannot be kept.

Ayu and her two best friends try to save Evi when she is abducted by a mob of human trafficking mafia. Ayu also received sympathy from various parties for her courage.

Sarah has five children from different husbands, the five children are Adul, Gilbert, Koko, Bontot and Billy. Although their fathers are dead, but each father inherited strongly, so the five brothers have different physical and properties according to their father's background, there are Betawi, Ambon, Chinese, Javanese as well as different religions.

History of Siti Walidah or Nyai Ahmad Dahlan, women's emancipation figure and wife of the founder of Muhammadiyah, Kiai Ahmad Dahlan. His history was from childhood who really wanted to get an education until he became an adult and married KH Ahmad Dahlan. He is also known as a figure who refuses forced marriage. She was the first woman to ever lead the Muhammadiyah Congress in 1926 and the founder of the Sopo Treno women's movement organization which was later named Aisyiyah. He was awarded the title of National Hero on November 10, 1971.

An Indonesian sorcerer, a "dukun", goes on a killing quest after his his late father told him in a dream to drink the saliva of 70 dead young women to get great healing powers.

An illegal cigarette maker finds a new formula to expand his market in an unhygienic way.

Ezra (M19) and Awan (F19) are two melancholic teenagers who one day meet by chance in the Library. In their meeting, they both feel they have the same memories and speculations. In the memories and speculations created between the two of them, they are lost in feelings of love in their minds. Those thoughts make them feel the complexity of love that they have never felt before.

Yusuf's efforts to approach Erna (Netty Herawati) were thwarted by the girl's father's harshness, because the young man was still unemployed. On the advice of Kosasih (Rd. Mochtar), a fake marriage was held between Erna and another young man. Because no one was available, Kosasih finally carried out the fake marriage himself. Even though Kosasih already had a girlfriend, Komariah (Titien Sumarni), who Sutisna (Darussalam) also had a crush on. In the end, "playing around became real".

Humeera, a heartbroken woman who locks herself in her house, meets a ghost catcher called Palupi who shows Humeera how to catch ghosts and also accidentally introduces Humeera to a ghost that can make her feel better.

The trilogy and also the final act of Umay Shahab's trilogy.

Ririn experiences a strange incident in the woods when she goes camping with her friends. Mr. Purbo, the psychic, hears about Ririn’s incident and knows that she is not the first victim. According to him, the only way to save Ririn is to reconstruct the incident to find and destroy the cause. Ririn finally dies and Mr. Purbo worries about the next victim. Nadya, Ririn’s friend, really misses her and feels that what had happened to Ririn is her fault. Then she hears a voice in her ear, panics and has an accident but she survives. Finally, Nadya and her fiance, Gilang, decide to retreat to a bungalow owned by his parents. But both Nadya and Gilang start having nightmares and horrifying situations.