Discoveries from Indonesia World Cinema

Living in a conservative family that forces her to cover up, Dhea, a teenage girl, wants to express herself through the way she dresses.

Through fictional and non-fictional recordings, we witness small moments in the life of a teenager in Jakarta before their escape.

Artha get a news about her brother missing in Pontianak, West Borneo.

One night in 1966, Matari was taken away by his neighbors by force. He never came back, leaving Mastika to live an endless nightmare.

A short film where a normal ballpoint witnesses its owner, a middle schooler who's known to be smart and diligent, get carried away in life.

It started with 3 young people from Jakarta who came to Bali, to make a documentary film campus assignment titled Dewi Durga. But unfortunately they did stupid things, so that Goddess Durga was angry. Terror was inevitable, until finally a boy in the village named Devi helped them break the terror. Devi the child of melik, has a sixth sense.

we all pick at our scars — a strand of an assault case, told by mother to daughter, passed on like heirloom.

This film is a re-edited compilation of Saur Sepuh I, Saur Sepuh II, and Saur Sepuh III.

Arletta has everything that teenagers of her age can only dream of - beauty, riches, and fame as an artist. But feeling depressed and used by her friends, relatives, and even mother, she chooses to travel around accompanied only by her driver. On that journey, Arletta finally feels really free and able to be herself. She feels the enjoyment of life that she has been missing. But in her solitude, does Arletta find the true self that she has dreamed of?

On her way home late one night, Fina has no choice but to board a shady taxi. However, a devastating string of events occur along the ride in this terrifying short from Indonesia.

Urban life is inseparable from public transportation as part of daily routines. With each individual’s mobility flowing like water, these streams are systematized through routes, stops, and arrival times that bring together people from different origins.

Gory indonesian version of "Samson & Dalilah", starring Suzanna, the indonesian scream queen and directed by Sisworo Gautama Putra (the psycho who made Jaka Sembung, among others). In fact, this works like a rip off of Jaka Sembung but with Samson instead of Jaka. Gore and cheesyness for everybody!!!

In the final hours before the end of the world, a family—parents, a grandfather, an older sibling, and the youngest child—faces the impending catastrophe in their own ways. Amid it all, the youngest feels they should be together when the last moments arrive, and sets out to bring everyone closer as the world approaches its end.

A girl died. An earring was left in one of her ears. So the investigation began to an import company that had a martial arts association. A policewoman was smuggled there. It turned out that this company was trafficking women abroad. So the raid was carried out by Santara, the police's top detective.

Richard and his four best friends – Erick, David, Rika, and Alfi – must evade deep web killers after Richard receives a strange e-mail from a fellow gamer.

Randra (21), a college student who became a gigolo because he was caught in an online loan. He met Citra (38), a customer who invited him to play “truth or dare” with odd rules. This game brought Randra into a difficult situation.

Rafiq, a sheepherder in a village, loves to sing. His voice is always heard in the village and over the farms. This attracts the attention of Santi, a famous singer who is vacationing in the village. When they meet, she sympathises and even falls in love with him.

Six-year-old Lala has a masculine nature, as her father, Anton Wijaya, who wanted a boy. Mrs. Anton is extremely worried about her youngest child’s attitude and requests the help of child psychologist, Kak Seto. Lala’s unruly behavior often complicates everything. She even manages to put the relationship between Kak Seto and his girlfriend in jeopardy. Dina, Lala’s sister, admires Kak Seto who can be gentle with children. And when Dina is disappointed with Kak Seto, this triggers Anton Wijaya’s anger. He thinks that Kak Seto wants to ruin his family. Then Bujel, with his devil-may-care unconventional attitude, arrives to bring their problem into focus. This is the point when Lala’s problem can be solved. The film presents a nicely handled child psychology problem while criticising the psychologists at the same time.

Lana and Joko are childhood friends. Joko has moved away from his family and chooses to live on his own, even in poverty. Lana, on the other hand, is tired of living with her rich family. They both fall in love with each other. Joko tries to write songs and succeeds. He becomes a rich man but also very superficial. The thing that drove Lana away from her family has now become a part of her own life.

In order to celebrate Father’s Day, Gogor gets homework from school to write about his father. But, Gogor never knew his father, so he questions his mother. However, his mother refuses to answer because she has so much work to do. Gogor becomes worried that he won't be able to complete his homework.

A milestone in the career of Stand-Up Comedy Pandji Pragiwaksono. In the year that Stand-Up Comedy exploded in Indonesia in 2011, I held a Stand-Up Special Show which people say is the first in Indonesia. Discussing typical Indonesian animals, burglary houses, to the Ministry of Forestry.

Suci, a pregnant woman who went away from home to her late father's house. In their tradition, pregnant women are forbidden to enter the funeral.

After inheriting his late mentor's restaurant, a martabak maker journeys to Bangka Island in search of the man's family and the legacy he left behind.

Santoso and Wati are in grief for Agung, their only son, suddenly died. It leads Santoso into unfavorable circumstances while he gets around to preparing for the funeral.

Galih and Ratna are two high school students who excel at everything they do; they are popular and receive good grades. Soon they begin falling in love. Despite Ratna's father objecting to their relationship, they continue to meet in secret. When Ratna's father finds out, he attempts to arrange for her to marry someone else.

An evil, murderous woman attempts to eliminate her stepdaughter Lisa in order to get her hands on an inheritance but gets more than she bargained for when she's haunted by a ghost.

Farhan, feminine Indonesian teen who is a K-Pop cover dancer in Makassar struggles to maintain his true identity and expression after a catastrophe occurs to his family business.

A woman and her young toddler escape the city to a small coastal town. She checks in to a run-down motel by the sea. Burdened by a troubled past, she hangs on vulnerably by a thread. As night approaches, ghastly occurrences haunt her movements and actions as she prepares for a horrific act. However, a chance encounter with a stranger changes the course of events. Like her, the stranger harbors a burden of his own and their meeting brings to surface their deeply buried emotions and hope/fear for the future, culminating in a beautiful, redemptive and serendipitous ending.

Life is never predictable. And mother never thought life would test her with such a big event. Until mother realized that she still had hope and she still had Elang, her only son.

Produced as a profile on the Military Police Corps, we see the romance between Wati and Karmawan. Subur, on the other hand, is treated by Wati as a casual friend. However, Wati's parents pair off their daughter to Subur. The conflict between personal interest and professional duty begins when Subur is captured by a gang of thugs. As a commanding officer, Karmawan is assigned to rescue his subordinate, Subur, whereas he will have a chance with Wati again, if he does not do anything about it.

Erza is a pizza deliverer. His wife, Chilla, is a horror story writer. Erza has never believed in fairy tales. They live from hand to mouth. Their needs increase in line with Chilla’s pregnancy. The wage as a pizza deliverer is not enough anymore. Moreover Ezra has too much debt. Gozal, shop owner, is known stingy and like to use Erza. His private needs sometimes has to be done by Erza. If Ezra declines, the threat is dismissal or wage cuts. Up to a point, Erza get order to deliver pizza to a haunted house. Erza has been locked overnight in the haunted house. Because of fear, Gozal’s goods are left in the house which is occupied by Sandra, Miko, and a child called Dara. Gozal’s anger explodes, the left goods belong to his wife are very valuable thing. No one dared to come and pick up the item. Reza should face the terror again. The last pizza order will determine his fate.

Shila met Carlo one night, on a bus. Shila is a collector. She collects stories of scars. Shila is always longing for the existence of a wound. This is a trip Carlo can never forget.

With the theme song, Indonesia Tanah Pusaka, the film’s melodrama takes on a nationalistic undertone. Hendrik Maulana, a staff officer in the Netherlands’ Indonesian Embassy, and his half-Dutch wife Nona, return to Indonesia. Hendrik is aware that he has to work hard in his country to support his family. So he trains as an air traffic controller before he returns home. However, there is still the cultural clash and his children have to adjust to school and their hometown. Then Eka, their second child, who is always the scapegoat of the family, runs away. Eka is attracted to an orphan ice seller who can support himself. He joins him selling the ice until he is stricken with typhus. His friend then breaks the news to Hendrik and Nona. Both parents rally with their three children, to complete the family again.

On the streets of Jakarta, an impulsive, small-time con swindles a big-time aristocrat out of house and home at risk of abandonment by his only brother.

A simple and rather clichéd story about a poor mechanic who experiences love at first sight with a rich girl. After enduring many obstacles, the couple finally realise their dream of having a family together.

A Guy Randomly FInds A Gun In Front Of His House, What Will Happen Next?

After dying from childbirth, a young woman rises from the dead to take revenge on her ex-fiance.

A seminar about Men and Faithfulness, to discuss the result of Matra magazine’s survey, that concludes that two out of three men have affairs, becomes a hot topic. Doddy, a faithful husband, becomes a suspect. The office secretary, who adores him, suspects him. His wife, Atik, also suspects him because, when working out of town, she sees the behaviour of her male colleagues. Furthermore, Doddy has to work late because he has to accompany the company’s director during a business meeting with a Japanese company. In addition, he has to find a lady escort for his guest, and at one of the dinner parties, he is photographed being very close to Neni, the escort. Atik refuses to accept Doddy’s explanations so he has to find Neni’s pimp to prove his innocence. Instead, the escort agency’s bouncers beat him up. Finally, Atik believes him, especially when she finds that Neni is going to be married to the director.

"Sarung" follows a dancer who is inspired by this versatile piece of cloth and begins creating new choreography. In the process, she is reminded of her mother whom she has not seen in a long time, spurring her to make the journey home. Sombre yet moving, this film by award-winning director Garin Nugroho reflects on the notions of home and familial bonds.

At Garuda High, the popular kids always win the elections. This year, two other groups; the religious kids and the underdog kids, decide to join the elections. A student documents this historical occasion. In the end, everything changes.

David and Rosa are two content creators known for their romantic content. To regain their popularity, they created a kissing video that went viral. However, beneath the surface, there were feelings they never fully acknowledged until it was too late.

This film is the first fairly long film from Green Project Production which in 2016 was still called Project 17. This film was never finished. This film tells the story of Leandy's life who is fighting for Aisah's love while helping Dimas and Ical in the diamond buying and selling business. It turns out, it's all just a trap from the greedy mafia Boss Yayan and Koh Febri. Will Leandy, Dimas, and Ical be able to fight them in the end?

Nizar, a high school student, plans to skip his last day of school. However, he changes his mind and ends up spending time with his friends.

During the Dutch colonial era, Ki Jauhar rose against oppression. Before his execution, he entrusted his power to a sacred puppet believed to protect the people from suffering.

Putri, 17 and seven months pregnant, feels suffocated by societal expectations on her wedding day. Overwhelmed by a bleak future, she escapes in her wedding dress and jumps into the back of a catering truck driven by Rizqy, a gay man also trapped in an arranged marriage. Their spontaneous journey is filled with humor, tension, and moments of genuine human connection. Both begin to question the life choices and paths forced upon them. SAH. is a powerful exploration of the collision between tradition and individual freedom, challenging deep-rooted norms about love, identity, and the right to define one's destiny.

A man gets back to his home in a little village and wants to take his father and his sister to live in the city. But he find difficulties that they reject to move and accept new culture.

This first Indonesian international award winning film is about a story about a woman with her unhappy life who seeks for something.

After Ratna is raped in front of her husband, Johan, the newlyweds’ relationship becomes distant. Then, it is found out a week after that Ratna is pregnant. Johan insists that the foetus be aborted though the doctor determines that the baby is not a result of the rape. Efforts and advice from friends and parents fail to mend their relationship and so they separate. Before returning to her hometown, Ratna sees her friend Maya, who she once advised to break free from the bad influence of Patrick, and now lives supported by an old businessman. Maya finds out that the culprit behind the rape is Patrick, who wants revenge against Ratna since she advised Maya to leave him. When he realizes that his secret is known, Patrick kills Maya and intends to do the same to Ratna. In the middle of the struggle, Johan coincidentally comes home and manages to stab Patrick with his own knife and Ratna finishes him off by hitting him with a heavy object. Johan and Ratna are reconciled.

This time Ateng and friends are dressed in costumes recalling Baghdad’s sultanate. The story is similar to Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves. The poor Ali Baba becomes suddenly rich after finding a treasure in a cave that actually belongs to the King of Robbers. After hearing about the treasure, Ali’s brother goes into the cave to take some but forgets the magic password and is trapped inside. When the King of Robbers arrives, he learns that Ali Baba has found out their secret. So a duel ensues between Ali Baba and the King of Robbers, and in the end the police apprehends them. Ateng and friends are hilarious and the Baghdad set and costumes bring back the nostalgia of old stage performances.

In the mid-90s, God made two strangers bump into each other, but god decide that these two strangers wouldn't be together. In the end, God was wrong.

Wimar and Titi’s household is breaking up after their son dies in a training aircraft. Titi’s mother accuses Wimar for causing the death, because he wanted to be a pilot like his father. Wimar doesn’t feel at home in his house. Lia is his only consolation. Then Wimar meets Ida, a former lover and in Ida’s arms, Wimar feels peaceful. Lia feels Ida is more like a mother for her. When the relationship is discovered, Wimar is banished from home. Then Lia is pregnant out of wedlock, so she tries to abort her baby but is hospitalized instead. When the family members gather, Ida feels guilty for being a homewrecker. Then she has a car accident and dies. Dedy who impregnates Lia promises to take responsibility. Finally, Wimar returns to his wife in accordance to the late Ida’s wish.

Tanti, an 18 year old traditional dancer who is sensitive and often lonely, discovers the true meaning of dance under the guidance of her wise teacher, Candramaya. She learns that dance is not merely a series of movements, but a language of the soul, where stories of life, love, struggle, and hope flow through every graceful step.

Asma (14) and Loka (5) are siblings born into a broken home. Their mother, Intan (35), works as a laundry worker and is the backbone of the family. However, their father, Bayu (36), continuously wastes Intan's savings. Bayu also often behaves violently towards Intan and Asma. Asma doesn't want her younger sister to be traumatized. She keeps everything hidden with lies, with a smile, for the happiness of Loka, her younger sister.

A less harmonious family, would become stronger when get insulted by others.

Peterpan is the name of a band that should be given away when their two members, Andika and Indra, no longer have the same vision as the other members: Ariel Lukman Uki and Reza. Two weeks before the name NOAH echoed, the band experienced the toughest moment: Ariel should be languishing in jail due to his alleged role in the case of the nasty video. Their beliefs are tested. They crashed out whilst at the top glory. The presence of David and the verdict of his illness makes Noah unite and become stronger than ever. They are convinced that the missing piece would go back and have another chance to make the band big, even bigger than before.