Indonesian

Two workers from differing corners of a tech corporation experience embodied as they lose themselves in the company.Read More »

Tjoet Nja’ Dhien is an epic anti-colonial film about the Aceh war, the long and bloody struggle against the colonial Dutch rule in the sultanate of Aceh in Indonesia. This aesthetically shot film portrays the unique character of the female guerrilla fighter Tjoet Nja’ Dhien. After her husband and rebel leader Teuku Umar is killed in an ambush, she takes on the Dutch colonial army herself and starts leading the numerous guerrilla warriors of Aceh.Read More »

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A man’s raging urge to fight is driven by a secret—his impotence. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter, he gets beaten black and blue, but also head over heels—he falls in love.Read More »

In Center Java Juno, a pre-teen abandoned by his father, joins a Lengger dance centre where men assume feminine appearances but the political and social upheaval in Indonesia forces him on the road, meeting remarkable people on his journey.Read More »

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In contemporary Indonesia, religious radicalisation is playing an increasingly important role. The banned Indonesian Islamic State (NII) successfully recruits among young people who don’t have any prospects of training or work. Nugroho tells three different stories: that of the girl Rima, who emerges as a valuable staff member of the NII; Jabir, who quits school for lack of money and returns to his parents, and Asimah, the mother of Ainsi, who has been kidnapped by the NII.Read More »

Anton’s marriage to Yuni, his wife’s friend, triggers a series of supernatural terrors and conflicts, leaving Nuri disappointed and Yuni’s mother fearing for the safety of her child and future grandchildren.Read More »

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Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country and has also the largest Muslim population. For 12 years, filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich has followed an Indonesian family from the slums of Jakarta. Just as in his previous two multiple award-winning documentaries THE EYE OF THE DAY and SHAPE OF THE MOON, in POSITION AMONG THE STARS, he continues to show us the underlying patterns of life in Indonesia. His intimate access to the Indonesian Sjamsuddin family provides viewers a microcosm depicting the most important issues of life in Indonesia today: corruption, conflict between religions, gambling addiction, the generation gap, and the growing difference between poor and rich.Read More »

Recently widowed Orpa, living with her two daughters, Martha and Bertha, confronts discrimination and tradition, striving for justice after both of her daughters experience sexual violence.Read More »

Dinda is an introverted student who is terrorized by a female ghost in a red dress. However, Dinda’s concern for her sister and friends makes Dinda never give up on solving the mystery she faces, even though her life is threatened.Read More »