A recurring screening program that presents documentary films as a space for public discussion and exchange.
Through its regular screening program, Forum Film Dokumenter showcases various documentary works from Indonesia and across the globe, serving as a meeting point for audiences to watch, discuss, and exchange ideas on relevant issues. This program also provides a space for cultural practices, communities, and institutions to connect, engage in dialogue, and broaden access to documentary works.
Present in various formats and through diverse collaborations since Forum Film Dokumenter was established, namely Let’s Screen Docs! and Café Society Cinema (in collaboration with Ruang MES 56 and Bakudapan Food Study Group), the program has served as a versatile platform for showcasing documentaries in a wide range of contexts and communities. The program is developed in collaboration with numerous partners ranging from art collectives and cultural spaces to communities and educational institutions, allowing each edition to be responsive to the distinct issues, needs, and characteristics of its audience.
Six selected films will be screened for free and open to the public as part of the Art Combating Silence initiative. Art Combating Silence is an initiative of Indonesian artists call against normalization and ignorance of genocide, war crimes, and atrocities against children in Palestine. Films listed are a part of twenty inventories of 16…
Program Notes About three decades after the birth of the Dada movement, World War II broke out. Amid the renewed turmoil of war, new forms of artistic exploration emerged. Though different in form, they still carried the same ideas. One such movement emerged from a group of literature students who met at Columbia University and…
