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On November 23, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., the auditorium of Pascasarjana ISI Yogyakarta was filled with an audience who came not only to watch a film, but also to revisit…

DOC Talk’s session, “Foto: Ruang-Waktu Sinema” (lit. Photo: Cinema Space-Time), held at Langgeng Art Foundation (23/11), opened a discussion on the shifting boundaries between photography and cinema. Rather than look…

The screening of A DISTORTED INDIVIDUAL. (Adythia Utama, 2025) was held for the first time on 22 November 2025 at Langgeng Art Foundation. The film is competing alongside three other…

The FFD 2025 Student Competition program, screened at Kedai Kebun Forum on Saturday (22/11) at 15:45 WIB, highlighted an important aspect: documentaries are not just a genre, but also a…

The screening of Short Competition compilation took place at Pascasarjana ISI Yogyakarta on November 22nd, 2025 as a part of Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2025. This session screened a compilation…

How can a film move beyond the screen and transform itself into social action? In response to that question, Festival Film Dokumenter 2025 presented a DOC Talk session entitled Ringan…

At the screening room of Pascasarjana ISI Yogyakarta (21/11), the question of what is meant by “reality sandwich” echoed after the screening of the documentary Ep.10 Reality Sandwich: Jogja Chronicles…

On a bright afternoon, Cemeti–Institute for Art and Society–grew ever more alive with visitors. On that day, Saturday (21/11/2025), the exhibition entitled In the Darkness, I Hold Memories, in collaboration…

The first edition of Teka-teki Sinema film programming workshop has officially wrapped up. The workshop was split into two phases, with the online workshop taking place on June 20–21 and…

After weeks of anticipation and incredible enthusiasm from across Southeast Asia, we are proud to announce the selected participants of the first edition of Teka-teki Sinema Film Programming Workshop. We…

Aimed at introducing participants to the foundations of film programming, Teka-teki Sinema Film Programming Workshop invites emerging film programmers from Southeast Asia to explore ideas around film programming and audiovisual…

FFD is opening the film submission from all around the globe for its 24th edition. There are five categories you can choose to submit your film, including International Feature-Length Competition,…

Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2024 has finally come to an end. Held for nine days straight, 71 films–both short and feature-length documentaries–were screened in various programs. Starting with the prefestival…

This year’s International Feature-Length Competition at Festival Film Dokumenter does not only present fresh submissions from different documentary filmmakers, but also provides fresh readings into the ever-expanding understanding of documentary…

Festival Film Dokumenter 2024 presents the Indonesian Feature-Length Competition program with four selected films. The program is a window offering perspectives on the complex existence and agency of present-day Indonesia.…