Golden Memories – Petite Histoire of Indonesian Cinema

Going through a journey of three filmmakers trail tracing Indonesia’s family cinema. From Indonesia to the Netherlands and back, they met Kwee Zwan Liang Cinema and Rusdy Attamimi Cinema, to a whole other level of the journey that brought them to not only culture issues in the public cinema but also on aesthetics and the truth of family cinema from a generation to the ones to come.

Afrian Purnama is a critic, art researcher, filmmaker, and film curator. He was the editor and managing editor of the film criticism magazine Jurnal Footage in 2016–2022, editor and contributor to the book Harimau Tjampa (2021), co-curator and researcher for the Kultursinema film exhibition, and curator of ARKIPEL – Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival since 2013–2020. Afrian is the director of the film Golden Memories – Petite Histoire of Indonesian Cinema (2017) and the cinematographer of the film Amrus Natalsya Yang Membuat Kembali Keluarga Tandus Disendja (2022). He is the founder and administrator of the online film review platform, Aspek Rasio (aspekrasio.com), and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Cultural Studies at Universitas Sanata Dharma.

Born in Jakarta, 1983. A filmmaker, has made three feature documentary before Golden Memories: Dongeng Rangkas (2011), Elesan deq a Tutuq (2013), and Harimau Minahasa (2015).  He was also cinematographer in many Forum Lenteng feature documentary such as seperti Naga yang Berjalan di Atas Air (2012), Anak Sabiran Di Balik Cahaya Gemerlapan (Sang Arsip) (2013), and Marah di Bumi Lambu (2014).