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It Is Not So Much That the Artifacts Are Mute, as That We Are Deaf
Huaqueo is a practice of gravedigging to obtain pre-Columbian artifacts. The people who practice are…
Directing Film, Directing Life
I am 25, a woman still navigating my own “film”: messy, uncertain, full of detours,…
Cleanliness is Part of Faith, They Say
“Cleanliness is part of faith.” That dogmatic proverb has long been internalised into the bodies…
The Sound from Migrant Workers in the Park
A couple sits across from each other in a park. They share questions and stories…
Tracing Memory through the Things in a Room
A while ago, I found myself in my rented room, repacking my belongings and preparing…
To the Inevitable Death, I Love You
The tight grip of two elderly couples reading a book loosens as they turn the…
Highlight
A Black-and-White Film about the Colorful Life of Individual Distortion
The screening of A DISTORTED INDIVIDUAL. (Adythia Utama, 2025) was held for the first time…
Challenging a Single Historical Narrative through Archives and Art
On a bright afternoon, Cemeti–Institute for Art and Society–grew ever more alive with visitors. On…
Photography, Cinema, and the Liminal Space Between Them
DOC Talk’s session, “Foto: Ruang-Waktu Sinema” (lit. Photo: Cinema Space-Time), held at Langgeng Art Foundation…
The Grand Transversal Process of La Casa Grande
On 24 November 2025, the screening of Short Competition was held at Kedai Kebun Forum,…
Festival Strategy, Curatorial Work, and Their Interplay
The Curatorship & Context: Strategy of Festival & Networking panel session was held at Pascasarjana…
Teka-teki Sinema Film Programming Workshop 2025 Has Been Conducted
The first edition of Teka-teki Sinema film programming workshop has officially wrapped up. The workshop…
Index
Francesco Montagner: The Importance of Building a Close Relationship with the Characters in Directing Documentary
Read articleIDOCLAB enters its second workshop and the final stage for the 10 selected projects. On December 5, 2023, Francesco Montagner attended the event as the mentor. He is an Italian…
Natasha Tontey: Bringing a New Perspective of Indigenous Minahasan Lore
Read articleGarden Amidst the Flame (Natasha Tontey, 2022) was screened with Di Balik Rupa (Adlino Dananjaya, 2023) in a compilation of Lanskap: Grotesque Cinema at IFI-LIP on December 5, 2023 at…
So, What’s New in New Media?
Read articleThe new and innovative technology seems to be a new medium of expression for anyone to express the fluorescent moments in human lives. However, how far is the novelty offered?…
Voices from Shan that Refused to be Silenced
Read articleBeing the center of civil war for 60 years, Myanmar’s Shan region has a rich culture that endured for hundreds of years. This richness is of course deeply tied to…
Defining A Family through Hours of Ours (2023)
Read articleBioskop Sonobudoyo were filled to the brim with enthusiasm from the audience as the screening of the last slot began. Through Hours of Ours (Komtouch Napattaloong, 2023), the audience were…
Ecological Grief and Urban Development Ceremonial Rituals in RITUAL, Part IV: The Blends
Read articleAt around 2:45 p.m. on December 5, 2023, Bioskop Sonobudoyo was packed with a queue of people who eagerly filled every available seat. They had come to watch the second…
The Story Behind Murdijati Gardjito (2023)
Read articleProf. Dr. Ir. Mudijati Gardjito has taken a long, rocky road to become a maestro in food science. Commonly known as Bu Mur, she is an important figure in the…
The Reality and Dynamic of a Big Sumba Family
Read articleCapturing the reality in Sumba–not only through the tourism lens–is perhaps one of Tonny Trimarsanto’s intentions when directing One Big Sumba Family (2022). Sumba, behind the glimmering destinations that appeal…
Inside the Thrilling Realities of DOC Interactive and Monographs Festival Film Dokumenter 2023
Read article“The main purpose of DOC Interactive is to merge documentaries with spaces we’d usually call, ‘The Others’,” Kurnia Yudha, the Director of Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2023, explains as pre-event…
Festival Film Dokumenter 2023 has Officially Begun!
Read articleFestival Film Dokumenter (FFD) continues to shift and assist the documentary movement in Indonesia and worldwide. Held for the 22nd time, the 2023 FFD has officially begun. Divided into 10…
What’s Recorded and Left of the Indigenous People’s Resistance
Read articleWhat happens when indigenous people have to live with extractive and massive industrial practices? How do these circumstances and narratives appear in the media and documentaries? What do we imagine…
City of Photos (2004): The Temporarily Life in the Forever Image
Read articleWhen their mothers buy them new clothes, they know what to do: take pictures at the studio! So says director Nishtha Jain, opening her story in City of Photos (2004).…
Garden Amidst the Flame (2022): Women’s Imagery in A Truly Manly Customs
Read articleShave your eyebrows and you will be able to see spirits, they said. Perhaps Mikha was right. Her sister, Virsay, returns home to a greeting from their non-human ancestors. Instead…
Taste of Hope (2019): A Cup of Hope Brewed Tea
Read articleTo persevere and be born again and again is the ultimate act of struggle. At least, that’s what the Fralib factory workers stood for after Unilever tried to relocate them…
An Asian Ghost Story (2023): Hong Kong, Living the In-Between Tresses
Read articleThere’s a lot we don’t know about on this earth, and one of those mysteries is that hair holds a lot of stories. Ever thought about whose hair is used…
