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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
Fragments from Heaven (2022): What are We Searching for?
Read articleThrough the tale of the search through the Moroccan desert for fragments of a meteorite, Fragments of Heaven (Adnane Baraka, 2022) paints a picture of human nature, our differing motivations,…
A Wander into the Ocean (2022): Take A Deep Breath and Close Your Eyes
Read articleExploration of the relationship between humans and the universe is a powerful break to then observe reality as it should be. The waves, islands, and sea breeze in A Wander…
I WAS THERE (2023): The Old Man & A Little Boy
Read article“My name is Dr. Shuntaro Hida. I am a physician. On August 6, 1945, I was in Hiroshima, witnessing the atomic bombing.” A deadly mushroom cloud graced the morning sky…
Feeling the Apocalypse (2022): Facing Your Climate Anxieties
Read articleHave you ever thought about how the world is heading towards its end due to the climate crisis? Have you ever felt like you’re the only person who ever came…
Behind the Sun (2023): The Otherworld Beyond the Light
Read articleRhetorical questions about what kind of life lies beyond the sun often linger in the back of our minds. However, as technology advances and astrophysics progresses, these questions are slowly…
RITUAL, Part IV: The Blends (2023): The Sights and Sounds that (Uneasily) Shape Samarinda
Read articleRobby Ocktavian presents Samarinda as you’ve never seen it before in RITUAL, Part IV: The Blends (2023). The East Kalimantan city has always been rich in natural resources, which is…
The Golden Thread (2022): Spinning the Fibre, Threading the Dream
Read articleIn the midst of the collapse of the jute industrial glory days due to the massive plastic industry, millions of laborers still rely on the noise and dust of jute…
The Secret Garden (2023): From Hopeful Bloom to Haunting Gloom
Read articleSectioned into 8 chapters, the enigma of The Secret Garden (Nour Ouayda, 2023) deepens as it twists its beautiful narrative against the backdrop of Beirut’s history. The documentary’s mysterious aura…
L’Ombra di Rasputin (2022): Ecological Conservation through A Nonhuman Perspective
Read articleHumans have always been an egomaniac that had the will to dominate, take no forfeit, and become masters of anything around them. Ecological conservation may be an attempt by humans…
Di Balik Rupa (2023): Putting on Make-Up of Terror
Read articleIn 1983, Subarkah Hadisarjana was in his junior year at Institut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ) when he received an offer to work on a film project at Pusat Produksi Film Negara…
Thiiird (2023): Rediscovering Optimism in the Midst of Gloom
Read articleFouad Mahouly is busy repairing broken cars in his shabby car repair shop. In the midst of the dirty, crumbling, rubble shop, he continues to welcome his guests with the…
Loneliness (2023): Befriending the Loneliness
Read article“When we enter the theater and are willing to give up our bodies and all our senses to absorb and be absorbed (reciprocally), we are then immersed in a cinematic…
Yang Kelak Akan Retak (2023): The Remnants of War
Read articleThe importance of remembrance is the key talking point of Yang Kelak Akan Retak (Dito Yuwono, 2023) as we visually revisit certain remnants of war scattered around Java. The focus…
All the Things You Leave Behind (2022): Thailand’s Afterimage in the Vietnam War
Read articleHistory is a new chapter of human life. It is what shapes the course of life and the way we see the world, and war is one of the factors…
All my Scars Vanish in the Wind (2022): Finding Peace within an Agonizing Memory
Read articleContent warning: The film in this review contains material that may be triggering. Viewer discretion advised. There is always a way to rearrange memories. It is a way to sort…
