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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,…
Outreach Activities of filmdokumenter.id: Bridging Education and Documentary Films
In the first quarter of 2025, Forum Film Dokumenter Database Program team organized a series…
Festival Strategy, Curatorial Work, and Their Interplay
The Curatorship & Context: Strategy of Festival & Networking panel session was held at Pascasarjana…
Index
Teguh (2021): Between Passion and Impression; The Struggle for a Freedom to Love
Read articleLiving free to love anyone is a human right of every human being. Unfortunately, the need that should be a human right turns out to be a privilege. Regarding sexual…
Marganing Gesang (2022): Attempt to Survive
Read articlePeople commonly associate dalang (puppeteer) to an old man. However, in Marganing Gesang (2022), we follow the life of a dalang which is unlike what people think. This documentary film,…
Darsan’s Testimony (2022): His Testimony of People Who Had to End up in Lubang Buaya
Read articleDarsan (80) was still on his first assignment at Maospati Iswahjudi Airfield (now called Iswahjudi Air Force Base) when the ‘65 incident occurred. By order of the Battalion, he had…
A Tale of The Crocodile’s Twin (2022): Hearing Fairy Tales and Testimony of Sharing Living Space
Read articleHave we ever realized that it is not only humans who have the right to living space? This reflection triggers the narrative brought in the film A Tale of The…
Riding A Time Machine: A Conversation With Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
Read articleTimoteus Anggawan Kusno (Angga) finally managed to arrive at the Secretariat of the Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) after struggling with the heavy rain along the way. Wrapped in a parachute…
Searching The Unseen: Interview with Vendy Methodos, Collaborating Artist FFD 2022
Read articleIn 2006, after the earthquake in Yogyakarta, Vendy Methodos began his first steps as a street artist by presenting “stalker.” As far as he can remember, he only drew street…
Recording FFD’s Long Road with Nurbertus Nuranto
Read articleSince being held in 2002, the Documentary Film Festival (FFD) was initiated by a group of young people who discussed the condition and urgency of documentaries in Indonesia. As one…
Interview with Jewel Maranan
Read articleIt was November 26, 2021. One of the FFD’s writers in Yogyakarta was granted a good chance to e-meet Jewel Maranan in the Philippines. Engaging with someone ±2,620 kilometers away…
Teachers Support, The Key to Students’ Documentary Productivity
Read articleTonny Trimarsanto is known as a director and documentary workshop facilitator. Ever since he is active in documentary, Tonny who is a graduate from Insititut Kesenian Jakarta (IKJ) has produced…
20 Years of FFD from the View of John Badalu
Read articleJohn Badalu is a film producer and publicist and the founder of Q-Munity, an organization concerning minority issues, especially LGBTQ+ through art and culture. In 2002, John initiated Q! Film…
List of FFD 2021 Competition Program’s Winner
Read articleFor the 20th time, FFD was successfully held and at the same time announced the award winners for the competition program. The FFD 2021 awarding ceremony has been held on…
Consistency and Explorative Spirit in Making Artwork
Read articlePiring Tirbing is a collective artist group from Yogyakarta focusing on cinema. Piring Tirbing has been run by young people who have been actively making films since 2016. In this…
Cross-Medium Watching Technology in the Perspective of Slamet Thohari
Read articleSlamet Thohati is a professor from the Sociology Department of Universitas Brawijaya who puts himself in many inclusivity issues. He was the secretary of the Center for Disability Studies and…
Thoughts, Memories, and Feelings in Sans Soleil (1982)
Read articleSome individuals may like to engrave memories in the form of photos, videos, or other forms of archives. Without realizing it, the presence of the archive can actually be a…
Myth and Fact Twisted in MADA or the story of the first man (2021)
Read articleThe subject of who was the first human on earth is an endless discussion. Humans in every civilization always flip through the traces of their ancestors and reveal them with…
