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Retrospektif program focuses on the journey of filmmakers and their contribution to documentary film in the world. This year, Retrospektif presents the experience of watching the amazing works of Chris…

Broken tiles will look like worthless gold. That is the meaning of the Javanese proverb “wingko katon kencana”. This proverb can be used to describe someone who is intoxicated. Many…

Hardiawan Prayoga is an archivist of IVAA, who is responsible for managing IVAA’s archives that are comprehensive and accessible. He studied at Universitas Gadjah Mada majoring in Pengkajian Seni Pertunjukan…

Gayatri Nadya is a film distributor at KOLEKTIF, a distribution and screening initiative that collaborates with various film communities in Indonesia. She has also served as a team of curators…

Eric Sasono is one of the founders of the Indonesian Film Society, London, which organizes regular screenings of Indonesian films in London. He completed his doctoral education in film studies…

On December 11, 2020, the Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) had the opportunity to interview Intan Paramaditha, an Indonesian writer and academic involved as a judge of the Kompetisi Panjang Indonesia…

Bert Haanstra never fails to arouse the audience’s imagination through his poetic documentary. He picks and weaves seemingly unrelated moments into a cohesive piece, surrendering the interpretation to the beholders.…

Let’s briefly ignore documentary as a “portrait of reality” while talking about Banyak Ayam Banyak Rejeki (2020) since the film doesn’t actually stick to the rule.  Riboet Akbar and Önar…

Have you ever wondered of what people in Latin America, where nations are torn down and rebuilt over every decade, dream of? It is where outside influences and internal corruption…

In Letters to Buriram (2019), Minwook Oh invites us to reflect upon tales from the war. Through letters that never reached its end, into militarized statues of gods in uniform.…

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (2020) portrays Ona’s journey in pursuing her dream regardless of her haunting dark past. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea…

Simple yet so touching. That is the best description to picture Mbah Kancil (Ismail Basbeth, 2020), who beautifully packs the piece of her life story as a former dancer. In…

If a lonely and empty Doel were called a Ghost Town, who exactly is haunted by whom? Who is the ghost?  A street in Doel Town that recorded a crowd…

Aside from introducing a matchmaking forum in Yogyakarta, Golek Garwo (Wahyu Utami, 2020) tells the story of one of its participants: Basri. A 62-year-old worker who found his wife through…

Into the Movement (2019) invites audiences to experience Art Lab’s battles in changing the world. Into the Movement (Lorenzo Melegari, 2019) invites its audiences to recall the social activities that…