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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
Gedoran Depok (2019): Revealed History
Read articleGedoran Depok (2019) invites the audience to dive into the long-kept bloody tragedy, which had not been revealed until 2011. Gedoran Depok (Bobby Zarkasih, 2019) invites the audience to go…
Appreciating Togetherness Through In Touch (2018)
Read articleIn Touch (2018) invites the audiences to give an in-depth meaning of the intimate relationship between human and technology that creates a new form of imaginative and unreal closeness. In…
Awarding Night and Closing Ceremony of Festival Film Dokumenter 2019
Read articleFestival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019 has officially ended on Desember 7th, 2019. The awarding and closing night became the last one of the series of events in FFD 2019, which…
Understanding Sensory Ethnography in Audiovisual Production
Read articleOn Wednesday (Dec 4th), Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019 held a DocTalk session on Sensory Ethnography at Kedai Kebun Forum. Through the discussion, the audiences were invited to understand how…
Avoid Exploitation with Intimacy
Read articleEntering the fifth day of the event, the spirit of FFD did not diminish. On Wednesday, December 5th, 2019, FFD held a DocTalk panel with the topic Hacking Methods &…
International Feature-length Documentary Competition’s Jury Session
Read articleOn Thursday, December 5th, 2019, the International Feature-length Documentary Competition has come to the judging phase. The eight nominees were My Lone Father (Anastasia Durand-Launay, 2018), A Donkey Called Geronimo…
Daily Guideline – December 7th, 2019
Read articleAt last, we have come to the final day of FFD 2019, and we are very grateful for all the pleasant experiences during the last six days. Academics, students, journalists,…
The Faces of Our Film Distribution: A Collective Restlessness
Read articleOn the sixth day, DocTalk program of FFD 2019 opened a discussion session about the film distribution and financing entitled “Distribution, Market, and Film Politics Economy: The Faces of Our…
Reliving the Memory of Abduh Aziz
Read articleOn Friday (Dec 6th), Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019 held yet another DocTalk session entitled DocTalk entitled “Documentary and Arts Ecosystem in Indonesia”. This agenda is a part of the…
Creating a Community Free from Sexual Violence
Read articleMonday (Dec 2), Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019 held a discussion entitled “Assembling in a Safe Space: Rethinking Forms and Prevention of Violence within Communities” at Kedai Kebun Forum. The…
Daily Guideline – December 6th, 2019
Read articleThank God It’s Friday! In the remaining two days of Festival Film Dokumenter 2019, don’t slow down, otherwise you’ll regret for missing these really lit information.Color your weekend by attending…
T.W.U Tel (1981): Workers Union that Took Over Their Own Company
Read articleIn the 1980’s, the British Columbia Telephone Company (BC Tel) office in British Columbia, Canada, got sealed up by their own employees. Posters stating “Under New Management” are put up…
The Curatorial Tour of Sensory Ethnography Exhibition with Fiky Daulay
Read articleOn December 5th 2019, the curator and programmer of the exhibition program of Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019, Fiky Daulay guided the curatorial tour of Sensory Ethnography exhibition at Kedai…
Questioning Short Documentaries as the Manifestation of Democracy
Read articleThursday (Dec 4), Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019 held a DocTalk Session entitled Short Films and Longed Democracy in Kedai Kebun Forum. Moderated by Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu (founder of Cinema…
Indonesian Cinema after the New Order: Going Mainstream
Read articleOn December 4th, 2019, Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019 held a public lecture entitled Indonesian Cinema after the New Order: Going Mainstream at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences,…
