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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
Map of Latin American Dreams (2020): 1000 Years Dreams
Read articleHave 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…
Letters to Buriram (2019): Tales from the War
Read articleIn 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.…
Pursuing a Dream with Between the Devil and The Deep Blue Sea (2020)
Read articleBetween 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…
Mbah Kancil (2020): Waiting for The King of Terrors
Read articleSimple 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…
Doel: Peeking Out the Town from A Ghost Point of View
Read articleIf 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…
Basri’s Quest to Find Old Love
Read articleAside 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…
Understanding the Importance of Social Life through Into the Movement (2019)
Read articleInto 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…
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…
