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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
Programmers’ Picks: Fiky Daulay
Read articleFiky Daulay is the Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019’s Programmer for Sensory Ethnography: Eye Witness. The program he handles contains clips of audiovisual works whose connection to sensory ethnography approach.…
The Sought After Happiness
Read articleMental health is achieved once human satifsy his needs to feel happy. Humans attempt various ways i search of happiness: doing their favorite activities, spreading positivity quotes on social media,…
Programmer’s Picks: Ukky Satya
Read articleHaving been around since 2013, Ukky Satya is a Programmer of Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019. This year, she handles SchoolDoc and Lanskap program. She is currently active in Program…
Tracing Family History and Identity Construction in Optigraph (2017)
Read articleEvery family has their own mysterious puzzle; have you ever tried to seek out the origin of your family for not merely knowing the pedigree chart but also identifying the…
Experimentation of Medium in the Pursuit of Impression
Read articleIn this year’s installment of Festival Film Dokumenter, Docs Docs: Short! gives the spotlight to short documentaries in particular. Medium and impression subjects become unique variables to be explored in…
Daily Guidelines – December 2th, 2019
Read articleIt’s #Monday! Let’s begin your week with lots of interesting documentaries presented here at FFD 2019. Just like other Mondays, today’s a busy day. Make sure you rise early and…
Restitching the West Coast
Read articleCanada has one of the prestigious film events for filmmakers around the world, the Toronto International Film Festival. What people might not know, is that at the beginning of their…
Tracing Roots, Capturing Origins: A Self Portrait
Read articleIn 2016, a video displaying a group of students of SMA Negeri 3 Solo who protested their school went viral. Dermawan Bakri, the student council president of SMA Negeri 3…
DocTalk and Public Lecture: Deciphering Various Forms of Concerns
Read articleThe habit of constantly questioning something that’s right in front of us needs to be developed in order to hone critical attitudes, including towards cultural products like movies. As a…
In Search of Happiness
Read articlePleasure and happiness are two often interchangeable terms. Pleasure emerges spontaneously in an instant because of external stimuli. Happiness, on the other hand, comes due to intense and prolonged duration…
Confronting Our Gaze towards Disabilities
Read articleDiversity should’ve not made a group of people feel entitled over a thing and shut other people’s opportunities. Indeed it is simple, but unfortunately, it is too complicated for some…
Reflecting the Fight over Citizen’s Living Space
Read articleOur country has a long history regarding the matter of eviction in the name of development. Thirty two years ago, a massive eviction afflicted the people of Kedung Ombo because…
Remembering Abduh Aziz through Lanskap: Tribute to Abduh
Read articleOn June 30, 2019, Indonesian filming world mourned with the passing of Abduh Aziz. He is remembered not only among filmmaking circles, but also art and culture communities because of…
Interpreting Violence Through Films
Read articleViolence is an experience that could be felt personally or collectively. There are various types of violence in this world. According to Galtung (1990), “violence triangle” helps to identify these…
Remapping South Korean Women Directors
Read articleSouth Korean cinema has been lively discussed throughout the world ever since Bong Joon-ho’s success at Cannes Film Festival this year. For filmgoers, South Korean cinema has increasingly offered new…
