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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
Awaiting the Winner of Short Documentary Competition
Read articleThe Short Documentary Competition of FFD 2019 has come to its end. The ruling was conducted on Monday, December 2nd, 2019. The three jury members were Jesse Cumming (film curator,…
Opening Night of Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2019
Read articleFestival Film Dokumenter (FFD) was officially opened on December 1st, 2019 in Societet Militair Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. As the Southeast Asia’s oldest documentary film celebration, FFD continues to foster the…
Daily Guidelines – December 3rd, 2019
Read articleTuesday is……. The second episode on Monday. It’s still an intense day. Instead of just whining about waiting for the weekend, let’s live your day by following the remarkable agendas…
Back in Time with Tjidurian 19
Read articleTjidurian 19 was a home for ideas, knowledge, love, and friendship. It was the secretariat office for Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat (Institute for the People’s Culture), often abbreviated to Lekra. It…
Origin of Shadow (2017): Being A Ghost
Read articleA puddle in the rice field reflected the shadow of the farmer. On the sidelines of the paddy plants, appeared a school of koi fish in static. Out there, some…
Interpreting Social Movement with Our Youth in Taiwan (2018)
Read articleOur Youth in Taiwan (Yue Fu, 2018) reminds us of the sunflower movement in Taiwan, the notable social movement back in 2014. Led by mostly students, the movement opposed state…
Notes from the Fringe (2019): Witnessing Evictions with the Sensory Ethnography Approach
Read articleThe United Nations in 1993 have issued a resolution stating that forced eviction practices are considered as major violation against the human rights, especially the right to adequate housing. Indonesia…
Good Neighbours (2018): Campaigning against Loneliness
Read articleThe doorbells ring as two women, Kelder and Wilma Slobbe, come to enliven the houses in the city, thus, the owners will no longer be lonely. Stella van Voorst depicts…
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…
