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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
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…
Animated Documentary: Visualizing The Unimaginable Reality
Read articleDocumentary films are still largely perceived as something that is formal and rigid. The public will refer to documentary as an analytically arranged film supplied by factual narratives, rather than…
Interview With Aryo Danusiri
Read articleAryo Danusiri, an Indonesian documentary filmmaker who often uses observational approach, found problems in Indonesian documentaries. He thought that filmmakers still build a dualism between text and non-text, which places…
Talking the Identity of Papuan with Festival Film Papua
Read articleDeparting from the screening of four films from the program Doc-Talk, which titled “Programming on Table: Festival Film Papua, Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2018 also took part in holding a…
Interview with M. Haikal, Editor of The Nameless Boy
Read articleAfter the Awarding and Closing Night of FFD 2018 last December 12th, FFD team had the opportunity to chat with Muhammad Haikal, editor of film The Nameless Boy (2018) which…
Awarding and Closing Night of Festival Film Dokumenter 2018
Read articleThe annual Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) in the year 2018 is officially ended last night (12/12) at Societet Militair Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. Began on the December 5th until December 12th, 2018,…
Interview with Makiko Wakai
Read articleFestival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2018 had a chance to interview Makiko Wakai, coordinator of “New Asian Currents” program, a Competition program introducing emerging filmmakers from across Asia at Yamagata International…
Daily Guideline: Wednesday – December 12th, 2018.
Read article1.00 p.m. PROGRAM “DOCTALK: SEA MOVIE” | AUDITORIUM IFI-LIP In this slot, we present three films in Doc Talk program: SEA Movie. From the portrait of development inequality in the…
