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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
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…
Daily Guideline: Tuesday – December 11th, 2018
Read article1.00 p.m. “LANSKAP” PROGRAM | Q & A | SOCIETET MILITAIR, TBY “Lanskap” offered an effort to view and talk about Indonesia through the discourse that regularly present within the…
Interview with Alexander Matius
Read articleAlexander Matius, programmer on Kinosaurus Jakarta, an alternative screening program, and one of the drive on Cinemapoetica , saw competition as an important entity and needed to be present at…
Programmer Recommendation: Aditya R. Pratama
Read articleAditya is programmer of Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) since 2016. This year, he is a programmer for three programs: “Spektrum”, The Feelings of Reality “, and” Le Mois du Documentaire…
FFD 2018 Launches Special Programs Regarding Disability Issues
Read articleIt is hard to deny that people with disabilities are often placed as “second-class citizens” in this country. Almost all aspects are not friendly to people with disabilities. This is…
“Human, Frame by Frame”, FFD 2018’s program for Human Rights Day
Read articleSimultaneous with World Human Rights Day on December 10th, Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2018 presented a thematic program titled “Human, Frame by Frame”. This program will screen nine films from…
Daily Guideline: Monday – December 10th, 2018
Read article1.00 p.m. COMPETITION –SILENCE IS A FALLING BODY | SOCIETET – TAMAN BUDAYA YOGYAKARTA One of the films in the program feature-length documentary competition that told the personal side of…
Interview Session with Sebastian Winkels
Read articleOn Friday, December 8th, 2018, FFD’s Media and Publication team had an opportunity to talk with a German director, Sebastian Winkels. This year, FFD is cooperating with Goethe-Intitut in the…
Programmer Recommendation: Irfan R. Darajat
Read articleIrfan R, Darajat is the programmer of FFD 2018 for “Perspektif” and “DocSound” programs. For now, Irfan is a member of LARAS research group: Music Studies in Society, and a…
