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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
Film Review: The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk
Read articleMirror, becoming a space that showed woman persona in every situation. That aspect is presented by Mark Rappaport in “The Vanity Table of Douglas Sirk” (Mark Rappaport, 2014). Snippets from…
Film Review: Merci Patron!
Read articleBuildingg ruins in Poix-du-Nord showed the greatness of the factory that gave life to so many workers in the past. But, after the factory moved to Poland, the workers’ life…
Interview with Takuro Kotaka, Director of The Village’s Bid for UFO
Read articleTakuro Kotaka, a documentary filmmaker from Tokyo, Japan, is having his own unique way to documented a social issues. Through “The Village’s Bid for UFO”, he catched native citizen’s responses…
Letting go of the Past from History Concentration through Discussion
Read articleDeparting from film scrrening of Spektrum program | Dear Memory : Facticity, Festival Film Dokumenter 16 was also holding Q&A session on Sunday (10/12). Located at IFI-LIP, this session attended…
Learning Film and Criticism in Film Criticism Workshop FFD 2017
Read articleThis year, Lokakarya Kritik Film (Film Criticism Workshop) presented for the first time in Festival Film Dokumenter 2017. This workshop conducted as a response on a necessity of our cinema…
Questioned the Truth in Documentary through Discussion about ‘Post-Truth’
Read articleDiscussion session with the topic ‘Post-Truth’ that raised by Festival Film Dokumenter as the main theme in Perspektif program this year had been held on (12/12). The discussion opened by…
Interview with Roy Thaniago, Founder and Researcher of Remotivi
Read articleThe Publicist Team of Festival Film Dokumenter 16 had a chance interviewed Roy Thaniago, founder and researcher of Remotivi. He is one of the speaker on Discussion program Documentary in…
Interview with Hore Besok Libur, The Team behind ‘Ojek Lusi’
Read articleOjek Lusi invited the audience to remember the disaster of Lumpur Sidoarjo (Lusi) through the victim’s life. After 11 years and never resolved, the disaster that drowned 16 villages is…
Interview with Sandeep Ray, Jury Board Member of Feature-Length Documentary Competition
Read articleThis time, Publicist Team of Festival Film Dokumenter has an opportunity to interview Sandeep Ray, a documentary filmmaker, writer, reviewer, and lecturer in STUD-HASS. He has been involved with FFD…
Awarding and Closing Night Festival Film Dokumenter 2017: Post-Truth
Read articleThe implementation of Festival Film Dokumenter 2017: ‘Post-Truth’ has ended on December 15th, 2017. Awarding and Closing Night became the last event series since opened on Saturday (9/12). Took place…
Interview with Vivian Idris, Jury Board Member of Short Documentary Category Competition
Read articleFor Vivian Idris, duration is an important thing in making short documentary film. Filmmakers should be accurate in making story development in the limited duration. Festival Film Dokumenter 2017 invited…
Interview with Ronny Agustinus, Jury Board Member of Feature-Length Documentary Category Competition
Read articleIn 2017, Ronny Agustinus is back as jury board member of Feature-Length Documentary Category Competition after been there in 2015 before. His accurateness in seeing social phenomenon supported with his…
Interview with Angie Chen, Director of I’ve Got the Blues
Read articleI’ve Got The Blues is a documentary about the artist Yank Wong. painter, art director, set designer, writer, musician, and photographer. He is a true renaissance man who expresses his…
