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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
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…
Beat-Beat-Beaten: Film Screening at Café Society Cinema
Read articleProgram Notes About three decades after the birth of the Dada movement, World War II broke out. Amid the renewed turmoil of war, new forms of artistic exploration emerged. Though…
