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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
To the Inevitable Death, I Love You
Read articleThe tight grip of two elderly couples reading a book loosens as they turn the pages. Their grip tightens even more after a small interruption from a friend who knocks…
There Is No Deus Ex Machina, There Is No Planet B
Read articleThe destruction of our planet has reached a point of no return. With capitalism’s unapologetic pursuit of profits above all else catalyses the obliteration of our nature and everything in…
Our Collective Nightmare
Read article“There is no shade on every road I travel, there is no shade on every road you travel.” The above sentence is a verse that appears in When the Blues…
A Father and the Abundant Memories of Him
Read articleA father figure is always attached to his child’s mind. When he is beside or no longer there, because of death or the decision to leave his family intentionally, the…
The Never-Ending Honeymoon
Read articleI haven’t had a chance to imagine the kind of life I want in my old age, but now, perhaps the answer is to be like Martha. Honey & Moon…
Wild Tracks Beyond the Circuit
Read articleBeyond the city lights and the endless stream of cars, we are invited to see the other side of the road. The roar of the engine bursts forth with unbridled…
A Peek into Life from Behind a Garbage Cart
Read articleNearly every day, I throw my trash into the trash bin in front of my boarding house. Every other day, the trash bin is back to its original clean state.…
Behind the Scenes of the Scene: Documenting the Documentary
Read articleHave you ever wondered the reason why the films were made while you were watching them? Or, how was the creative work behind them? Constructed (Jonathan Gradiyan, 2025) takes us…
Directing Film, Directing Life
Read articleI am 25, a woman still navigating my own “film”: messy, uncertain, full of detours, moments of clarity, and endless rewrites. By “film”, I do not mean I am directing…
One City, Four Eyes: Who Is Really Looking at Whom?
Read articleAt first, I thought the “sandwich” in the film’s title would refer to the sandwich generation, which is the economic backbone of themselves and their family. However, my guess was…
They are Draining Our Pools of Care
Read articleIn the land-locked city of Saitama was a public pool affectionately named “the ocean” by the locals. The public pool stood for 52 years until it was doomed to demolition…
It (Really) Is a Machine Vacation
Read articleWhat would happen if two artificial intelligence (AI) models searched for a vacation recommendation for you using Google Street View? In its short duration, Machine Vacations (Hadafi Raihan Karim, 2025)…
A Machine Archives, A Human Aches
Read articleI once read someone asked ChatGPT, “If you were human, what would you do?” The answer: crying. Feel the breeze. Fall in love. Have a body. I laughed, but I…
Where Cacti are Drifting Beneath the Blue Sky
Read articleFor more than 200 years, olive trees and an old cacti around Damascus were devoured by excavators under the orders of foreman Bashar Al-Assad. The Orchards (Antoine Chapon, 2025) emerges…
A Look at Dome Sukvong
Read articleSince his childhood, a future film archivist dreamed of becoming a movie projectionist or a box office clerk. This dream motivated him to study film at Chulalongkorn University. After graduating,…
