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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
Was it Napoleon or -apoleon?
Read articleEverybody has heard of Napoleon. History classes have told us that he is one of the greatest conquerors to ever have lived. But, at least back then, we have never…
Is It Fair to Reclaim “Witch” Symbolisms When Witch Hunts Still Exist?
Read articleWhen we think of witch hunts, we usually think of the Salem witch trials or even the witch hunts from 14th to the 18th century Europe. Truth be told, it…
Grief in the Time of Late Capitalism
Read articleGrief is love persevering. During the loss of loved ones, time seems to halt and we cease to feel alive. We feel sorrow, we cry. We try to learn not…
Aftermaths of the Green Revolution
Read articleOn December 19th 2024, an exhibition titled “Kebangkitan: Tanah untuk Kedaulatan Pangan” (lit. The Rise of Earth for Food Sovereignty) was intended to showcase the works of well-renowned artist Yos…
Between the Dark of the Cinema and the Light of Flames
Read articleWhat’s the thing that comes to your mind when you hear Titanic (James Cameron, 1997) screened in Indonesia for the first time? Long lines in front of the cinema? Trembling…
I, Who Have Never Understood the Pain of Beauty
Read article“The great advantage men have is that our culture allows two standards of male beauty: the boy and the man. [For women,] only one standard of female beauty is sanctioned:…
Whispers of Sakura Falling Before its Season
Read articleThose spirits come haunting again. The spirits of the past knocking on today’s reality. Whispering words that are unheard; of trauma that is hidden beneath. In director Arief Budiman’s visit…
Cheating Fate
Read articleA minimalist concept is used in delivering a personal and intimate storytelling, making The Elderphone (2025) a different way of framing a harsh reality. A structure simultaneously reduces and expands…
An Unreliable Memory
Read articleLove. Matrimony. Kinship. Brother. Sister. Mother. Bedroom. Grown-up. Goodbye. Choice of words, interweaving of meanings, arrangement of events assembled, dismantled, then reassembled, creating a dynamic that encapsulates the essence of…
Bounds of Love (Don’t Exist!)
Read articleI want to love you simply: with words unspoken wood into fire ceasing into ash. I want to love you simply: with signs unstated clouds into rain ceasing to exist.…
Resting the Real onto the Digital
Read articleAt only fourteen years old, Marko had to witness the cruelties of war in his hometown. He lost his home in 2018 and had to move to several places in…
Cinema, Candid, and Stripped Bare
Read articleBazin argued that cinema in its truest sense serves as something indexical. Unlike painters or writers that choose to operate in a “realistic” style vis-à-vis the objective world—cinema never simply…
Cleanliness is Part of Faith, They Say
Read article“Cleanliness is part of faith.” That dogmatic proverb has long been internalised into the bodies and minds of people, becoming an unwritten rule that governs our lives in one way…
Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?
Read articleIn the film The Red Egg (Ivonne Kani, 2025), the age-old question of chicken or egg serves as a compass for reading the tension between a family’s cultural tradition that…
It Is Not So Much That the Artifacts Are Mute, as That We Are Deaf
Read articleHuaqueo is a practice of gravedigging to obtain pre-Columbian artifacts. The people who practice are called huaquero(s). Both of these words stem from the word huaca, deriving from the Quechua…
