Indonesia
The past, present, and future of Indonesia are explored at IFFR through urgent documentaries, razor-sharp fiction films, and a Focus programme centred around visual artist and filmmaker Timoteus Anggawan Kusno.
A list of films
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Till Death Do Us Part
Upi | 106′ | Indonesia | European premiere
An isolated housewife’s routine is thrown into chaos when she suspects an intruder in her apartment. -
Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra
Hanung Bramantyo | 130′ | Indonesia | World premiere
A tale of sexual awakening from one of Indonesia’s most acclaimed filmmakers. -
Bachtiar
Hafiz Rancajale | 129′ | Indonesia | World premiere
A search to find the true Bachtiar Siagian, one of Indonesian cinema’s most important figures. -
Whispers in the Dabbas
Garin Nugroho | 76′ | Indonesia | World premiere
Defending voiceless individuals, a novice lawyer fights a corrupt establishment and her own helplessness. -
Turang
Bachtiar Siagian | 87′ | Indonesia | None
Freedom fighters and indigenous Karo people fight for liberation from the Dutch. -
Midnight in Bali
Razka Robby Ertanto | 98′ | Indonesia | World premiere
After a chance meeting, a trans performer and an aspiring filmmaker address their pain together.
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Focus: Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno works with archival material, installations, performance and institutional interventions. He has been blending the boundaries between fiction, memory and history. By questioning the making of historical narratives and exploring the shadows left behind by coloniality, his work exposes narratives that have been left unseen or unheard. The programme includes the world premieres of Fever Dream and Unreleased. The focus programme marks Kusno’s return to IFFR, following the screening of his work Dear Shadow, My Old Friend in 2024.
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Shaping the Future
Are love stories beyond politics? Weaving together interviews with political prisoners detained after the 1965 anti-communist purge in Indonesia with footage from an unmade film about romance between communist cadres, Putu Kusuma Widjaja’s multifaceted docufiction assemblage interrogates the historical limits of an eternal sentiment.
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