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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Unreleased

    Ari Dwianto’s dance during an audition carries traces left behind by authoritarian disciplining.
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  • Midnight in Bali

    After a chance meeting, a trans performer and an aspiring filmmaker address their pain together.
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  • Dear Shadow, My Old Friend

    In a dream, memory, time and reflections intertwine, as lingering colonial shadows reveal themselves.
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  • Afterlives

    A historical exploration connecting the performance of Jathilan with the ghosts of Dutch East Indies rulers.
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  • Others or ‘rust en orde’

    Four short confessions provide us with insight in the tradition of Rampogan Siluman Macan.
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  • Bachtiar

    A search to find the true Bachtiar Siagian, one of Indonesian cinema’s most important figures.
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  • Turang

    Freedom fighters and indigenous Karo people fight for liberation from the Dutch.
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  • Shaping the Future

    An intricately layered docufiction reflection on Indonesian history, popular myth and public memory.
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  • Whispers in the Dabbas

    Defending voiceless individuals, a novice lawyer fights a corrupt establishment and her own helplessness.
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  • What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love

    A wondrous film, and that is clearly what the maker wanted. She tells cheerful love stories about young blind people, played by blind actors. Apparent
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