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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Smashing Monuments

    Members of the Indonesian art collective ruangrupa approach official monuments and strike up a conversation.
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  • Evacuation of Mama Emola

    A surprisingly whimsical and humorous tale of displacement caused by an earthquake in Indonesia.
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  • Book and Knife

    Culinary shadow play, where three women and a restaurant follow various recipes to prepare soto/saoto.
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  • Sri Asih

    Clash of good versus evil as Indonesia’s first female superhero squares up to save humanity.
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  • Mayday! May day! Mayday!

    Coffee, karaoke and conversations amid one of the longest workers’ strikes of the 21st century.
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  • Like & Share

    Two schoolgirls struggle to overcome the strain of life online in this powerful coming-of-age drama.
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  • Deadly Love Poem

    The giallo genre meets Indonesian spiritual mythology in Garin Nugroho’s dazzling revitalisation of horror tropes.
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  • The Myriad of Faces of the Future Challengers

    An ironic new look at Suharto-era cinema that finds signs of compromise in stabs at dissident filmmaking.
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  • Tellurian Drama

    Diving into human-nature relationships at Mount Malabar, Indonesia, this eclectic essay film interweaves competing views on nature and communication.
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  • Dear Shadow, My Old Friend

    Penetrating black and white archival imagery paints a haunting picture of Dutch colonialism in Indonesia.
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