Festival Program

In the discourse of ethnographic film, representing the subjects living in the periphery will bring forth the experimentation of cinema aesthetics. The experimentation is in parallel with the [...]

The era of internet is an era when information continuously permeates into our daily life, targeting our sight almost without any selection – including still and moving images. They are entities [...]

A subtle disruption to the system arises from the daily lives of people on the "periphery", as reflected in two curated films here. Even though they do not fully agitate the dominating [...]

Cinema is likened to a mirror. At least for Christian Metz, a reproduction of the image on screen gives it a mirror-like effect.[2] Although the concept of screen as a mirror departs from Jacques [...]

One of the reasons for the mushrooming of the Indonesian film community, growing even more countless is because of the gotong royong spirit as the nature of Indonesian society. According to her [...]

It's not difficult to look away from our socio-political situation; it's as easy as rolling the screen when we face contents unsuitable with our taste as such. Though we ignore them, they still [...]

Akhirnya dia tiba pada satu ruang terbuka di mana ia tidak lagi melakukan uji coba untuk memecahkan kebenaran atau kesalahan. Yang dilakukannya adalah memuja keyakinan diri tentang “subordinat” [...]

Now everyone can easily record using digital devices, thanks to the advancement of technology. Starting from recording important things to the unimportant ones, recording momentous events up to [...]

ARKIPEL homoludens: 6th Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival has reached its peak on Thursday, August 16, 2018 in GoetheHaus, Goethe Institut Indonesien, Menteng, [...]

When in comes to the cinema documenting the history, it is unusual for us to find a serious production with heavy voice of its narrator. The cinema will appear very grande by inserting footages [...]