Those two films have an almost identical story outline, on how the two main characters represent their life as a minority itself. However, the difference is seen from how it was depicted. In the [...]

As far as I'm watching these four films, I enjoy how these four films present the objectivity in each of their plots. After the films were finished, the applause of 14 audiences closed the [...]

Jihyeon Song, the young curator from South Korea becomes one of the presenter in ARKIPEL Penal Colony with her program titled “Closure” which was screened in the screening studio Kineforum on [...]

This curatorial program tries to invite us to be more critical to observe the septum of penal colony. Apparatus of penal colony always lives around us, forcing us to accept their logic, and [...]

Through the film, the four directors were cleverly inviting the audience to be sensitive to every detail appears on the screen, to be able to grasp the meaning intended by them. Capturing the [...]

Sejak pertama kali dilaksanakan di tahun 2013, ARKIPEL telah diniatkan sebagai lokus distribusi dan produksi pengetahuan sinema dengan jangkauan ruang yang luas, baik secara lokal maupun [...]

This closing panel took on theme relevant to the situation of the activity on watching cinema in this millennial era. Film, which is identically known mediated through the screen, has evolved [...]

This panel attempted to raise and re-examine anthropological aspects to see the cultural spaces which emerges in the reciprocal relationship between technology and society.

This third panel discussed the ideal position and strategy of a collective or an active community or organization in the realm or activities related to film, whether in production, presentation [...]

The opening for the exhibition KULTURSINEMA #4 becomes one of the event to celebrate ARKIPEL Penal Colony – 5th Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, 2017. This event [...]