Movies: Ismail Basbeth

A film created and shot by 50 children, about an adventure to find a hidden treasure....

A short about a sleepy couple in an empty bus....

A documentary about the history of local film scene in Yogyakarta....

An engaged couple having a lunch in a cafeteria, and we follow their conversation as they go into minute detail about what needs to be organized for the upcoming wedding. This is a glimpse into the life of a modern young people struggling with their ...

Ali, 19 years old, had no family or friends except for being quiet who eventually terrorized him and the people around him....

Agave Amica transports us to Indonesia in the midst of the pandemic. With an excellent eye and a unique form of narration, Gembong Nusantara follows the daily lives of workers and their toil both in graveyards and in flower fields, inviting us to a l...

An eighty years old Mbah Kancil talks about her past as a dancer and comedian in the traditional group of Ludruk performers and Remong dancers when she travelled to Jakarta together with Dagelan Pete group in the 60s, while reflecting on her life exi...

Mbak Gede, a middle-aged woman, oversees the illegal life of the bus terminal with a watchful eye, as she is the lady in command, the one to be feared, until her husband arrive....

Two thieves are captured by angry neighbours. Although the theft is insignificant (an old TV) people are no less angry, and the punishment is extreme. Basically a crime in itself. A few minutes in the dark woods and their fate is sealed forever. Brie...

W enjoys her rights to have men’s daily activities while her husband, H takes care of the household....

Shinta Ratri, a 57-year-old Muslim trans woman, recounts her life experiences—childhood memories, struggles of growing up, marriage—and her journey as the founder of the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Fatah in Yogyakarta, Indonesia....

A woman who has survived sexual violence has been on a journey from house to house throughout her life, until she decides to leave her mother and family behind to protect herself from the sexual predator, her stepfather....

Joko Kemala is quit school and works as porter on the shop building to support his daily living cost and his blind father. There he meets Totok Janoko the owner, who is very powerful and exploits him sexually....

Charlie and Alex is classmate in the elementary school. They have been close friend since they are staying in the same class for 10 years; they continually failed for the next grade. One day, in their way home from the elementary school, they face so...

An art video about watching an art film....

A young woman lives within the confines of her closet....

Lasi work as a maid. One afternoon, her sister calls her to go back to her hometown to visit Lasi’s mother. On her way home, a tragedy happens....

The girl lends her lips to the boy who lends her a pair of eyes. Her lips become his voice as his eyes become her sight....