All Indonesia articles – Page 2
-
FeaturesHow local films and long theatrical windows have fuelled Indonesia’s post-Covid box office boom
Seven of the top 10 biggest ever local films were released from 2022 onwards.
-
FeaturesIndonesian director and comedian Ernest Prakasa on launching hit‑making production company Imajinari
The Jakarta-based outfit produced last year’s ’Agak Laen’, the first local comedy to top the annual box-office chart since 2016.
-
FeaturesSeven hot projects from Indonesia, including buzzy sequels and new films from Mouly Surya, Riri Riza
Upcoming feature films include ’Rangga & Cinta’ and ’Twisted Fate’.
-
NewsLuminescence takes on sales for Randolph Zaini’s Indonesian horror ‘A Woman Called Mother’
EXCLUSIVE: Film is set to world premiere in official selection at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, later this month.
-
News‘Parasite’ producer Barunson E&A signs two-year deal with Indonesia’s Joko Anwar
The partnership will see the Korean studio exclusively handle worldwide sales for the filmmaker’s Come And See Pictures banner.
-
Reviews‘The Book Of Sijjin And Illiyyin’ review: Indonesian chiller filters possession narrative through Muslim mythology
Hadrah Daeng Ratu’s culturally specific shocker is her fourth collaboration with writer Lele Laila
-
NewsHubert Bals Fund selects 15 projects for 2025 development support scheme
Fund back projects from directors such as Amanda Nell Eu, Mamadou Dia, Farida Baqi and Xiaoxuan Jiang.
-
NewsTaiwanese directors team with Korean, Thai and Indonesian producers for slate of six genre films
EXCLUSIVE: The Chinese-language features are the first to emerge from the Rocket programme – a cross-country film development programme.
-
NewsIndonesian animation ‘Jumbo’ becomes biggest ever local film and scores sales
EXCLUSIVE: The feature has been sold into Asia and Latin America.
-
NewsJohn Badalu, Indonesian producer and pioneering LGBTQ+ campaigner, dies aged 53
A leading figure of Southeast Asian cinema, Badalu’s films were selected for Cannes, Sundance, Busan and Rotterdam among others.
-
NewsBarunson E&A expands Indonesian slate with horror ‘The Book Of Sijjin And Illiyyin’
EXCLUSIVE: The film is directed by Hadrah Daeng Ratu (‘The Corpse Washer’) and is scripted by Lele Laila, writer of box office hit ‘KKN Di Desa Penari’.
-
NewsShowbox boards Edwin’s Indonesian body horror ‘Sleep No More’
EXCLUSIVE: Edwin is the Locarno award-winning director of ‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’.
-
NewsKorea’s Barunson E&A signs remake partnership with Indonesia’s Imajinari
Imajinari is the rising studio behind record-breaking comedy ‘Agak Laen’.
-
NewsTan Pin Pin, Wregas Bhanuteja secure grants from Purin Pictures fund
Documentaries lead the spring 2025 funding session.
-
NewsIndonesian animation ‘Jumbo’ soars at box office to become third biggest local film
EXCLUSIVE: The fantasy adventure has taken an estimated $18.7m from nearly 7.5 million admissions.
-
NewsNetflix film viewing in Asia-Pacific up nearly 20% in 2024
The figure was revealed at a showcase event in Tokyo
-
NewsBarunson E&A grows non-Korean slate with Indonesian musical ‘Rangga & Cinta’
The upcoming film is a reboot of hit romance franchise ‘What’s With Love?’.
-
FeaturesEight standout titles at Cartoon Movie 2025
‘Rose And The Marmots,’ ‘The Twilight World,’ ‘Short Stories About Love And Space’ among the much-anticipated projects in Cartoon Movie.
-
NewsSoutheast Asia VOD revenue grows 14% to $1.8bn led by Netflix
Warner Bros. Discovery-owed Max makes strong debut in the region.
-
NewsFirst HAF animation showcase includes Liu Jian, Toe Yuen projects
New Jakara Film Week Projects also launched.