Film & Cinema

KK Dheeraj’s unauthorised biopic is full of tears and belaboured symbolism

The edge of Merah-Putih

This Indian film’s popularity reveals a popular critique of the US

The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror

Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia

Indonesian artists are using new media to rethink urban space

Despite isolation and multiple migrations the Cocos Malays maintain a resilient culture

This silat film breaks the mold

Packed screenings of the controversial film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor continue, despite an official ban

Islamic film is emerging as a new genre in the Indonesian film world

Young Chinese Indonesian filmmakers examine questions of Chineseness

A law on pornography still divides the community

An Indonesian film breaks new ground on the subject of teenage sexuality

Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity

Or, the years of living with no one to blame

Piety and consumption in popular Islam

The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

The National Library of Australia now has the most comprehensive collection of Indonesian films available outside of Indonesia. Two films in this collection come from Sumatra.

Challenge to political parody on Indonesian television.