Ari Sihasale

Biyan, a conservative 16-year-old girl, is constantly tempted by the social norms of her outgoing friends where freedom and courage are the benchmarks of existence.

Serdadu Kumbang are Indonesian drama movie which was released on June 16, 2011 to be directed by Ari Sihasale starring Yudi Miftahudin and Ririn Ekawati.

Ali Topan who is a hooligan with a motorbike who always roams the streets. His motivation that needs money for his life makes him ready to do work without much talk. Until he works as a private detective, journalist until he is ready to solve cases.

Two prisoners escaped from a prison a few weeks before Eid al-Fitr. They were forced to hide in a cabin and then met the siblings Rian and Melati who were in trouble. The prisoners help them and their friendship started here.

Rachel is a tomboy girl whose childhood friend is Farel. Their friendship is tested when Farel falls in love with Luna, a feminine girl that makes Rachel wrecked by jealousy.

Nala, Tama, and their two cousins, Reno and Inka, are going to visit the ranch of Aunt Canda, their favorite aunt, in Ambarawa for the first time without parental supervision. Momo, Nala and Tama’s adopted older sibling, accompanies them. Their adventure begins with a mysterious map given to Nala as a gift by Baja, their friend. Then strange things start to happen to them when Inka is suddenly kidnapped. They then decide to follow the trail of the kidnappers that lead them to a cave in the woods. But they are also captured, as the kidnappers actually want Nala’s map.

When East Timor is separated from Indonesia, two siblings are also separated. Merry, 10, lives with her mother, Tatiana, 29, at a refugee camp in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. Her older brother, Mauro, 12, lives with his uncle in East Timor. Tatiana teaches at a temporary school inside the camp that Merry also attends together with a new friend, Carlo Gomez. Both mother and daughter are longing to see their beloved Mauro again. One day, Tatiana is informed by a volunteer that there is a chance that she can see her son again.

Farel, Oscar, and his friends, who live on the NTT-Timor Leste border, join the areca climbing competition. But instead of being united, they argue which prizes should be taken first. They fail and then blame each other. The problem becomes more complicated when two cans of Farel's red and white paint disappear. Afraid of being scolded by his father, Farel, Oscar, and his friends try to raise money to buy paint. They learn that there would be another areca climbing competition with a red and white paint prize. In the race, Oscar falls and hurts. This is the story of Farel, Oscar, and his fiends to celebrate August 17, the independence day.

Edu, a senior pilot who serves pioneering routes in Papua, received a special assignment from Simon, the owner of the airline company. Edu was promised to lead Simon's subsidiary, if he was able to establish a youth football club which they would sponsor, by recruiting young Papuan talents. Edu then met John, the coach who had just won a gold medal at the national football event. John responded pessimistically to Edu's plan, because his team had split up and returned to their respective lives. Edu realized that pessimism was the biggest challenge he had to face.

Denias lives at the foot of Jayawijaya Mountains. He goes to school in a cottage on the hill run by Pak Guru (or Teacher), who comes from Java. Pak Guru convinces Denias to continue his education because he believes that the boy is clever and could become a mathematician. Maleo the soldier also encourages Denias to go across the mountain where a good school lies. Then Denias goes on a 10-day expedition to find the school all by himself. His sleeping bag washes away in the river and he also passes out of exhaustion. Then he has to struggle to be accepted in the school as the Freeport Company that owns it, only allows children of the chiefs or the nearest tribes to be admitted.

Guntur (Rangga Raditya) is an ordinary kid from village in Banyuwangi who lives an ordinary life. Well, not quite ordinary, since he is the “victim” of his father and friend obsession. His father (Mamiek Prakoso) treated him hard (mentally) because he wants Guntur to be a badminton champion like Liem Swie King, while Raden (Lucky Martin), his friend, pushed him to take part in local match by suggesting that he’ll have a lot of money if he wins. After learning that his efforts on winning the local match only brought him trouble, he became mad to his father and Raden and never care about badminton anymore. However, his father and Raden have secrets that Guntur doesn’t know it, yet…

A talented 12-year-old boy dream of becoming a great soccer player despite his loving grandfather's stern disapproval.

Mazmur and his friends live in Papua. Everyday they go to school, but there's no teacher to teach them. They then learn by learning from the locals around them; Father Samuel, Om Ucok, Om Jollex, etc. Things change for Mazmur and his friends after the murder of Mazmur's father, which he had seen with his own eyes.

A story of two childhood friends, Farel and Rachel. Farel once confessed his feelings to Rachel when they were still young, but Rachel turned him down because she was traumatized by her family’s problems and she thought that Farel was only joking. Ever since that moment Farel never dared to tell Rachel how he feels, even though Rachel actually has a feeling toward Farel.