Melissa Karim

Willa, a six-year-old girl, believes that her little world in an alley in Surabaya is the most perfect and magical place. However, when her best friend has an accident and, one by one, her playmates begin going to school, Willa's world slowly changes and starts to feel lonelier.

Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's quest brought him to become a substitute teacher in Duri High School, Jakarta, a school for juvenile delinquents. There he must face the most violent students to find his nephew. When he eventually finds the boy, a city-wide riot erupts and Edwin is trapped in the school with the cruel kids out for his blood.

When an unidentified disease starts to upend her life, a socialite must unravel the mystery behind it — before her whole sense of self falls apart.

A short film that follows Melodi, a cheerful old lady who, after being diagnosed of cancer, wants to realize her youthful dreams: to be a singer, and to make a music video to be screened on her funeral night.

76-year-old widower Encek convenes his children for a final dinner, unveiling concealed memoirs of love, loss and generational wounds before choosing the sea as his reunion place with his deceased wife.

Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.

Richard accepts a bet that he can't find a companion to a friend's wedding, not knowing the dating app he's using includes a 45-day contract.

The documentary follows a Javanese queer mother who redefines tradition and inclusivity through the iconic character of Raminten, forming a vibrant chosen family and a legacy of empowerment at the famed Raminten Cabaret.