Hafiz Rancajale

The Batujaya Temple in Karawang revolutionized the notion that terracotta buildings from the Hindu-Buddhist period came from a younger period than andesite. Sites stretching from prehistoric times to the 10th century are evidence of the archipelago's cosmopolitanism since the early century AD based on the Citarum River. The discovery and interpretation of it were also guided by Indonesian archaeologists, long after the colonial antiquities department had led archaeological missions in the past. This film is a poem for ancient terracotta, soil, archaeologists and the citizens of Batujaya today.

She is a teacher. She is a mother to young artists, a mother to activists of social and cultural movements. Indonesia has a long and unresolved historical wound, starting from the events of 1965, the silence of democracy and human rights activists, and the spread of identity politics. In the midst of it all, DOLO, a female sculptor opens the wounds of history through her sculptures.

After over a decade in prison, little trace of filmmaker and member of the leading Communist cultural movement Bachtiar Siagian’s life and work could be found, but Hafiz Rancajale still searched. Alongside his colleagues, they revise his mis-slandered history.

A piece of story which has been taken from two young men from Rangkasbitung – it’s a small town which has a distance 120 kilometers from the capital city of Jakarta. Kiwong and Iron have a profession as a tofu sellers. Kiwong sells tofu in the economy train of Rangkasbitung to Jakarta while Iron sells the fresh tofu in the traditional Rangkasbitung market. Those characters are portraits of young generation from post Reformation in 1998 where Indonesia was a country which had been reigned by military regime before, and turn to be a large democratic country in the world.

A woman looks for traces of surveillance from the urban spaces around her, she uses a camera and takes pictures of things that she thinks are potential surveillance sites, but to understand more about what she is doing, she also positions herself as a surveillance by taking pictures of people, in the middle of her journey, the woman realizes that she is being followed by a man carrying a long lens camera.

In May 1998 something happened in Indonesia that no one had thought possible. After persistent demonstrations, primarily by students, the repressive era of President Suharto came to an end. Many film makers from the present generation were closely involved in this revolution at the time. In this omnibus film, ten film makers look back on events.

H. Amir inherited the title of "Tuan Guru" from his grandfather, making him a revered figure in the Pemenang community. The religious teachings and sermons he leads, regularly held at his home, have garnered a significant following. On the other hand, North Lombok is internationally known for its three "Gili Islands": Gili Air, Gili Meno, and Gili Trawangan, which have become global tourist destinations. These three islands serve as gateways for various cultures from around the world, either clashing with or integrating into the local community. Imam Hujattul Islam, a man with a passion for painting like other Pemenang youths, seeks his identity amidst the vibrant cultural exchanges in this region. Yet, he also carries the lineage of a Tuan Guru, a legacy that shapes his journey of self-discovery.

The Glebagan system was created to force farmers to rotate crops and convert some of their land from basic agricultural commodities to industrial raw materials. This system has changed the face of agriculture and shaped the sugar map in various regions in Indonesia. With psychogeographical documentary approach, the film shows the landscape of the sugar map in a village of Krembung region, tracing step by step the sugarcane plantations that occupy farmers' rice fields. It is an observation of a repeating cycle, interjected with past archival footage of sugarcane and people movements.