Syaiful Anwar

Om Pius is a native Papuan from the Keerom mountains who has been living and residing with communities of various ethnicities in the coastal area of Sentani, Jayapura, since the post-Act of Free Choice in the 70s. For more than 30 years, he has been a ‘mountain man’ living with a coastal culture. The history of population displacement, violence in Papua, natural wealth, longing for the homeland, romantic past, war, hopes, and dreams, are the life stories of Om Pius which he manifests through the lottery.

In 1965, Indonesian artist Amrus Natalsya was one of the many artists arrested during the violent purge of communists and their sympathisers, after the failed coup by the September 30th Movement. Natalsya was released in 1973.

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.

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.

Going through a journey of three filmmakers trail tracing Indonesia’s family cinema. From Indonesia to the Netherlands and back, they met Kwee Zwan Liang Cinema and Rusdy Attamimi Cinema, to a whole other level of the journey that brought them to not only culture issues in the public cinema but also on aesthetics and the truth of family cinema from a generation to the ones to come.

This film tries to read the idea of film archiving in the mind of Misbach Yusa Biran. A character who gave his entire life to preserve and reinterpret the discourse of film as a source of Indonesian film history. The archives stored are entirely in Sinematek Indonesia.

A small story from the border of Tangerang Regency and Bogor Regency. It was there that Kang Sui Liong, the temple guard, lived with his wife and children.

A story of the sacrifice of farmers in defending their land from the mining permit given by the local government to a big company in the district of Lambu.