DIGITAL SHORTS
All shorts are available online via a Shorts VOD Pass. Valid from 10AM on Monday, Nov 18 thru 11:59PM on Sunday, Nov 24, 2024.
Indonesia2021-2024TRT: 61 minVarious languages
The notion of love transcends you and me. It resides in the personal, the familial, the imaginary, and a nation.
For: those looking for an all-rounded programme; those who want to deep-dive into Indonesian cinema
GUEST PROGRAMMERS: Fransiska Prihadi is the program director and Ahmad Fauzi is a junior programmer at Minikino Film Week, Bali International Short Film Festival. Their programming supports Minikino's mission to foster cross-cultural dialogue, education, and community-building through the art of short films.
Indonesia202120 minIndonesian, Dutch2slgbtq+, Available Online, Comedy, Drama
Budi must convince his ailing father in Indonesia to take his medical treatment while cleaning up his wild party in the Netherlands. All in 20 minutes.
IN PERSON & ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)
Arif Abdillah
After working as a lawyer for two years and completing a master’s in human rights and public international law, Arif Abdillah boxed his law books, donated his suits, and decided to tell a story instead.
Indonesia20246 minIndonesian2slgbtq+, Available Online, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
A woman is playing an online game with her partner when she suddenly receives a call from her mother, who wants to set her up with someone else.
IN PERSON & ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)
Oktania Hamdani & *Winner Wijaya
Oktania Hamdani and Winner Wijaya are Indonesian filmmakers. NGGAK!!! is their first film that they co-directed and co-produced together as they continue to make more queer short films.
Indonesia202311 minNo DialogueAction, Animation, Available Online, Comedy, Experimental
After losing faith, a senior in an instant noodle cult wanders in search of the true taste of MSG.
IN PERSON & ONLINE: this film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)
Gugun Arief
Through his production house Javora Studio, Gugun Arief writes stories, and produces and directs short films, often with small crews using semi-guerrilla techniques. Arief built a film community in his hometown to educate more people about cinema literacy.
Indonesia202311 minHungarian, IndonesianAvailable Online, Documentary
A daughter learns about her mother’s roots in Indonesia through a language lesson, unravelling the mother’s painful longing for home.
IN PERSON & ONLINE: this film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)
Andrea Suwito
Andrea Suwito is a filmmaker from Semarang, Indonesia. Her films have been screened at Sheffield Doc/Fest, Doc Edge International Film Festival and Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, amongst others.
Indonesia202313 minIndonesianAvailable Online, Drama
Late at night, a desperate young man searches for a loud release in a motorbike repair shop.
IN PERSON: This film is scheduled to be presented fully captioned (all dialogue subtitled + sound cues indicated)
ONLINE: This film is scheduled to be presented with subtitles for all spoken dialogue (no sound cues indicated)
Amar Haikal
Amar Haikal is a writer and director from Jakarta, Indonesia. His films often talk about complex issues around masculinity.
17 Nov, 2024 1:00 pm
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DIGITAL SHORTS
All shorts are available online via a Shorts VOD Pass. Valid from 10AM on Monday, Nov 18 thru 11:59PM on Sunday, Nov 24, 2024.
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This programme is presented with a mix of open captions, English subtitles, and no captions. Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
Supported in part by the Southeast Asian Seminar Series, Asian Institute
Join us for an evening of quiet time records! Kid Koala hosts a "quiet time" event, playing hours of his favorite music to work, draw, code, write or knit to. Bring your creative projects.
Join us for Festival Happy Hour between film screenings! Open to the public, come participate in casual activities every day.
A young, gifted Vincent and his father Tomas run the finest glass workshop in the country, creating delicate, magnificent pieces of art. Their close bond is soon put to the test with the arrival of an army colonel and his young, aspiring violinist daughter Alliz, to their hometown. Amidst the rumblings of an impending war, Vincent and Alliz eventually fall in love, a relationship that is continually opposed and challenged by their fathers.
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