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Like & Share: It’s Time to Not Be Subtle

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Like & Share hit theatres not only when sexual abuse and violence were more widely discussed, but also after Indonesia has passed The Sexual Violence Eradication Law to protect victims of sexual violence. Despite the popularity of the subject, Like & Share has decided not to take the safe route. This film raises a lot of questions–about the understanding of consent, grooming, and many others. Not all viewers, perhaps, are prepared to answer these questions.
InternationalReview
·9 mins read·24 views

Looking for Blind Pigs in a Zoo: On Edwin’s Short Films

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Self-identity is never a sure thing in Edwin’s short films. It is absolutely relative and rewritten perpetually through every social interaction. This is important when one considers that throughout Suharto's Orde Baru, whose political imagination is still felt to this very day, many films tried to internalize the idea of what and who is an 'Indonesian' according to the ruling class’s interests.
InternationalPerspective
·14 mins read·484 views

National Superheroes Out of Work: Dealing with Indonesia’s Colonial Legacy through the Cinematic Superhero

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Joko Anwar's Gundala (2019) marked the start of a cinematic universe in which superheroes from the Indonesian Bumilangit comics are translated to the big screen. Intriguingly, this trend has been reflected playfully yet thoughtfully years before in Wimar Herdanto's Gundah Gundala (2013), an independent production, in which local superheroes struggle to make a living amid the arrival of global superheroes in Indonesia.
InternationalPerspective
·9 mins read·675 views

Measuring the Heartbeat of Indonesian Film Industry

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A number of intriguing phenomena can be observed in Indonesian film development throughout 2017. In terms of several indicators, such as the number of screens and audience, our cinematic landscape has grown. The number of films circulated in 2017, however, has seen a decline, albeit in an insignificant magnitude, when compared to 2016. Furthermore, if we see the decline of film circulation in 2017 in terms of audience segmentation, we could interpret the data positively.
FocusInternational
·13 mins read·2465 views

Film Projectionist at the End of the Reel

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Sudewo, 54, has been a projectionist for 29 years, since the Keong Emas IMAX Theater was still under preparation. Established in 1984, Keong Emas was the largest theater in Southeast Asia in the 1980s with its 840 seats. During those years, Keong Emas was the darling and pride of Jakartans.
InternationalWide Angle
·3 mins read·451 views
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