Movies: Ismail Basbeth

Desperate to prove to his peers that he’s more than a chubby kid that never wins at anything, little Don wishes to win his local talent show by performing a stageplay inspired from a storybook written by his late parents. When unfortunately a bully s...

Mbah Sri (95 years old) is looking for the grave of her husband, who has been missing for decades, with one simple aim: she wants to rest in peace beside her husband’s grave....

A student diver risks her scholastic future and relationship with her father when she dates a moody transfer student consumed by their romance....

Hujan mysteriously loses her baby. In desperation, she meets Bayu, who offers help. Bayu took her to a shaman. The shaman reveals that Hujan's baby has been taken by a creature from another world, "Hantu Jabang Mayit", a ghost summoned through dark r...

Set in the post-pandemic period, the Cemara Family begins a new chapter in their lives. Abah gets a new job, Euis grows up to be a teenager, and Mom focuses on taking care of the youngest, Agil. While everyone was focused on their respective activiti...

Mourning the death of his serial killer father, a boy enters his dad's casket and soon finds himself buried alive....

After growing up in a tumultuous household, Yura finds herself in a love triangle with two close friends as she faces a personal and financial crisis....

A divorced couple, Bagas and Risa, wish to remarry. But to lawfully do so, they must first find a "contract husband" to briefly marry and divorce Risa....

A documentary about the history of local film scene in Yogyakarta....

On the train in Germany, Arini, a 38-year-old student, meets Nick, who is 15 years younger than her. Nick fell in love with Arini, but Arini had lost her faith in love and was unable to accept Nick....

This film talks about today’s Indonesia from different perspectives—economy, politics, arts and culture, society, laws, and history—outlined in several fragments influenced by one another....

In the past Indonesia used to be ruled by mighty Kingdoms that relied on farming and fishing. Those days are over. The amount of farmers diminishes by 100.000 people every year. This film is about two sets of different people who have the same goal. ...

Hari, a young psychologist and his sister Eka, goes back to their village for the funeral of their estranged mother who committed suicide by hanging. There they are confronted with the superstitious beliefs of the locals which is behind their mother’...

Sara, a transgender woman goes back to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and that the villagers have become extremely religious. Added to that, her mother suffers from dementia and treats h...

A black comedy from a magician named Lukman who performs illusion magic that suddenly become real....

With special agreement with his sister, estranged son agree to accompany his strictly religious father on a journey to seek the crescent moon that signals the start of Eid....

A teenage girl with a tragic life is desperate to run away from her village to continue her education even though she has to go through the ferocity of the Papuan Jungle....

The magical surrealist journey of Asa, daughter of a shaman, who confronts her own mother, fighting for her own life and freedom....

Shinta Ratri, a 57-year-old Muslim trans woman, recounts her life experiences—childhood memories, struggles of growing up, marriage—and her journey as the founder of the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Fatah in Yogyakarta, Indonesia....

8 stories about Peter, a gay man living in Jakarta from the age of 10 to 40 and his experiences with love that help to shape the man he is today....