Garin Nugroho Movies

Crisscrossing between the stories of Rima, a dynamic recruit whose ambition is soon thwarted by Islamic convention; the disaffected Jabir, who is...

After a fateful meeting of a widow and a young entrepreneur with Alzheimer's, friendship between the two blossoms following the man's request to make...

In 1912, Javanese activist Omar Said Tjokroaminoto co-founds the Sarekat Islam party to fight injustices of the Dutch East Indies' colonial regime.

"Sarung" follows a dancer who is inspired by this versatile piece of cloth and begins creating new choreography. In the process, she is reminded of...

Southeast Asia Cinema - When the rooster crows is a voice of diversity reaching for change. Brillante Mendoza, Eric Khoo, Garin Nugroho, Pen Ek...

A civil servant taking shelter from the rain in front of a laundry shop. Then, he was given a bag of laundry clothes which he thought belonged to the...

Puspa, a novice lawyer handling trivial cases, fights for the cause of poor people accused of petty crimes and threatened with disproportionate...

A short film by Marsha Timothy, adapted from short story “Naruto Bersyukur” by Pidi Baiq.

After the incident the president gave bicycles to school children, some Papuan children also wanted to experience getting bicycles from the president...

In his contribution, Garin Nugroho wants to show the importance of the new and the old harbour of Jakarta. In the harbour districts Keroncong Tugu...

A cheerful yet serious Indonesian Romeo and Juliet. A boy and a girl from the same district, but with difficult childhoods and other reasons not to...

Set in the remote highlands of Toraja, the story follows a noblewoman who keeps the preserved body of her adult son.

This movie follows the story of Dutch East Indies' (now Indonesia) first indigenous bishop, Albertus Soegijapranata SJ, from his inauguration until...

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

Night life of a transgender who has his own story.

Mayang, Harris, and Topan were best friends since childhood. Mayang, a columnist in a female magazine, had been married to Harris, a professional,...

In 1927 colonial Indonesia, a young woman trapped as a Dutch man's concubine fights for dignity in a world that sees her as nothing more than...

Explores the complex intersection of beauty, power, and tradition in 1950s Indonesia through a triangle of desire and mysticism: Adista, a wealthy...

The story of a dancer who finds mysterious objects in the practice room. The things that brought her gave birth to a new spirit and choreography....

A Papuan teenager becomes fixated on his first kiss after meeting a woman at the port, unaware that his father's fight for justice has put their...