Topic: History of Indonesia

Direction Joshua Oppenheimer

Cast Adi Rukun · M.Y. Basrun · Amir Hasan · Inong Kemat

Plot Through Oppenheimer's footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian Genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as de identities of the killers. The documentary...

Direction Joshua Oppenheimer · Christine Cynn

Plot A documentary that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to reenact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. Anwar...

Direction Peter Weir

Cast Mel Gibson · Sigourney Weaver · Linda Hunt · Michael Murphy

Plot Set in Indonesia during the 1965 coup against President Sukarno, Australian reporter Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) is covering the scene. Whenever Hamilton becomes too glib or indifferent for his own...

Direction Jim Taihuttu

Cast Martijn Lakemeier · Chico Kenzari · Jonas Smulders · Abel van Gijlswijk

Plot A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's...

Direction Joris Ivens

Direction Robert Lemelson

Plot In one of the largest unknown mass-killings of the 20th century, an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were secretly and systematically killed in 1965 when General Suharto began a bloody...

Direction Hans Hylkema

Cast Jeroen Krabbé · Rik Launspach · Martin Schwab · Ramelan Bekkema

Plot Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. He initiates his naive driver Twan in life in the East, having grown...

Direction Tom Zubrycki

Cast José Ramos-Horta

Plot This documentary follows East Timor's freedom fighter and Nobel Peace Prize winner José Ramos Horta in the final tumultuous year of his campaign to secure independence for his country. The...

Direction Hanung Bramantyo

Cast Ario Bayu · Lukman Sardi · Mathias Muchus · Ferry Salim

Direction Ariani Darmawan

Cast Maria Nadia · Hengky Hidayat · Arifin Nugraha · Adi Marsiela

Direction Riri Riza

Cast Nicholas Saputra · Jonathan Mulia · Thomas Nawilis · Christian Audi

Direction Anggun Priambodo · Ucu Agustin · Ifa Isfansyah · Otty Widasari

Plot In May 1998 something happened in Indonesia that no one had thought possible. After persistent demonstrations, primarily by students, the repressive era of President Suharto came to an end. Many...