Siti Madosi Gusti

Echoes of Silence

2025

Rosa spends her days between working at the dry cleaning shop and reminiscing about her childhood with her mother. One day, she sees on television that a woman from her neighborhood claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. From that moment, Rosa’s daily life becomes increasingly surrounded by religious symbols.

The Seen and Unseen

2018 · ★ 7.1

Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance. When at one point Tantri’s mother washes the paint from her face, it is as if tenderly to expel the illusion that things can remain as they are. In long dream sequences and against the background of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen – Andini relates how one ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief.

Jakarta Undercover

2007 · ★ 7

After accidently killing her temperamental father in order to save her mom from his abuse, Viki flees from Medan to Jakarta with her autistic brother, Ara. To make ends meet in Jakarta, Viki poses as a transvestite and works as a striptease dancer. With no one to watch over her brother, Viki brings Ara every night to the club where she works and hide him in one corner of the room at the club. One day, Ara accidently witnesses an act of murder by Haryo, son of an official, and his friends. Realizing his crime action witness by Ara, Haryo and his friends chase Viki and Ara, determined to silene the two before they go to the police. For the sake of saving his brother’s life, Viki secretly flee from one place to another in order to escape Haryo and friends. Will Viki and Ara escape?

Pabaruak

2022

A kid who is the son of pabaruak (owner of coconut picking monkey) is trying to get rid of a monkey, which is to blame for the bullying he has faced

The Rush That Misses

Rifki finds himself trapped in the lure of online gambling, enticed by promises of instant winnings that instead lead to ruin. With a single click, he loses his wealth and hopes, realizing that unchecked ambition can destroy everything. "The Rush That Misses" is a poignant tale that serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of the digital world and hasty decisions.

Merantau

2009 · ★ 6.5

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

Stip & Pensil

2017 · ★ 6.4

Toni, Aghi, Bubu, and Saras get the task of making essays. They create a free school for street children but they chose to earn money than learn.

Gie

2005 · ★ 6.3

Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie experiences a political awakening during the tumultuous regimes of Soeharto and Soekarno.

What's Up with Cinta?

2002 · ★ 7.5

A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.

The Window

2016

Dewi returns to her village in Yogyakarta after ten years of leaving. A letter and newspaper clipping sent by her mother, make her return to her village: Dee’s mysterious pregnancy, her mentally handicapped sister Dewi finds her parents' home situation has not changed. What has changed is the pregnancy of Dee and the always changing view behind the large window of the house. Dewi then knows Priyanto who is just a year living in the village. They make an unusual love story. Joko, Dewi’s old friend, is jealous. The arrival of Dewi reveals his unfinished past.

Eat Pray Love

2010 · ★ 6.2

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

Night Bus

2017 · ★ 8

A group of civilians share a bus ride to Sampar, a town full of natural resources. It is heavily guarded by the state army who is fighting against the rebel militias, who want freedom over their homeland.