Bosan Berisik Lab

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.

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 her like a complete stranger.

Three strangers visit their former villages that have been demolished for the construction of a new airport.

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

An engaged couple having a lunch in a cafeteria, and we follow their conversation as they go into minute detail about what needs to be organized for the upcoming wedding. This is a glimpse into the life of a modern young people struggling with their parents’ cultural legacy.

A woman who has survived sexual violence has been on a journey from house to house throughout her life, until she decides to leave her mother and family behind to protect herself from the sexual predator, her stepfather.

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.

A recollection of childhood memories involving a mother, Eva, and her oldest son Rifqi. Eva explains why she had to leave Rifqi with his grandparents when he was only two. At the time, her second pregnancy had taken a turn for the worse.

Agave Amica transports us to Indonesia in the midst of the pandemic. With an excellent eye and a unique form of narration, Gembong Nusantara follows the daily lives of workers and their toil both in graveyards and in flower fields, inviting us to a larger reflection on the contrast between day and night, life and death, flowers and graves.

Ali, 19 years old, had no family or friends except for being quiet who eventually terrorized him and the people around him.