Here are seven Indonesian films that not only broke audience records in 2025 but also left a lasting mark on the national ...

Deep in the forests of southern Java, a chilling scene is playing out late into the night. A king possessed by a spirit, his face covered in bleeding sores comes charging out with a knife in hand, ...

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline’s strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it’s ever been, but ...

Indonesian cinema admissions increased by 10% to reach 126.22 million in 2024, according to figures from Bicara Box Office, with local films pulling in 80.21 million admissions for a 65% market share.

Crunching popcorn and screaming, Indonesians are flocking to watch homegrown horror films in cinemas that draw on the country's penchant for ghost and monster stories. The genre now dominates ...

Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar has been awarded the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

Indonesia is preparing a new film financing mechanism aimed at protecting intellectual property and widening market access, ...

For months, Indonesian movie audiences have been talking about one film: Norma, the story of a seemingly blissful marriage shattered by the husband's clandestine affair with his mother-in-law. It's ...

Sinematek Indonesia (SI), located at the H. Usmar Ismail Film Center in Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, is the first film archive in Southeast Asia. Film enthusiasts and other stakeholders initiated the ...

The French Embassy’s Institut français d’Indonésie (IFI) has launched the second edition of the Indonesia-France Film Lab, running Nov. 27 through Dec. 1 in Yogyakarta. The initiative, presented as ...