Movies: Edwin

A big-city detective investigates a series of gruesome murders along the Indonesia-Malaysia border — forcing her to confront ghosts from her past....

Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung, Ajo gets beaten black and blue, but he also falls head over heels...

Linda is a young woman of Chinese heritage whose mother converted to Christianity after gaining some fame as a badminton player. Her friend Cahyono is tired of anti-Chinese prejudice and now tells people he’s from Japan. Together, they try to make se...

Arif and Yati, an old couple who are celebrating their anniversary by trying to make a remake photos when he proposed to her in a specific spot in Borobudur Temple....

Gina (Shenina Cinnamon) and Mutia (Fathia Izzati) are two best friends, searching for the whereabouts of Celuluk, a demon commonly known for residing in a papaya tree or Gedang Renteng....

A student diver risks her scholastic future and relationship with her father when she dates a moody transfer student consumed by their romance....

A food-loving epidemiologist Aruna has to go to the countryside to investigate the avian flu outbreak. A chef and a food critic also accompany her—this could turn out to be a food trip!...

Legends abound on the Indonesian island of Sawai, but when a young woman arrives to find out more about a story her grandmother told her, no one knows a thing about Halimah who ran away from her husband to have an affair with the sailor Sukab. She do...

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 film makers from the present generation were closely in...

Silent short (with music and inter-titles) telling an old Indonesian folk tale of a princess who ends up married to a dog....

On a deserted beach, Urip, a debt collector, visits a food stall run by Ambar. Urip ordered a plate of pecel that reminds him of a tragedy that happened a week ago. At that time, he and his brother Darto went to the stall, which was still being manag...

Little Lana was 3 years old when she was abandoned alone in the zoo. Raised by a giraffe trainer, the zoo is the only world she knows. Until one day, a charming magician arrives and Lana finds her love, for she is ready to leave the zoo. Lana embarks...

When an earthquake occurs in the prison where Julius (35) has been held for the last few years, the warden receives a word from Julius’s village that a tsunami might be coming to his village, located quite far from the prison. Julius receives priorit...

Kara is a little girl living in an isolated place. Her father disappeared after Ronald killed her mother. A journalist's invasion of her life makes her decide to seek out Ronald and ask him the ultimate question....

When a boy is too confused to speak with his non-communicative family, words eventually lose their meaning. He decides to communicate with his dandruff and a cup of cold coffee instead. His father ignores these eccentricities, assuming it is just a p...

This omnibus film consists of three films made by three directors from three countries. With “Journey” as the theme, each of these films tells about a journey. “The Sea” is a film by Degena Yun (China), telling about mother and child’s trip to the se...

Part of a large installation resulting from a major study into explicitness, repetition, voyeurism and exploitation in colonialism and pornography, for which Edwin received his master's degree in Amsterdam. Based on archival material from the EYE col...

A compilation of nine short films and collected scenes created by young, up-and-coming Indonesian directors. Set during a single hot Jakarta night. Each short features an interaction between two characters and focuses on the strange situations one mi...

Two preteen boys discover their sexuality and the relation between power and sex....

HERI (55) takes his daughter, FEMI (23) for a vacation to his hometown, the town of Bangka. He wants to show her the city that introduced him to Bakmi Bangka (a type of noodle dish), a dish that they sell in their family owned noodle shop in Jakarta....