Garin Nugroho Movies

Night life of a transgender who has his own story.

A documentary about the history of local film scene in Yogyakarta.

An encounter at a train station triggers memories of tragedies and poverty around the train station area.

A civil servant taking shelter from the rain in front of a laundry shop. Then, he was given a bag of laundry clothes which he thought belonged to the...

Explores the complex intersection of beauty, power, and tradition in 1950s Indonesia through a triangle of desire and mysticism: Adista, a wealthy...

Set in the remote highlands of Toraja, the story follows a noblewoman who keeps the preserved body of her adult son.

The film commemorates the 50th anniversary of Sukarno driving through the street in the aftermath and waving the Flag of Indonesia as he became the...

After a fateful meeting of a widow and a young entrepreneur with Alzheimer's, friendship between the two blossoms following the man's request to make...

A college student, a young female dancer, an orphaned adolescent, a rickshaw driver, and an eternal optimist all discuss the manner in which the 2004...

Crisscrossing between the stories of Rima, a dynamic recruit whose ambition is soon thwarted by Islamic convention; the disaffected Jabir, who is...

After the incident the president gave bicycles to school children, some Papuan children also wanted to experience getting bicycles from the president...

In his contribution, Garin Nugroho wants to show the importance of the new and the old harbour of Jakarta. In the harbour districts Keroncong Tugu...

Farm docudrama about a father and son who grew apart after the son fails to move up a grade.

The documentary presents a free jazz collaboration by Western jazz artistes Guerino Mozzola, Heinz Geisser, and Norris Jones, along with the...

"Sarung" follows a dancer who is inspired by this versatile piece of cloth and begins creating new choreography. In the process, she is reminded of...

Documentary about the West Papuan Congress held in Jayapura in May–June 2000. Garin Nugroho explores West Papuan cultural identity, political...

A waste picker's son finds a gold ring on the street and swallows it. He also swallows a dime after being given one by an arguing couple. When his...

Jajat gets a call from a man whose wife is in labor, and immediately try to reach them with a bike. On his way there, he sees a carjacking attempt on...

Parjo cannot afford to buy school uniform for his daughter Inah. Parjo's wife has an idea to use the white side of an Indonesian flag to patch up...

An angel of death watches over humans that are ready to die and deserve to die. One night, the angel sees a pregnant car crash victim named Dewi. Her...