Garin Nugroho Movies

In 1912, Javanese activist Omar Said Tjokroaminoto co-founds the Sarekat Islam party to fight injustices of the Dutch East Indies' colonial regime.

This movie follows the story of Dutch East Indies' (now Indonesia) first indigenous bishop, Albertus Soegijapranata SJ, from his inauguration until...

As an infotainment producer deals with a work crisis, a childhood friend, who's now a cleric, arrives to honor a religious request from her late...

Set in and around a mosque in sprawling Jakarta, Indonesia, during the Muslim holiday of Lebaran, the interwoven stories of family, faith and...

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...

The story follows three women in Bali, each facing their own life challenges. Maharani is a woman searching for her biological mother. Nian is a...

A husband forgets to inform his wife that he will be late coming back home. Afraid of being scolded, he made up a reason about a monster.

A story about a court musician student man named Ilalang who is faced by his trauma while studying court music.

A small island is inhabited by members of the Bajo tribe, a nomadic fishing community of the Wakatobi Islands. After her father is lost at sea,...

Layar, a popular film star who feels bored with his career wants to make a musical theater set in a family history that is always linked to...

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

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

Four university students dreams of being millionaires after entering a competition for creating the perfect phone ringtone.

The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of...

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...

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...

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...

Adam, the Village Head who entered regional election politics brought his politics home, affecting his relationship with his wife and younger...

Bulan's father is not an ideal father figure to any children. He violates her often, making Bulan's life full of torture. One day, she gets reminded...

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