Film Title | Type | Release Date | Short Synopsis | TRT |
Tajen | Documentary short | 2016 | A sensory ethnography exploring multiple elements of the Balinese cockfight. | 29 min |
Bitter Honey | Documentary Feature | 2015 | Chronicles the lives of three polygamous families living in Bali, Indonesia. The film follows the wives from their introduction to the polygamous lifestyle to the emotional hardships and jealousies to their struggle for empowerment and equal rights.[7] | 81 min |
Standing on the Edge of a Thorn | Documentary short | 2013 | A portrait of a family in rural Central Java, Indonesia grappling with poverty, mental illness, and participation in the sex trade.[8] | 33 min |
Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java | Documentary Short | 2012 | A film about Jathilan, a folk dance practiced for centuries in Java that uses the power of music and dance to channel powerful and sometimes terrifying forces.[9] | 27 min |
Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart | Documentary Short | 2012 | A film about the Balinese funerary ritual called Ngaben.[10] | 27 min |
Memory of My Face | Documentary Short | 2011 | Part of the documentary series Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1, Psychotic Disorders.[11] The film follows Bambang Rudjito and illustrates how the residues of colonialism and the pervasive influence of globalization affects the subjective experience of mental illness.[12] | 22 min |
Ritual Burdens | Documentary Short | 2011 | Part of the documentary series Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1, Psychotic Disorders. The film follows Ni Ketut Kasih and questions how communal spiritual obligations may be folded into personal schemas of stress to trigger episodes of mental illness [13][dead link] | 25 min |
Kites and Monsters | Documentary Short | 2011 | Part of the documentary series Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1, Psychotic Disorders. The film follows Wayan Yoga from boyhood to manhood and discovers the aspects of culture that may guide developmental neuropsychiatric processes. | 22 min |
Shadows and Illuminations | Documentary Short | 2010 | Part of the documentary series Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1, Psychotic Disorders. The film follows Nyoman Kereta and explores how non-normative mental events and behavior, including auditory and visual hallucinations, can be understood or interpreted in multiple ways.[14][failed verification] | 35 min |
The Bird Dancer | Documentary Short | 2010 | Part of the documentary series Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1, Psychotic Disorders. The film follows Gusti Ayu Suartini and focuses on the social stigma of neuropsychiatric disorder and the human suffering it entails.[15] | 40 min |
Family Victim | Documentary Short | 2010 | Part of the documentary series Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1, Psychotic Disorders. The film follows Estu Wardhani and examines the bi-directional influences[jargon] between an individual considered to have a disruptive or troublesome personality and his social world.[15] | 38 min |
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy | Documentary Feature | 2009 | The first documentary to explore the personal effects of the mass killings 500,000 to over a million people in Indonesia in 1965-66. The film follows the testimonies of four individuals and their families.[16][dead link] | 96 min |
Movements and Madness | Documentary feature | 2006 | The story of an anthropologist's search to understand a person with a severe neuropsychiatric disorder in rural Indonesia, and the ethical dilemmas involved when a research scientist attempts to aid his subject.[17][dead link] | 71 min |