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Browse 35 movies from Forka Films
Marni, 35 years old, a village woman who is very happy because she was accepted to work at the Merapi Theatre. After just a week of work, cinemas are closed due to the pandemic. Employees were mowed down, sails had to be lowered. Cinema for sale. This is a story about how Marni tries to maintain the only screen in the cinema with all her efforts.
Jan 2023
Sekar is a blind woman who makes her mother's batik her whole world. Until Sekar met a silversmith who made batik motifs for her. The man brought batik to life in another way.
Oct 2018
Losmen Bu Broto is an inn managed by Bu Broto, Pak Broto and their children. However, a problem arises, worsening a conflict within the family.
Nov 2021
Birth and death occur when the devil's horns rise. The terror of waiting for the birth of a child from a pre-pregnant marriage and the 14 day wait for death due to an implant that had not been removed.
Mar 2024
An anthology explores the lives of four women as they navigate the societal pressures of womanhood.
Oct 2025
CUBS is set in a corrupt gold-mining town and delves into the complex moral struggles of a young boy.
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Since his father died, Gimba did not want to get away from his mother, while his mother feels that her health is getting worsen. One day, Gimba was left in a hut by his mother. Gimba also realized that his mother was gone too long.
Jun 2019
Tells the story of Turah and Jadag who have optimism and hope to escape from the powerless life that Darso leads. Darso is a rich boss who controls Tirang village, so the people in Tirang village are afraid of Darso.
Aug 2017
Adapted from Pawan Kumar’s “U-Turn". A Young female reporter investigating a story about a person littering on the street. However, when the offenders mysteriously begin dying one by one, she sets out on a journey to uncover the truth.
Indonesia 1949.Dutch in 2nd agressor. One platoon Indonesia army guerilla on the mission. Ducth attack them and war began. Bedjo, one of Indonesia army guerilla be separate from that platoon. Bedjo found a small house in the middle oh jungle. He hear something from inside and found Maryam, a pregnant woman and Van Derlaak, dutch army. What will happen to them!?
Oct 2003
An exploration of parenting and fatherhood.
Ambar is a young mother who is forced to work in a sand mine after her husband mysteriously vanishes. But what she faces is not just the harshness of life, but also the intangible horrors that evoke old wounds and trauma.
May 2025
A young mother to her son, Siti has to find ways and means to care for the boy, her husband and her mother-in-law. By day, she sells snacks; by night, she works as a karaoke guide. Tainted by her nighttime employment, Siti finds her husband no longer wishes to speak to her.
Jan 2016
The story about a wife who love his husband, deeply. Everyday the wife makes a cup of coffee for his husband; three teaspoon of coffee-half teaspoon sugar. The husband never delighted by the wife’s coffee. The wife keep trying to make a cup of coffee for his husband. Because she loves him, deeply.
Jan 2007
A psychological thriller film adapted from Pawan Kumar's 'U-Turn'.
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
Dec 2021
On May 27, 2006, 05:55 a.m., Yogyakarta was shocked by earthquake of 5.9 SR that killed over 6,000 people. That day was ten days before elementary school students did final examination and fourteen days before World Cup 2006.
Dec 2006
Set against Indonesia’s turbulent post-independence years in the 1960s, the story revolves around the domestic life of a woman whose personal life has been completely overturned by the political turmoil.
Jul 2022
Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance. When at one point Tantri’s mother washes the paint from her face, it is as if tenderly to expel the illusion that things can remain as they are. In long dream sequences and against the background of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen – Andini relates how one ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief.
Mar 2018