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Browse 35 movies from Forka Films
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
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
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
A group of kids trying to pursue their each own dream by helping one of their friends to make a movie inspired by the legend of Ki Ageng Selo, the story of the Lightning Catcher.
Aug 2018
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
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
Quarantine Tales is a collection of stories by 5 directors who tell the stories of life experienced during the pandemic.
Dec 2020
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
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
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
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
Sastro Atmodjo was an Indonesian force army. He fight for Indonesian independence day. He is the only one who life after all of his friend dead. He is very disapointed with Indonesia condition now. He give up to fight the reality at the present.
Jan 2001
An anthology explores the lives of four women as they navigate the societal pressures of womanhood.
Oct 2025
A black comedy from a magician named Lukman who performs illusion magic that suddenly become real.
Jan 2020
This film is about a family that lives in three different houses in one night when the rain is falling. In each of the houses there's an unrevealed secret, they have their own emotion just like what we feel every time we enter a different house.
Dec 2012
Released from prison, a woman returns to her village and tries to face the four seasons of her past. The lack of welcome from the villagers, and even her family, leads her into a power that is hidden underneath the fog. Aiming to heal, a sexual assault survivor takes a journey to redefine her own meaning of home, family, and peace.
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CUBS is set in a corrupt gold-mining town and delves into the complex moral struggles of a young boy.
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
A psychological thriller film adapted from Pawan Kumar's 'U-Turn'.