Indonesian films, through the web of directorial ideas, become an organic network in formal and informal work.

Tempo’s Best Director of 2022, Kamila Andini, meticulously and thoroughly brings together every element of cinematography in the movie Before, Now & Then (Nana).

Autobiography as Tempo’s Best Film is a brilliant one. It is Makbul Mubarak’s thrilling debut film about the long history of violence in the country.

Tempo is again holding Film Selection of 2022. This annual tradition is a commitment to publicize the growth of quality Indonesia filmmaking. Who are the best in the filmmaking?

Tempo’s Best Actor of 2022, Kevin Ardilova, delves into rural life, going through ordeals and experiences before coming across an event that appears to be a turnaround to his life.

Behind  Tempo's Film Selection 2021. Supporting the growth of quality films.

Arawinda Kirana gave a natural performance as Yuni. She ably portrayed the complexity of problems faced by a teenager shackled by out-of-date thinking, mores, and stigmatization. 

Khiva Iskak introduced so many layers in the character of Sandi: deaf, aggressive thug, hounded by trauma, a protective father. 

Penyalin Cahaya (Photocopier), Tempo’s selection for this year’s best film, shines as a creative product. This debut film of Wregas Bhanuteja has seized immediate attention. It is intelligent and has clarity of vision.

National economic recovery fund allocation for the film industry is late in disbursement and is now under threat of remaining unabsorbed. Evidence of failure by the tourism and creative economy ministry in providing support for creative industries.

Ahead of the year-end, the government rolls out an aid program for the film industry using the national economic recovery (PEN) fund. The discourse sparks pros and cons.

A movie about the atrocities of the Dutch troops led by Raymond Westerling in 1940s triggers a controversy in the Netherlands. This opens the door to a range of interpretations on that dark period of history.

Jim Taihuttu, 39, has been a name to be reckoned with in Dutch cinema since his debut film Rabat a decade ago. This Dutch filmmaker of Moluccan origins is also known as a disc jockey of the hip hop/dance duo Yellow Claw.

DE Oost is the first major Dutch film which clearly exposes the violence committed by its military during the 1945-1949 Indonesian independence war. It showed how an elite Dutch corps under Captain Raymond Westerling sowed terror in South Sulawesi, killing thousands of Indonesians. This controversial movie, made in a span of almost a decade, has sparked a flood of reactions—from praise to condemnation—from the Dutch media and public. On Twitter, Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld expressed regret that De Oost, made by Dutch-Moluccan Director Jim Taihuttu, has caused unrest among former soldiers who served in Indonesia, as veteran associations like the Dutch East Indies Federation (FIN) accused the film of defaming veterans. FIN even took the filmmakers to court. Tempo spoke to the film’s director, producers, and actors, and also historians, in the Netherlands and Indonesia.

Pulau Plastik (Plastic Island) becomes one of a few documentary films about plastic waste made with Indonesia’s perspective.