Forka Films

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.

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.

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.

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.

Quarantine Tales is a collection of stories by 5 directors who tell the stories of life experienced during the pandemic.

Juno was just a child when his father abandoned him from their village in Central Java. Abandoned and alone, he joins a Lengger dance centre where men shape their feminine appearance and movement. The sensuality and sexuality that came from the dance, mixed with the violent sociopolitical Indonesian environment, forces Juno to move from village to village.

The Bu Broto Inn in Yogya is managed by Pak Broto and Bu Broto and their children; Pur, Sri, and Tarjo. This successful and warm-looking lodging hides problems and conflicts. Pur, the eldest, could not escape the shadow of the sorrowful death of her future husband. Sri, dreams of becoming a band singer, which is currently hindered by the responsibilities given by Bu Broto at the Inn. Meanwhile, Tarjo is very difficult to find his college motivation. All these pent-up conflicts exploded during the scandal. Broto Family members should be able to solve this problem together according to their Inn motto: Family is Home.

A black comedy from a magician named Lukman who performs illusion magic that suddenly become real.

The residents of Kampung Tirang live in dilapidated shacks just to earn for their next meal. The hardworking and reliable Turah has been appointed by the cooperative leader to tend to complaints or settle conflicts that arise in the village. Peace in the settlement is disrupted when the alcoholic Jadag starts questioning the governance of the village. His accusations towards the leaders soon land both Turah and the whole village into further trouble.

Masked Monkey opens as a classic, romantic nature film - but this quickly changes when a monkey playing in the wild is captured and the scene shifts to hectic Jakarta. Street artists use monkeys in the most incredible shows.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pertiwi returns to her hometown and is faced with four stories from her past. About winter when she was raped by a dozen men until she was dazed. About spring, the time of solitude. About summer when her family was constantly threatened. And autumn, when she contemplated about the person she really loves.

A story of childhood memories, love, and family. A story where Honda plays a part in every twist and turn as a family journeys through life, where childhood friends find true love only to find that fate seems to have other plans...