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Ritual (2012 Film)
''Ritual'' ( id, Modus Anomali) is a 2012 Indonesian psychological thriller film written and directed by Joko Anwar. It stars Rio Dewanto in the lead role and is Anwar's first English-language film. According to Anwar, he made the film in English simply to indicate that it does not take place in Indonesia. Synopsis The film opens with a man ( Rio Dewanto) waking up buried in a shallow grave in the middle of a forest with no recollection of what happened to him. He finds hints that he has a family and therefore travels the jungle trying to reunite with his wife and children. However, he soon finds out that he is not alone and there is someone trying to kill him and his family. Cast * Rio Dewanto as John Evans * Hannah Al Rashid as Woman * Izzi Isman as Girl * Aridh Tritama as Boy * Sadha Triyudha as Older Son * Jose Gamo as Younger Son * Marsha Timothy as Wife * Surya Saputra as Husband Production Development Anwar has stated that he first conceived the idea for the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joko Anwar
Joko Anwar (born 3 January 1976) is an Indonesian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. Prior to becoming a filmmaker, he worked as a journalist and film critic. Anwar first rose to prominence for co-writing Nia Dinata's 2003 hit ''Arisan!'' which won five awards at the 2004 Citra Award. He then made his feature film directorial debut with the romantic comedy ''Joni's Promise'' in 2005, gaining a Best Director nomination at the 2005 Citra Award. He has since directed a wide range of genres: the noir thriller '' Dead Time: Kala'' (2007), psychological thriller ''The Forbidden Door'' (2009), supernatural horror ''Satan's Slaves'' (2017), and live-action superhero '' Gundala'' (2019). Anwar has won 3 Citra Awards out of 13 nominations for directing and screenwriting. He won the Best Director Awards twice: in 2015 for the urban drama ''A Copy of My Mind'' and in 2020 for the folk horror ''Impetigore'' as well as the Best Screenplay Award in 2008 for co-writing Mouly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempo (Indonesian Magazine)
''Tempo'' is an Indonesian weekly magazine that covers news and politics. It was founded by Goenawan Mohamad and Yusril Djalinus and the first edition was published on 6 March 1971. History New Order era On June 21, 1994, under the New Order of President Suharto, Information Minister Harmoko banned the publishing of ''Tempo'' magazine, along with two other weekly news magazines, ''Editor'' and ''DeTik'', citing them as a threat to national stability. In response to the ban, a number of journalists established the Alliance of Independent Journalists (Aliansi Jurnalis Independen). Publication of ''Tempo'' resumed following Suharto's departure from office in 1998. Post New Order era The magazine has continued its independent position, and on 27 June 2010 published a story about police corruption, based on leaked documents showing that six senior police officers had bank accounts containing millions of dollars, in one case more than US$10 million, on monthly salaries of around US$ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Indonesian Films
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Indonesian Horror Films
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2012 Films
2012 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2012, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Most notably, the two oldest surviving American film studios, Universal and Paramount both celebrated their centennial anniversaries, marking the first time that two major film studios celebrate 100 years, and the Dolby Atmos sound format was launched for the premiere of '' Brave''. The ''James Bond'' film series celebrated its 50th anniversary and released its 23rd film, ''Skyfall''. Six box-office blockbusters from previous years (''Beauty and the Beast'', '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'', ''Titanic'', ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', ''Finding Nemo'', and ''Monsters, Inc.'') were re-released in 3D and IMAX. Also, the year marked the debut for high frame rate technology. The first film using 48 F.P.S., a higher frame rate than the film industry sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifelike Pictures , a Japanese visual novel
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Life Like may refer to: * Life-Like, a manufacturer of model railroad products * ''Life Like'' (Joan of Arc album), 2011 * ''Life Like'' (The Rosebuds album), 2008 * "Lifelike", a 2018 song by Antarctigo Vespucci on the album ''Love in the Time of E-Mail'' * ''Life Like'' (film), a 2019 sci-fi movie See also * Like Life is a Japanese Eroge, adult visual novel developed by Hooksoft which was released on May 28, 2004 playable on Microsoft Windows, Windows as a CD-ROM, CD; a PlayStation 2 consumer console port called ''Like Life An Hour'' followed on April 28, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasporto
Fantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Giving screen space to Fantasy film, fantasy/Science fiction film, science fiction/Horror film, horror-oriented commercial feature films, auteur films and experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from cinephiles to more popular spectators, with an annual average of 110,000 attendees. It was rated in ''Variety (magazine), Variety'' as one of the 25 leading festivals of the world. In its 27th edition in February 2006 the festival reached 104,000 people and 5,000 media references, both domestic and international, with a record of 187 hours of TV time. Present in Porto were about 100 members of the foreign press and about 250 Portuguese journalists and media representatives. In spite of being organized by a private entity, the event is mostly state funded, with the Ministry of Culture of Portugal leading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indonesian Film Festival
The Indonesian Film Festival (Indonesian: Festival Film Indonesia, 'FFI') is an annual awards ceremony organised by the Indonesian Film Board and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology to celebrate cinematic achievements in the Indonesian film industry. During the festival, the ''Piala Citra'' winners are announced and the best Indonesian films of the year are presented. The awards ceremony was first held in 1955 as the Pekan Apresiasi Film Nasional (National Film Appreciation Week). It changed to Festival Film Indonesia in 1973. In 1986, the festival included awards for television movies with an award called ''Piala Vidia''. This awards ceremony includes numerous similarities when compared to the Academy Awards in the United States and British Academy Film Awards in the United Kingdom. History In 1955, 1960 and 1967 Pekan Apresiasi Film Nasional (English: National Film Appreciation Week) was held in Jakarta. From 1973–1992 the ceremony was renamed Festiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South By Southwest
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas; both years, there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW Edu and the upcoming SXSW Sydney festival, and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto. It has previously run or co-run the events North by Northwest (1995-2001), West by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio Dewanto
Rio Dewanto (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 28, 1987) is an Indonesian actor and model of Javanese descent. Career Dewanto began his debut career as film actor when played his cameo role in the two films, titled ''Pintu Terlarang'' (2009) and '' Ratu Kosmopolitan'' (2010). In 2011, Dewanto played the lead role as Hendra/Ping Hen, in a drama film that emphasized Indonesian pluralism which was directed by Hanung Bramantyo, titled '' ?'' (née ''Question Mark''). The next year, Dewanto played as John Evans, the main character in the film ''Modus Anomali'' which was directed by Joko Anwar. Dewanto played his fourth role as Octa in a sequel of a film, titled ''Arisan! 2'' (2011) and sang the original soundtrack song for "Cinta Terlarang". For his performance in these films, Dewanto earned his first 2012 Favorite Supporting Actor trophy award at Indonesian Movie Awards. Dewanto also starred with Atiqah Hasiholan (now his wife) in the film ''Hello Goodbye'' where they filmed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theater (structure)
A theater, theatre or playhouse, is a structure where theatre, theatrical works, performing arts and musical Concert, concerts are presented. The theater building serves to define the performance and audience spaces. The facility usually is organized to provide support areas for performers, the technical crew and the audience members, as well as the stage where the performance takes place. There are as many types of theaters as there are types of performance. Theaters may be built specifically for a certain types of productions, they may serve for more general performance needs or they may be adapted or converted for use as a theater. They may range from open-air amphitheaters to ornate, cathedral-like structures to simple, undecorated rooms or black box theaters. A theatre used for opera performances is called an opera house. A theater is not required for performance (as in site-specific theatre, environmental theater or street theatre, street theater), this article is about s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forbidden Door
''The Forbidden Door'' ( id, Pintu Terlarang) is a 2009 Indonesian psychological thriller film written and directed by Joko Anwar based on Sekar Ayu Asmara's novel of the same name. Despite disappointing box office receipts in Indonesia, the film won rave reviews internationally, with ''The Hollywood Reporter'' calling it a film that "would make lfredHitchcock and edro Almodóvar proud." Plot Gambir, a lifecasting sculptor of pregnant women, extramaritally impregnates Talyda Sasongko. At the abortion clinic, a man tells him that when his wife had abortion here, they were haunted with guilt, though gradually adapted as they aborted every single fetus they had. Gambir, overcome with emotion, cuts the belly part of one of his sculptures and puts the fetus, named Arjasa, in it, so it would appear "living". They later marry and his career rises (Arjasa's sculpture being the most acclaimed work), but he is still haunted and becomes dispirited, often causing division between him and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
