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Shorts & Mid-length

Golden Island Kota Emas

Directed by Arief Budiman

Screens as part of Programme 13: Visual Poetry.

Screening at DIFF 2026

Sun1 to Sunday 1 Nov · PictureTime 3
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Runtime
22 min
Year
2026
Countries
Indonesia, Singapore
Language
Indonesian, Javanese, Papuan
Subtitles
English

Synopsis

Two videographers, Arief from Java and Papua-raised Edi, exchange memories and imaginations of Papua through archival footage. As they collaborate on a short film, its utopian landscapes contrast with the realities of Papuan life under Javanese civilian and military subjection.

Director

Arief Budiman Arief BudimanArief Budiman is an artist-filmmaker based in Yogyakarta, working with sonic traces, distorted histories, fabricated realities, desktop cinema, collage film, and media installations. His practice engages with speculative histories, public archives, and collective memory to uncover hidden narratives, while using…

Cast and crew

Producer
Rugun Sirait
Writer
Arief Budiman
Cinematographer
Aditya Krisnawan
Editor
Arief Budiman
Sound
Pandu Maulana
Music
Black Paradise, Eysuer
Cast
Fransisco Edwardo Kamisopa, Muhammad Dzulqarnain

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