Laskar Pelangi / The Rainbow Troops

Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops), is a film adaptation of Andrea Hirata's literary work that first appeared on shelves in 2004, based on his childhood memories.

Set in the Sumatran island of Belitong, the film opens with the adult returning to his birthplace after a number of years away. From there it flashes back his first day at school, with two teachers -- Muslimah and Harfan -- who have been eagerly waiting for students to enroll at their decrepit Islamic primary school. Since the district school board had already declared that their little school must close if it didn't meet the ten-student minimum, this particular day is obviously a nervous affair for both teachers.

Fortunately, ten students (mostly children of poor laborers) do sign up, forming a little enclave of first-graders christened with a titular moniker by Muslimah. Besides Ikal, the eclectic group comprises an assortment of characters (named by Muslimah as the rainbow troops) -- mainly Lintang, a fisherman's son who turns out to be a genius and Mahar, a musically obsessed dreamer who is never without a radio by his side.

Five years pass, and the majority of the film takes place in the student's fateful fifth grade, chronicling the ups and downs of the Rainbow Troops through the eyes of young Ikal.

The film sensitively captures the struggles of marginalized citizens to achieve their dreams, the beauty of friendship and its ability to save humanity, against the background of what was once one of Indonesia’s richest island.

Technical Details

Released In Theaters	:	September 25, 2008
Production Company	:	MILES Films & Mizan Productions
Producer	:	Mira Lesmana
Director	:	Riri Riza
Scriptwriter	:	Salman Aristo
Co-Writers	:	Mira Lesmana & Riri Riza
Duration	:	124 minutes
Genre	:	Drama
Language/Subtitle	:	Bahasa Indonesia/English
Originally Shot On	:	35 mm
Color / B&W	:	Color
Sound	:	Dolby Digital
Film Website	:	www.laskarpelangithemovie.com

Casts & Crews

Cut Mini as Muslimah

Zulfani as Ikal

Ferdian as Lintang

Veris Yamarno as Mahar

Ikranagara as Harfan

Director : Riri Riza

Producer : Mira Lesmana

Screen Writer : Salman Aristo

Co-Writers : Mira Lesmana & Riri Riza

Line Producer : Toto Prasetyanto

Executive Producers : Bakhtiar Rakhman & Haidar Bagir

Co - Producers : Putut Widjanarko & Gangsar Sukrisno

Associate Producer : Avesina Soebli

Director Of Photography : Yadi Sugandi

Art Director : Eros Eflin

Editor : W. IchwandiarDono

Sound : Dwi Budi & Satrio Budiono

Music Score : Aksan & Titi Sjuman

Festivals and Awards:

*watched by over than 4.5 million viewers

- Jakarta International Film Festival, 2008

- Berlin International Film Festival, 2009

- Asian Film Awards, , 2009

Nominated for Best Film and Best Editor

3 Hari Untuk Selamanya / 3 Days To Forever

One car, Two Cousins, Three days to get to forever















Yusuf, an uptight 21 year-old, is convinced by his 19 year-old cousin, Ambar, to escape a family gathering and go clubbing with her. Drunk and wasted, they wake up the next morning to find that they have missed their flight to attend a family wedding in another town.

The two cousins decide to drive there in a family car, not knowing that the supposedly one day journey takes them 3 days instead. Along the way they get high and get lost, encounter interesting and bizarre characters, run into an argument about religion, marriage and sex, while trying to defeat the arising sexual tension between them.

With ‘Three Days To Forever’, Writer-Director Riri Riza (‘Eliana Eliana’,’Gie’) delves into these weighty issues with the lighter touch and carefree attitude of a road movie, yet creates an intimate film that will reflect the feelings of inebriation and alienation of the two young protagonists as they feel their way through societal conventions.

Technical Details
Genre : Drama
Year Of Production : 2007
Language/Subtitle : Indonesia / English
Shooting Format : 35 mm
Screening Format /Ratio : 35 mm/1:1,185

Casts & Crews
Art Director Eros Eflin
Director of Photography Yadi Sugandi
Line Producer Mandy Marahimin
Associate Producers Julia Fraser Julie le Brocquy
Executive Producers Leo Sutanto Elly Yanti Noor B. Toto Prasetyanto
Screenplay Sinar Ayu Massie
Producer Mira Lesmana
Director Riri Riza

Festival & Awards
- 31st Hongkong International Film Festival, 2007
- Bangkok International Film Festival, 2007
- Vancouver International Film Festival, 2007
- Pusan International Film Festival, 2007
- The Times British Film Institute 51st London Film Festival, 2007
- 5th Inverness Film Festival, 2007 - Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2007
- 9th Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia, 2007
- CineAsia Film Festival, Germany, 2007 - Jakarta International Film Festival, 2007 Won ‘Best Indonesian Film’ Award
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2008
- Goterborg International Film Festival, 2008
- 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, 2008
- 32nd Cleveland Internartional Film Festival, 2008
- Barcelona Asian International Film Festival, 2008
- Melbourne International Film Festival, 2008
- Flanders International Film Festival, Ghent, Belgia, 2008
- 35th Brussels International Independent Film Festival, 2008
Won ‘Best Director’ Award

GARASI

Love, Anger and Rock ‘n Roll

Gaia, Aga and Awan only have one goal in their lives: to play music. They formed a band, produced their own mini-album and distributed it with the support of a local music store. Soon, the album made them local heroes.

But outside the band, thay each have their secrets which they keep from one another. Apart from the maturity of their music, they are still young and restless, and are still looking for their true identity.

When Garasi gained their popularity, their friendship is put to a test. The hidden love; the miscommunication; their conflict with their families; and judgements from the media and society forced them to realize who they are and how much they love their music.

Technical Details

Released in cinemas	:	19 Januari 2006
Production Company	:	Miles Films
Producer	:	Mira Lesmana
Director	:	Agung Sentausa
Script Writer	:	Prima Rusdi
Story Idea	:	Mira Lesmana, Agung Sentausa, Prima Rusdi
Duration	:	110 menit
Genre	:	Drama

Casts & Crews

Director: Agung Sentausa

Producer: Mira Lesmana

Scriptwriter: Prima Rusdi

Cinematographer: Yadi Sugandi

Editor: Dewi S. Alibasah

Art Director: Ricarddo Marpaung

Sound: Satrio Budiono, Handy Ilfat

Music score: Andy Ayunir and Garasi

Cast: Fedi Nuril, Ayu Ratna, Aries Budiman

Festivals & Awards:

Singapore International Film Festival 2006

Tokyo International Film Festival 2006

Kolkata International Film Festival 2006

Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience 2007, Germany

8th NHK Asian film Festival 2007

3rd Jecheon International Music & Film Festival 2007

International Children and Youth Film Festival (FICI), 2008, Madrid

Asian Hot Shots Film Festival, Berlin 2009

Untuk Rena / Dear Rena

Dear Rena is a film about an 11 years old girl, Rena, who lives in ‘Rumah Matahari’ (House of Sun) since she was a baby. Rumah Matahari is a peaceful and full of fun orphanage. There in the orphanage where about 30 children live, Rena has younger ‘brothers and sisters’ she deeply protects. She makes trouble whenever a married couple comes to adopt one of them.

When the holy month Ramadhan approaches, comes a mysterious guest, Yudha, to Rumah Matahari. Rena assumes that Uncle Yudha will take away one of her brothers and sisters. It makes her very worried. Therefore she asks them to be suspicious to Uncle Yudha. However, Yudha keeps coming on every weekend and it slowly makes them closer. The atmosphere in Rumah Matahari starts to change. Rena suddenly fells that she has some kind of ties with Uncle Yuda without knowing why.

Who is Yudha? Why does he visit Rumah Matahari? Will he take one of the children away?

Technical Details
Genre : Drama
Year of Production : 2005
Duration : 104 minutes
Film : 35 mm
Aspect Ratio : 1 : 1.85
Setting : Indonesia
Bahasa : Bahasa Indonesia
Subtitle : English
Color/BW : Color

Casts & Crews
Director: Riri Riza
Producer: Riri Riza and Afi Shamara
Scriptwriter: Key Mangunsong
Cinematographer: Ipung Rachmat Syaiful
Editor Sastha Sunu
Art Director: Eros Eflin
Sound: Dwi Budenk P., Satrio Budiono
Music score: Djaduk Ferianto
Cast: Maudy Ayunda., Surya Saputra, Karlina Inawati

Festivals and Awards
- Best Director MTV Movie Award 2006
- Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival 2006, New Delhi

GIE

I’d rather be an outcast than a hypocrite

Based on a true character. GIE is a central yet unknown political activist/writer in the 60’s, the darkest era of Indonesian history. His life is a clash between a high drama of political events, and small world of friendship and romance. He is falling apart when he sees that his constant battle for justice and truth gives labor to another dictatorial regime. As time passes the people around him adjust to the new regime, but he continues to fight. His uncompromised idealism drives people away. His friends left him; the woman he loves rejects him. Only the beauty of nature can rescue and free him.

Technical Details :

Indonesian Title	:	Gie
English Title	:	Gie
Aspect Ratio	:	1 : 1.85
Running Times	:	147 minutes
Color/BW	:	Color
Filming Locations	:	Indonesia
Year of Production	:	2005
Production company	:	Miles Films in association with Sinemart Pictures
Film Website	:	http://www.milesfilms.com/gie

Casts & Crews

Director : Riri Riza

Producer : Mira Lesmana

Scriptwriter : Riri Riza

Cinematographer : Yudi Datau

Editor : Sastha Sunu

Art Director : Iri Supit

Sound : Satrio Budiman, Adityawan Susanto, & Handy Ilfat Ibrahim

Music score : Thoersi Argeswara

Cast : Nicholas Saputra, Sita Nursanti, Lukman Sardi, Wulan Guritno

Festivals & Awards:

- Winner at Pusan Promotion Plan, PIFF 2002, as Most Promosing Project

from Hubert Bals Fund

- Dragons & Tigers Award nominee, Vancouver International Film Festival 2005

- Pusan International Film Festival 2005

- 3 (Three) Citra Awards (Indonesian Film Award) 2005: Best Cinematography, Best Actor & Best Movie

- Palm Spring International Film Festival 2006

- San Rafael International Film Festival 2006

- Indonesian nominee for Best Foreign Language, Academy Awards 2006

- Spokane International Film Festival 2006

- Rotterdam International Film Festival 2006

- Bangkok International Film Festival 2006

- Special Jury Prize, Singapore International Film Festival 2006

- Barcelona International Film Festival 2006

- 9th Aurora Asian Film Festival 2006, Denver

- Durban International Film festival 2006

- Melbourne International Film Festival 2006

- Sarajevo International Film Festival 2006

- Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival 2006, New Delhi

- Kolkata International Film Festival 2006

- 51st Asian Pacific Film Festival 2006 : Special Jury Award 2006

- Fukuoka International Film Festival 2006

Rumah Ketujuh / The Seventh House

Cakra and Lintang are two young people who have been best friends since childhood, and still single. They are movie freaks who work in the same video store, and have the same ambition that is to to build an art house movie theater.

What makes them different is their pursuit for Mr./ Miss Right, and the methods that fashioned each of their quests. For Cakra, the guiding vision is the ideal feminine figure, seen only from the backside, which has been frequently haunting his dreams. Books on dreams interpretations are Cakra’s bible in seeking the mysterious beauty. While Lintang, her head totally enmeshed in astrological guidelines, clings to the conviction that her soul mate has to be a “Taurus in the Seventh House.” She is more desperate than Cakra, for she is constantly reminded by a kindly old advice that warns her, if she did not get her other half by her 24th birthday, she is cursed to be a spinster for eternity! Pretty soon, Lintang is dating a tall, handsome guy, while Cakra starts to go out with a cutesy girl several years his junior.


Technical Details
Genre : Drama
Year of production : 2003
Language/Subtitle : Indonesia/English
Screening Fomat/Ratio : 35mm/1:185

Casts & Crews
DEWI REZER as LINTANG
INDRA BIROWO as CAKRA
M. GARY ISKAK as ARMAN
ANDHARA EARLY as ALINA

Story and Script RAYYA MAKARIM
Director of Photography ROY LOLANG
Sound by ADITYAWAN SUSANTO, SATRIO BUDIONO &
ENRICO SYAFTI R
Art Director EROS EFLIN
Edited by ROBIN MORAN & SASTHA SUNU
Music by INDRA LESMANA
Line Producer B. TOTO PRASETYANTO
Production Coordinator DANNY SAPUTRA
Producers MIRA LESMANA & RIRI RIZA
Director RUDI SOEDJARWO

Eliana, Eliana

Pride and compassion on taxi ride

Eliana, Eliana depicts a one-night journey of Eliana (Rachel Maryam) and Bunda (Mother, played by Jajang C. Noer).

Five years earlier, Eliana escaped from home to live in Jakarta. One day, when she has just lost her job and gets an eviction notice from her landlord, Bunda comes with two airplane tickets, determined to take Eliana home to her hometown, Padang.

Trying to prove her independence, Eliana takes a tour around the city in a taxi, looking for her housemate Heni (Henidar Amroe). Bunda gets dragged along for the ride. The one-night journey turns out to be a revelation of many things for the mother and daughter; their past, their present relationship, and their future.

Technical details

Indonesian Title : Eliana, Eliana

English Title : Eliana, Eliana

Aspect Ratio : Cinemascope 1 : 2,35

Duration : 83 minutes

Year of production : 2002

Casts & Crews

Rachel Sayidina : Eliana

Jajang C. Noer : Bunda

Henidar Amroe : Heni

Arswendi Nasution : Cab Driver

Marcella Zalianty : Ratna

Writer/Director : Riri Riza

Screenplay : Prima Rusdi and Riri Riza

Producer : Riri Riza and Mira Lesmana

Cinematography : Yadi Sugandi

Art Director : Adrianto Sinaga

Editor : Sastha Sunu

Sound : Suhadi, Satrio Budiono, Adityawan Susanto

Music : Thoersi Argeswara

Festivals & Awards:

- Best Young Cinema, Singapore International Film Festival 2002

- NETPAC/FIPRESCI Award, Singapore International Film Festival 2002

- Best Actress for Jajang C. Noer, Cinemaya Festival of Asian Cinema 2002

- Special Mention, Dragons & Tigers Award, Vancouver Int. Film Festival 2002

- London International Film Festival 2002

- Pusan International Film Festival 2002

- Rotterdam Film Festival 2003

- Goteborg Film Festival 2003

- San Fransisco International Asian American Film Festival 2003

- Best Actress for Rachel Maryam & Jajang C. Noer, Deauville International Film

Festival 2003

- Fribourg International Film Festival 2003

- Hong Kong International Film Festival 2003

- IFP Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2003

- Asian American International Film Festival, New York 2003

- Melbourne International Film Festival 2003

- Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2003

- Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2003

- Bangkok International Film Festival 2004

- 1st London Indonesian Film Screening 2006

- Locarno International Film Festival 2006

- Travelling Festival Night, France 2007

- Asian Hot Shots Film Festival, Berlin 2009