Cinema Lovers Community (CLC) Purbalingga, creada per Bowo Leksono el 2006, ha produït fins ara nombroses pel·lícules de joves cineastes amb molts èxits a nivell nacional. A més, CLC Purbalingga celebra de forma sistemàtica i independent al Festival de Cinema de Purbalingga, presentant un Festival de Cinema que vol mantenir el cinema a l’aire lliure en molts pobles. La seva aposta queda lluny dels luxosos teatres d’avantguarda i de la frenètica indústria cinematogràfica de la capital d’Indonèsia. No obstant això, l’emplaçament del festival manté l’entusiasme local pel millor cinema indonesi, alhora que l’interès internacional per les seves produccions s’ha incrementat visiblement de festival en festival. Aquesta pel·lícula és un documental i alhora un homenatge al cinema i als seus seguidors.

Yuda Kurniawan va néixer a Ruteng (Indonèsia) un petit poble de muntanya. Es va llicenciar en Ciències de la Informació a la Universitat Muhammadiyah de Yogyakarta. Ha realitzat nombrosos documentals sobre qüestions ambientals, polítiques, socials, culturals i educatives en diverses regions d’Indonèsia. El 2012, va crear Rekam Docs, amb un grup d’entusiastes realitzadors. Actualment, està finalitzant un documental, “Nyanyian Akar Rumput”, que s’estrenarà el proper any.

11th Purbalingga Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection, Indonèsian Premiere
37th Indonèsian Film Festival (2017) | Best documentary feature nominee
28th Singapore International Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection
12th Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection
16th Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection
2nd Solo Documentary Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection

Cinema Lovers Community (CLC) Purbalingga, established by Bowo Leksono in 2006, has so far generated a number of young filmmakers with a lot of national-level achievements. Moreover, CLC Purbalingga has been consistently and independently holding the Purbalingga Film Festival, presenting a “Celebration” of Film Festival amidst society, holding the open-air cinema in many villages in Banyumas. Purbalingga is so far away from the luxurious, cutting-edge theaters and the frenetic film industry of the Capital; yet, there is where the zest to present the best for Indonesian cinema keeps alive and propagating. This is a documentary about their passion, militancy, and simplicity – the Ballads of Cinema Lovers.

Yuda Kurniawan was born in Ruteng, Manggarai, a cool-weathered small town on the slope of Madosawu Mountains, Flores Barat, Indonesia. He received his bachelor degree on Communication Sciences from Muhammadiyah University, Yogyakarta. He frequently made documentaries on Environmental, Politic, Social, Cultural, Educational, and Human Right issues in various regions across Indonesia. In 2012, he established Rekam Docs, a group of documentary filmmakers and enthusiasts. In 2016, he is going around many parts of the country, screening Jalan Dakwah Pesantren, his documentary short. Balada Bala Sinema is his most recent documentary feature, released in 2017. Now he is currently finishing his latest length feature documentary Nyanyian Akar Rumput will released in 2019.

11th Purbalingga Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection, Indonesian Premiere
37th Indonesian Film Festival (2017) | Best documentary feature nominee
28th Singapore International Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection
12th Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection
16th Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection
2nd Solo Documentary Film Festival (2017) | Official Selection