Film Information
Year: 2025
Duration: 129
Language: VOSE
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis
Bachtiar Siagian was one of the greatest Indonesian filmmakers active between the nation’s independence and the events of autumn 1965, which led to the persecution and often the murder of left-wingers and others deemed subversive. Siagian, as one of the most prominent members of Indonesia’s leading Communist cultural movement, the Lembaga Kebudayaan Rakyat, ended up in prison for twelve years, never to direct a film again. After over a decade in prison, little trace of his life and work could be found, but Hafiz Rancajale still searched. Alongside his colleagues, they revise his mis-slandered history.
Director
Hafiz Rancajale (1971) graduated in Fine Arts from the Jakarta Institute of Arts (IKJ) and has since established himself as an influential voice in the Indonesian art and film scene. His work is characterized by a deep interconnection with the sociopolitical context. He is the founder of Forum Lenteng and holds the position of artistic director of ARKIPEL: Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival. His notable works include 9808: An Anthology of 10th Year Indonesian Reform (2008), Rangkasbitung: A Piece of Tale (2011), Behind the Flickering Light: The Archive (2013), and The Raging Soil (2014). His most recent projects is Bachtiar (2025), selected for the International Film Festival of Rotterdam (IFFR).
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