Based on a legendary novel of the same name, Balada si Roy (The Ballads of Roy) is a coming-of-age story set in a 1980s small town called Serang. The story follows Roy, a new kid in town who tries to adapt to his new life in Serang and deals with his teenage angst. Roy is always the center of attention. He is handsome, cool, and a bit of a badass. His personality as a new kid attracts the attention of the notorious ruler gang of his new school. The attention quickly turns into tension when Roy starts to have a fling with Ani, the most
beautiful girl in school. It turns out, that Ani has a special place in the heart of the notorious school gang boss, named Dullah. Roy’s life starts to turn upside down. His feud with Dullah leads him to form his new gang to fight Dullah’s oppression in school. Roy and his gang are heavily involved in gang fights, illegal motorbike races, and delinquent nightlife. Giving up and losing someone is not an option for Roy. He is determined to get up and struggles to find answers to his questions. Finally, Leaving his home and traveling alone is his choice to find his true self.

Fajar Nugros is a film director based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Throughout his career, Fajar already made several social commentary narrative films titled ‘Moammar Emka’s Jakarta Undercover’, and a love story about minorities in Indonesia titled ‘Terbang Menembus Langit’. His career continues and becomes more skyrocketing after directing the first Javanese language comedy hit titled ‘Yowis Ben’ where the film reaches more that 2 million admissions and grows into a franchise.

With IDN Pictures, Nugros continues to making film such as Srimulat: Hil Yang Mustahal, a autobiographical film based on life of famous Indonesia’s leading comedy group, and Balada si Roy, a teenage drama film based on legendary novel of the same name. Inang (The Womb) is his first Horror film.

Bandung, 2008. Galang (19 tahun) merasakan penyesalan dan kesedihan yang mendalam
setelah meninggalkan kakak perempuannya, Maryam (21 tahun), di sebuah konser musik underground
yang ternyata ricuh, bahkan merenggut nyawa beberapa penonton termasuk nyawa Maryam. Padahal
sebelum konser dimulai, Maryam sempat bercerita kepada Galang betapa dia mengidolakan band
AXFIKSIA, terutama sang vokalis, IRFAN (35 tahun), dan sempat meminta Galang untuk menemaninya
ke konser. Siapa sangka hari itu adalah terakhir kalinya Galang melihat kakaknya itu.

Adriyanto Dewo made his first short film in 2008, and went on to make several short films after that including “Menunggu Warna” (2011), which won best short film at
the Hanoi International Film Festival. His first feature film, “Tabula Rasa” (2014) was screened at various film festivals including the Shanghai International Film Festival, and the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. He was also awarded Best Director at
the 2014 Indonesian Film Festival.

In 2016, he wrote his second feature film, “Mudik/Homecoming” (2019), the script of which was selected as the winning project of Scriptroom. As the winner, he was invited by the BFI London Film Festival which was held in October 2016. “Mudik/Homecoming” (2019) premiered at the 2019 Macau International Film Festival within the International Competition section and won Best Screenplay at the 2020 FFI Citra Cup. After that, he directed a film project entitled “One Night Stand” (2021) which has been aired on the Indonesian OTT called Bioskop Online.

Hujan, a deeply traumatized young woman, crosses paths with a mysterious street artist Bayu, both their destinies intertwined as they are haunted by the same nightmare that is connected to each of their pasts.

Ismail Basbeth

Born in Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia in 1985. He is a self-taught filmmaker, artist, writer and singer-songwriter, alumni of the Berlinale Talent Campus in Germany and Asian Film Academy in South Korea where he won the BFC & SHOCS Scholarship Fund. Since 2005, he has working in film industry then he produced and directed various short and feature films which had been highlighted in prestigious national and international film festivals. He is a producer and founder of Matta Cinema, an alternative production house which focuses on producing audience based artistic films by working with unique and creative directors for global audiences. He is also a producer, artist and founder of Bosan Berisik Lab, a non-profit foundation of inter-disciplinary laboratory that empowers young filmmakers, artists and writers to create creative and experimental works on various medium. Ruang Basbeth is his publishing company also his personal room in exploring free-writing, narratives and storytelling in the context of social and cultural activities as an artist, filmmaker, writer and singer-songwriter.

Hari bersama saudara perempuannya Eka dan tunangannya Adi, melakukan perjalanan kembali ke desa setelah menerima berita tentang kematian ibu mereka akibat bunuh diri. Sementara para anggota keluarga mencoba mengatasi kesedihan mereka serta menemukan solusi untuk rumah warisan keluarga, mereka dihadapkan akan kepercayaan takhayul penduduk setempat, dan Hari mulai mempertanyakan penyebab kematian ibu mereka.

Cornelio Sunny (born 15 April 1985) is an Indonesian actor and filmmaker. He is the founder of Matta Cinema. His first feature film as a producer/actor competed in Tiger Awards Rotterdam International Film Festival in year 2012. In 2014 Sunny rose to fame playing the lead in an Indonesian blockbuster action film ‘3 Alif Lam Mim’. As an actor Sunny is known for his artistic films such as ‘The Carousel Never Stops Turning’, ‘Another Trip To The Moon’, ‘Yokudo’.
With Matta Cinema he produced the films ‘Arini’, ‘Taufiq’, ‘The Portrait of A Nightmare’. In year 2019 Sunny was part of the Producers Network program at Cannes International Film Festival.
In year 2020 Sunny shot his first directorial debut with film ‘Death Knot’ that competed in Udine FEFF 2021 for best first feature film director, and won at the Jakarta Film Week for special mention best feature film director. The film is planned to release in 2022.

Tegar, (10) a boy with special needs, wants to go to school. Grandpa (65), who agreed with Tegar’s wishes, has passed away. Tegar’s mother (Wida) doesn’t agree with Grandpa, so Tegar once again buried his dream of going to school and making friends. Wida was busy with her work, so she entrusted Tegar to Isy (nanny). One day Isy was forced to return to her hometown to take care of her sick mother. Tegar who was left behind had to struggle to survive at home alone. Eventually, Tegar decides to leave the house and go on a journey to realize his simple dream of going to schoold and making friends.

Anggi Frisca was born in 1984. Anggi started her career as a cinematographer in 2011. She got more recognition as the first Indonesian female cinematographer to receive international award. To this day, Anggi had several nominations in some of her movies. Anggi started to direct a movie. She keeps learning and enhancing her intuitions in filmmaking as well as developing her skills as a filmmaker. Tegar is the second film that Anggi directed.