Golden Island
Asian Premiere
Arief Budiman Indonesia, Singapore 2026 22 min NC16 (Brief Nudity)
Two videographers, one from Java and the other from Papua, make a film together about Papua. They reflect upon the beautiful images of the island and discuss its ironic reality under the Javanese people.
Synopsis Writer: Richard Bolisay
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition, Q&A
29 Oct, Thu 6:00PM / 22 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 2
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Golden Island
Kota emas
Arief Budiman
Indonesia, Singapore
2026
Papuan Language, Javanese, Indonesian
English
22 min
NC16 (Brief Nudity)
Asian Premiere
Arief Budiman
Yogyakarta-based Arief Budiman is an artist-filmmaker whose practice uses archives and technology as tools to uncover hidden historical narratives. Golden Island premiered in competition at Rotterdam.
Fransisco Edwardo Kamisopa,
Muhammad Dzulqarnain,
Arief Budiman
Rugun Sirait