Muchlis Mustafa

A kid defies the ancient taboo of whistling at dusk, unleashing a sinister terror tied to a cursed figure who made the same mistake. Bound by an inescapable curse, he’s thrust into a deadly race against time—because if he fails, the nightmare will become his new reality.

In war-torn Jakarta 1946, a haunted violinist ordered to bomb a colonial theatre sees his plan unravel when a charismatic rebel falls for his wife—jeopardising Indonesia’s freedom and their lives.

Guided by the Minahasa’s influence, this speculative fiction of mystical belief interlaces care and ancestral dialogues, embracing a healing renewal across numinous, material and technological realms.

One afternoon, the public was shocked by the news of the discovery of the grave of Adolf Hitler, a Nazi leader, at the Ngagel cemetery, Surabaya. Mitro (40), a grave guard was interviewed by TV journalists regarding the discovery. Mitro answered simply because he didn't know about Hitler. Mitro is considered an artist by his family and neighbors, not a few of whom want to take selfies with Mitro. One day, his wife said that she really wanted to go on holiday. Mitro, whose life is barely possible, is only promising. He then got the idea to create a paid ride at the tomb. Visitors can enter the cloth booths that surround the tomb and take photos with Hitler inside, with Mitro dressed up as Hitler. He then found out who Hitler was via the internet.

A young man discovers he is the descendant of a powerful warrior and must unlock his hidden abilities to fight an ancient enemy who seeks to alter history and destroy the world.

In an alternative future of Indonesia, when nuclear technology reaches the point of generating an artificial sun for endless energy resources, a lazy philosopher Sajad Ali wandering around seeks a place to sleep. Told in a semi-essayistic approach, Sajad Ali reflects the dynamics of nuclear technology in the future, the politics of materiality through the search for minerals such as thorium in Indonesia, as well as the complexity of nuclear issue in the Global South and its tension with ecology, energy consumption, nation-state, and productivity.