JAFF-Series Archives - 18th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival

Scandal 2: Love, Sex & Revenge

Schedule

XXI 2 | MON 28 NOV | 14:15

World Premiere

Synopsis

Luna is a young dancer who harbors a grudge against Oliver, a well-known Bali hotelier. Luna infiltrated the dark world of prostitution set up by the Prince to destroy Oliver to exact her revenge. However, it was more complex than he had imagined. She and Netra, her Royal Club rival, and Prince, a prostitution pimp, must overcome obstacle after obstacle.

Luna meets Angga, the heir to Oliver’s business, who is intrigued by the beauty and mystery of Luna’s life but realizes that Luna has a tricky plan for someone who has been regarded as a father figure to her.

Will Luna be successful? What secret has Luna kept so that she has a burning grudge against Oliver and is willing to risk everything by becoming a prostitute?

Director

Razka Robby Ertanto

Production Company

Sky Films

Razka Robby Ertanto

Razka Robby Ertanto is an Indonesian writer and director. He graduated from the Jakarta Arts Institute. Robby made his directorial debut in 2008 with the "The List" segment of the anthology horror film "Fear." He continued to work on "Faces of Fear," which premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. She then wrote and directed "7 Hati 7 Cinta 7 Wanita", a social drama tackling women's daily struggles in Indonesia. It was Robby's feature directorial debut. He later wrote and directed "Dilemma" (2011) and "Ave Maryam" (2018), which were screened at festivals around the world. His latest film, "Jakarta vs Everybody," premiered at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in the fall of 2020.

Play

Teluh Darah

Blood Curse

Schedule

XXI 2 | SAT 3 DEC | 13:00

Indonesia Premiere

Synopsis

Wulan is a beautiful and intelligent woman, with a bright future at a bona fide investment firm. Wulan’s life takes a somber turn when a string of bizarre incidents starts happening to her family. A dead civet is found in the house, filthy maggots start appearing, and a mysterious lump of hair is blocking the drainage. All these lead to Ahmad falling sick. After throwing up a bloody nail and thousands of flies, the family’s patriarch dies a gruesome death in front of his wife and kids. At around the same time, in Bogor, a young man named Esa also witnesses his father’s equally tragic death. Bonded by a similar fate, Wulan and Esa decide to work together and investigate the cause of their fathers’ deaths.

Director

Kimo Stamboel

Director’s Filmography

2019

The Queen of Black Magic

2022

Ivanna

Production Company

Rapi Films

Kimo Stamboel

Muhammad Stamboel (Born on 1 June 1980) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for his works on the horror genres both as himself and also as part of the Mo Brothers with friend Timo Tjahjanto. Kimo launched his filmmaking career in 2004 with the release of his directorial debut Bunian in 2004 and achieved mainstream success with the release of slasher hit Macabre (also known as Rumah Dara) in 2009. The duo received a Citra Award nomination for Best Director in 2016 for Headshot. Kimo went solo and directed the box office and critical hit Ratu Ilmu Hitam, a remake of the same-titled Indonesian horror classic, in 2019. His latest feature film is the box office horror hit Ivanna (2022).

JAFF-Series

Scandal 2: Love, Sex & Revenge

Scandal 2: Love, Sex & Revenge

Schedule

Synopsis

Director's Profile

Razka Robby Ertanto

Blood Curse (Teluh Darah)

Blood Curse

Schedule

Synopsis

Director's Profile

Kimo Stamboel