Joko Anwar

Joko Anwar

Birthday: 1976-01-03

Place of Birth: Medan, Indonesia

Biography: Joko Anwar (born January 3, 1976 in Medan, Indonesia) is a writer-director who started his career as a journalist and film critic. His works include The Forbidden Door (2009), which received the top prize at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and A Copy of My Mind (2015), which competed at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. His film Satan's Slaves (2017) was the highest grossing horror of all time in Indonesia.

Movies

A World Without
A World Without

Founded by the power couple, Ali and Sofia Khan, The Light is a training center that claims to be a ...

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Mika
Mika

This film is an adaptation of the novel written by Indi. The story begin when Indi (Velove Vexia), w...

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Demi Ucok
Demi Ucok

Mak Gondut wants her daughter to marry a nice Batak man, but Gloria has other plans—pursuing her dre...

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Filosofi Kopi 2: Ben & Jody
Filosofi Kopi 2: Ben & Jody

After starting their traveling coffee business, friends Ben and Jody reopen their shop in Jakarta, w...

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Langit Biru
Langit Biru

Three first year junior high school teenagers lives closely in a housing complex since childhood....

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Love
Love

Love is a 2008 Indonesian anthology romance film directed by Kabir Bhatia as a remake of the 2006 fi...

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Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly

Linda is a young woman of Chinese heritage whose mother converted to Christianity after gaining some...

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Love for Share
Love for Share

Three women from three different social, economic, and ethnic groups discuss their lives in polygamo...

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Satan's Slaves 2: Communion
Satan's Slaves 2: Communion

After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family....

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The Lost Suitcase
The Lost Suitcase

Yahya, a low-class employee, finds a suitcase on an empty street. The suitcase is suspected to conta...

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Melancholy Is a Movement
Melancholy Is a Movement

A lost and disillusioned film director finds himself stuck in creative limbo. A way out presents its...

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Three Sassy Sisters
Three Sassy Sisters

A musical drama inspired by the 1956 classic, Tiga Dara. It tells the story of three sisters—Gendis,...

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3Sum
3Sum

3Sum like as omnibus films about love, life and death and action, thriller dan drama genres....

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Before the Morning Repeated
Before the Morning Repeated

Yan (55) is an honest government official. His wife, Rachel (55) is a philosophy professor at a lead...

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The Underdogs
The Underdogs

A group of four friends decide to try and become Youtubers stars to overcome their unpopularity. The...

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My Generation
My Generation

Four high school friends must face the consequences of their video critics after the principal forbi...

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Daysleepers
Daysleepers

It tells the story of two people who choose to live on slightly different frequencies from other peo...

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Galih & Ratna
Galih & Ratna

Two teenagers face demands from their families that do not care about what they want. They only have...

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Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!
Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet!

Adjeng lives alone in an apartment paid for by her boyfriend, a rich businessman. A writer of childr...

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Nay
Nay

Nay, who's pregnant for about 11 weeks now, has to face life's adversities and the true nature of th...

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Satan's Slaves
Satan's Slaves

After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick ...

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Ave Maryam
Ave Maryam

A devoted nun who cares for her elder sisters must choose between upholding her vows or pursuing her...

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27 Steps of May
27 Steps of May

Eight years ago, 14 year old May was raped by a group of men. May’s father is devastated, blaming hi...

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Parts of the Heart
Parts of the Heart

8 stories about Peter, a gay man living in Jakarta from the age of 10 to 40 and his experiences with...

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Sing to the Dawn
Sing to the Dawn

Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of th...

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Madame X
Madame X

Threatened by Kanjeng Badai and his militant and homophobic political party, a country's safety depe...

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Filosofi Kopi
Filosofi Kopi

The level-headed owner of a struggling coffee shop finds his future at risk when his partner -- a ta...

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Love Potpourri
Love Potpourri

Eight stories are interwoven including the story of a child who works hard just to get a bottle of c...

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The Gathering
The Gathering

Between divorce, bad relationships and coming out as gay, a group of affluent friends realize that n...

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Reunion Z
Reunion Z

A B-list actor reconnects with his high school bandmates at a reunion that soon unravels when a grou...

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Because of Soccer
Because of Soccer

After losing a World Cup bet, two hapless buddies must use their wits to pay off their debt to a big...

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Macabre
Macabre

Six friends are captured and tortured by a murderous family after giving a ride home to a desperate ...

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1000 Balon
1000 Balon

A film created and shot by 50 children, about an adventure to find a hidden treasure....

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Tales of the Uncanny
Tales of the Uncanny

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films....

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Fly By Night
Fly By Night

Unfolding the life of a taxi driver that uses his services as a front for extortion rackets and othe...

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Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic
Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic

A documentary about Suzzanna, "the Queen of Indonesian horror" - an actress who starred in many of t...

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The Siege at Thorn High
The Siege at Thorn High

Edwin promised to his sister on her deathbed to find her son she gave up a long time ago. Edwin's qu...

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