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Indonesia's content platforms and government agencies have upped their efforts in the fight against content piracy conducted through the Telegram messaging application. Among some of the pirated titles were from Indonesia’s top streaming platform Vidio, including Ratu Adil starring Dian…

Welcome to Global Breakouts, Deadline's fortnightly strand in which we shine a spotlight on the TV shows and films killing it in their local territories. The industry is as globalized as it's ever been, but breakout hits are appearing in pockets of the world all the time and it can be hard to keep track…

Four projects have been selected as the first recipients of Indonesia’s debut government-funded film grant, Film Matchfund. The $13M annual fund was announced at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and draws from the country’s Cultural Endowment Fund. The selected projects are director Mouly Surya’s This…

Korean horror film Exhuma has become the highest-grossing Korean film ever in Vietnam, its distributor Showbox Co said. Exhuma has recorded more than 2.23 million moviegoers in Vietnam as of March 31, surpassing the previous mark of 2.15 million held by comedy film 6/45 (2022), which starred Go…

Lionsgate has landed domestic U.S. rights to Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari (Dancing Village: The Curse Begins), the prequel to Indonesia’s highest-grossing film, KKN Curse of the Dancing Village. Produced by Indonesian studio MD Pictures, the film will have its stateside premiere on April 4 in Los…

EXCLUSIVE: Ratu Adil has been marked as a tentpole series in the burgeoning Indonesian streaming market, and here’s an exclusive clip ahead of the action series’ release. The eight-episode crime drama is launching on local streamer Vidio tomorrow (February 29) and stars Dian Sastrowardoyo, fresh off…

With 7.35 million admissions at the box office, horror-comedy film Agak Laen has become the second biggest Indonesian box office hit of all time. Released domestically on February 1, the film stars Bene Dion Rajagukguk, Oki Rengga, Indra Jegel, Boris Bokir and Tissa Biani Azzahra. It now only trails…

EXCLUSIVE: Singapore's Momo Film Co has boarded Indonesian filmmaker Wregas Bhanuteja’s third feature film, Levitating (working title). Principal photography for Levitating is slated to start in the third quarter of this year in Indonesia. The film takes place in a small suburban area where pleasure…

Prime Video might be pulling back from Southeast Asian originals, but Netflix is doubling down on originals in the region. The streamer has unveiled several titles from Indonesia and Thailand, and a Chinese-language slate for 2024.  One of the bigger titles on the streamer's Indonesian slate is…

Indonesia's cinema admissions grew by 14.5% year-on-year to reach 114.5 million in 2023, compared to 100 million the previous year, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office. That figure puts the market around 24% below the pre-pandemic figure of 152 million admissions in 2019.  Despite…

Indonesia has selected Makbul Mubarak's award-winning drama Autobiography as its submission in the Best International Feature category of the Oscars.  Selected from a pool of 100 films, Autobiography was handpicked by a nine-person committee, established by the Indonesian Film Companies…

Indonesia's Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology is launching a grant scheme to support co-productions between Indonesian and international filmmakers.  The first subsidy of its kind from Indonesia, the 1:1 matching grant scheme is backed by the country's National Cultural…