Ismail Basbeth

Directing

Ismail Basbeth

Born 1985-09-12 · Wonosobo

Ismail Basbeth is an Indonesian film director. With his two friends, he created Hide Project Indonesia, an indie production house. He studied in Asian Film Academy Busan and won the BFC & SHOCS Scholarship Fund. Ismail was also chosen in the Berlinale Talent Campus program by the Berlinale International Film Festival in Germany. Ismail was nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Director in FFI 2015 for his film Mencari Hilal (2015).

Acting credits

Jumbo poster
7.6

Desperate to prove to his peers that he’s more than a chubby kid that never wins at anything, little Don wishes to win his local talent show by performing a stageplay inspired from a storybook written by his late parents. When unfortunately a bully stole that book, at the same time a little ghost appeared from the spirit world asking for Don’s help to reunite her with her parents’ spirits. The two new friends then embark on an exciting adventure to help each other and learn the true meaning of friendship.

Jumbo

2025

Grave Torture poster
6.6

When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death — a fixation that leads her on a dark quest.

Grave Torture

2024

Possessive poster
7.0

A student diver risks her scholastic future and relationship with her father when she dates a moody transfer student consumed by their romance.

Possessive

2017

Ziarah poster
8.7

Mbah Sri (95 years old) is looking for the grave of her husband, who has been missing for decades, with one simple aim: she wants to rest in peace beside her husband’s grave.

Ziarah

2016

Grave Torture poster
5.4

Mourning the death of his serial killer father, a boy enters his dad's casket and soon finds himself buried alive.

Grave Torture

2012

Talak 3 poster
NR

A divorced couple, Bagas and Risa, wish to remarry. But to lawfully do so, they must first find a "contract husband" to briefly marry and divorce Risa.

Talak 3

2016

Abracadabra poster
4.5

A black comedy from a magician named Lukman who performs illusion magic that suddenly become real.

Abracadabra

2020

Cemara's Family 2 poster
7.0

Set in the post-pandemic period, the Cemara Family begins a new chapter in their lives. Abah gets a new job, Euis grows up to be a teenager, and Mom focuses on taking care of the youngest, Agil. While everyone was focused on their respective activities, Ara felt left out. How can this family get through this new phase of life?

Cemara's Family 2

2022

Tersanjung: The Movie poster
8.2

After growing up in a tumultuous household, Yura finds herself in a love triangle with two close friends as she faces a personal and financial crisis.

Tersanjung: The Movie

2021

400 Words poster
NR

An engaged couple having a lunch in a cafeteria, and we follow their conversation as they go into minute detail about what needs to be organized for the upcoming wedding. This is a glimpse into the life of a modern young people struggling with their parents’ cultural legacy.

400 Words

2013

YK48 poster
NR

A documentary about the history of local film scene in Yogyakarta.

YK48

2022

1000 Balon poster
NR

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

1000 Balon

2013

Flutter Echoes and Notes Concerning Nature poster
NR

In the past Indonesia used to be ruled by mighty Kingdoms that relied on farming and fishing. Those days are over. The amount of farmers diminishes by 100.000 people every year. This film is about two sets of different people who have the same goal. One isabout a female sound recordist who is working on a documentary about hidden pyramids in the Java countryside and in her spare time she is recording sounds of nature. The other is a group of people who are Guerrilla Gardeners, Urban Farmers, who try to bring back a piece of nature into the concrete jungle of Jakarta.

Flutter Echoes and Notes Concerning Nature

2015

Behind the camera

My Own Last Supper poster
NR

76-year-old widower Encek convenes his children for a final dinner, unveiling concealed memoirs of love, loss and generational wounds before choosing the sea as his reunion place with his deceased wife.

My Own Last Supper

2026

My Own Last Supper poster
NR

76-year-old widower Encek convenes his children for a final dinner, unveiling concealed memoirs of love, loss and generational wounds before choosing the sea as his reunion place with his deceased wife.

My Own Last Supper

2026

Sara poster
7.5

Sara, a transgender woman goes back to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and that the villagers have become extremely religious. Added to that, her mother suffers from dementia and treats her like a complete stranger.

Sara

2023

Sara poster
7.5

Sara, a transgender woman goes back to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and that the villagers have become extremely religious. Added to that, her mother suffers from dementia and treats her like a complete stranger.

Sara

2023

Sara poster
7.5

Sara, a transgender woman goes back to her remote hometown to attend her father’s funeral. She finds the village has changed greatly, and that the villagers have become extremely religious. Added to that, her mother suffers from dementia and treats her like a complete stranger.

Sara

2023

Her Soul poster
NR

Shinta Ratri, a 57-year-old Muslim trans woman, recounts her life experiences—childhood memories, struggles of growing up, marriage—and her journey as the founder of the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Fatah in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Her Soul

2022

Her Soul poster
NR

Shinta Ratri, a 57-year-old Muslim trans woman, recounts her life experiences—childhood memories, struggles of growing up, marriage—and her journey as the founder of the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Fatah in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Her Soul

2022

Her Soul poster
NR

Shinta Ratri, a 57-year-old Muslim trans woman, recounts her life experiences—childhood memories, struggles of growing up, marriage—and her journey as the founder of the Islamic Boarding School of Al-Fatah in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Her Soul

2022

No artwork available
NR

A craftsman, devoted to his wife and three children, sees his life unravel when he returns home to find another family living in his house and his loved ones missing. As he searches for answers, no one in his village recognizes him despite his lifelong residence, sending him spiraling into paranoia and violence.

The Most Mysterious Man

No artwork available
NR

A craftsman, devoted to his wife and three children, sees his life unravel when he returns home to find another family living in his house and his loved ones missing. As he searches for answers, no one in his village recognizes him despite his lifelong residence, sending him spiraling into paranoia and violence.

The Most Mysterious Man

No artwork available
NR

A craftsman, devoted to his wife and three children, sees his life unravel when he returns home to find another family living in his house and his loved ones missing. As he searches for answers, no one in his village recognizes him despite his lifelong residence, sending him spiraling into paranoia and violence.

The Most Mysterious Man

Talak 3 poster
NR

A divorced couple, Bagas and Risa, wish to remarry. But to lawfully do so, they must first find a "contract husband" to briefly marry and divorce Risa.

Talak 3

2016

No artwork available
NR

Mbak Gede, a middle-aged woman, oversees the illegal life of the bus terminal with a watchful eye, as she is the lady in command, the one to be feared, until her husband arrive.

Mbak Gede

2020

The Carousel Never Stops Turning poster
NR

This film talks about today’s Indonesia from different perspectives—economy, politics, arts and culture, society, laws, and history—outlined in several fragments influenced by one another.

The Carousel Never Stops Turning

2017

The Carousel Never Stops Turning poster
NR

This film talks about today’s Indonesia from different perspectives—economy, politics, arts and culture, society, laws, and history—outlined in several fragments influenced by one another.

The Carousel Never Stops Turning

2017

The Carousel Never Stops Turning poster
NR

This film talks about today’s Indonesia from different perspectives—economy, politics, arts and culture, society, laws, and history—outlined in several fragments influenced by one another.

The Carousel Never Stops Turning

2017

Setan Siang Bolong poster
NR

Charlie and Alex is classmate in the elementary school. They have been close friend since they are staying in the same class for 10 years; they continually failed for the next grade. One day, in their way home from the elementary school, they face something terribly scary and changes their life forever

Setan Siang Bolong

2018

Lemari Kyo poster
NR

A young woman lives within the confines of her closet.

Lemari Kyo

2012

Jabang Mayit poster
NR

Hujan mysteriously loses her baby. In desperation, she meets Bayu, who offers help. Bayu took her to a shaman. The shaman reveals that Hujan's baby has been taken by a creature from another world, "Hantu Jabang Mayit", a ghost summoned through dark rituals to target babies of mothers who are not ready to give birth.

Jabang Mayit

2025

Jabang Mayit poster
NR

Hujan mysteriously loses her baby. In desperation, she meets Bayu, who offers help. Bayu took her to a shaman. The shaman reveals that Hujan's baby has been taken by a creature from another world, "Hantu Jabang Mayit", a ghost summoned through dark rituals to target babies of mothers who are not ready to give birth.

Jabang Mayit

2025

Cemara's Family 2 poster
7.0

Set in the post-pandemic period, the Cemara Family begins a new chapter in their lives. Abah gets a new job, Euis grows up to be a teenager, and Mom focuses on taking care of the youngest, Agil. While everyone was focused on their respective activities, Ara felt left out. How can this family get through this new phase of life?

Cemara's Family 2

2022

Taufiq: Lelaki Yang Menantang Badai poster
NR

The story of young Taufiq Kiemas. Inspired by Soekarno's ideology, he decides to become a nationalist.

Taufiq: Lelaki Yang Menantang Badai

Taufiq: Lelaki Yang Menantang Badai poster
NR

The story of young Taufiq Kiemas. Inspired by Soekarno's ideology, he decides to become a nationalist.

Taufiq: Lelaki Yang Menantang Badai

Arini poster
6.5

On the train in Germany, Arini, a 38-year-old student, meets Nick, who is 15 years younger than her. Nick fell in love with Arini, but Arini had lost her faith in love and was unable to accept Nick.

Arini

2018