B.W. Purbanegara

Directing

B.W. Purbanegara

Known for

Directing

Credits

38 titles

B.W. Purba Negara is a director and writer, mostly known for Ziarah (2016). Born in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, BW Purba Negara is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at Gadjah Mada University. Completely self-trained, he co-founded the production house Limaenam Films and has made several documentaries and shorts under its banner.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Romantik Problematik poster
NR

Ricky, a musician who likes to ride motorcycles, and Alyssa, who has family problems, are lovers. When Ricky wants to help Alyssa solve the problem, something unexpected happens between them

Romantik Problematik

2022

Romantik Problematik poster
NR

Ricky, a musician who likes to ride motorcycles, and Alyssa, who has family problems, are lovers. When Ricky wants to help Alyssa solve the problem, something unexpected happens between them

Romantik Problematik

2022

Romantik Problematik poster
NR

Ricky, a musician who likes to ride motorcycles, and Alyssa, who has family problems, are lovers. When Ricky wants to help Alyssa solve the problem, something unexpected happens between them

Romantik Problematik

2022

Hajatan Setan poster
NR

A young woman returns to her hometown after being away for years. However, her homecoming reopens old wounds and triggers a series of strange events that slowly engulf the villagers in suspicion and fear.

Hajatan Setan

2026

Shallot Salad poster
NR

A depressed policeman saw a tragedy that kills hundreds of people.

Shallot Salad

2023

Shallot Salad poster
NR

A depressed policeman saw a tragedy that kills hundreds of people.

Shallot Salad

2023

Mystic Singer poster
4.8

When a teen girl is possessed by a singing spirit after visiting the mystical Watu Kandang, her disturbing behavior brings turmoil to the village.

Mystic Singer

2024

Doremi & You poster
8.8

Four friends: Putri, Anisa, Imung, and Markus, try to change the money from the choir extracurricular that they accidentally omitted, by participating in the 'Doremi & You' singing competition. The struggle of the four friends to win the competition is difficult when Reno, the choir assistant coach who is expected to become their coach, turns out to be their toughest rival in the competition.

Doremi & You

2019

Doremi & You poster
8.8

Four friends: Putri, Anisa, Imung, and Markus, try to change the money from the choir extracurricular that they accidentally omitted, by participating in the 'Doremi & You' singing competition. The struggle of the four friends to win the competition is difficult when Reno, the choir assistant coach who is expected to become their coach, turns out to be their toughest rival in the competition.

Doremi & You

2019

Another Trip to the Moon poster
4.2

The magical surrealist journey of Asa, daughter of a shaman, who confronts her own mother, fighting for her own life and freedom.

Another Trip to the Moon

2015

No artwork available
NR

The woman would be happy if the man sit to her right. But the man always prefers to be on the left.

Kamu di Kanan Aku Senang

2013

No artwork available
NR

The woman would be happy if the man sit to her right. But the man always prefers to be on the left.

Kamu di Kanan Aku Senang

2013

No artwork available
NR

The woman would be happy if the man sit to her right. But the man always prefers to be on the left.

Kamu di Kanan Aku Senang

2013

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

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

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

Say Hello to Yellow poster
NR

A small yellow object makes a child trapped in an illusion and pretense. The device that should serve to bring a much closer instead turned into farther the closeness. A innocent portrait on a modernity that arrogant and stutter.

Say Hello to Yellow

2011

Say Hello to Yellow poster
NR

A small yellow object makes a child trapped in an illusion and pretense. The device that should serve to bring a much closer instead turned into farther the closeness. A innocent portrait on a modernity that arrogant and stutter.

Say Hello to Yellow

2011

Say Hello to Yellow poster
NR

A small yellow object makes a child trapped in an illusion and pretense. The device that should serve to bring a much closer instead turned into farther the closeness. A innocent portrait on a modernity that arrogant and stutter.

Say Hello to Yellow

2011

Lastri, Apa Sing Kowe Goleti? poster
NR

a short film by B.W. Purbanegara

Lastri, Apa Sing Kowe Goleti?

2008

Lastri, Apa Sing Kowe Goleti? poster
NR

a short film by B.W. Purbanegara

Lastri, Apa Sing Kowe Goleti?

2008

Lastri, Apa Sing Kowe Goleti? poster
NR

a short film by B.W. Purbanegara

Lastri, Apa Sing Kowe Goleti?

2008

History of Untellable Tales poster
NR

A grandmother decided to become a hermit in the middle of the forest. One day, his children and grandchildren came to visit. The 3.5-year-old granddaughter doesn’t want to go home and wants to stay with his grandmother to live and play in the forest. Day after day they spent together, until finally the granddaughter entered a forbidden area in the forest, making it difficult for her to find her way home. The grandmother failed to find her granddaughter and she decided to continue her meditation. After meeting the forest spirit guard who was carrying out a rite, the granddaughter managed to find her way home by following a puppy who led her to meet her grandmother again. Unfortunately, this time her grandmother never woke up again from samadi.

History of Untellable Tales

2022

History of Untellable Tales poster
NR

A grandmother decided to become a hermit in the middle of the forest. One day, his children and grandchildren came to visit. The 3.5-year-old granddaughter doesn’t want to go home and wants to stay with his grandmother to live and play in the forest. Day after day they spent together, until finally the granddaughter entered a forbidden area in the forest, making it difficult for her to find her way home. The grandmother failed to find her granddaughter and she decided to continue her meditation. After meeting the forest spirit guard who was carrying out a rite, the granddaughter managed to find her way home by following a puppy who led her to meet her grandmother again. Unfortunately, this time her grandmother never woke up again from samadi.

History of Untellable Tales

2022

Cheng Cheng Po poster
NR

Four children get together to help the poorest of them to find a way to keep coming to school and attend the exams.

Cheng Cheng Po

2007

Rantemas poster
NR

This film tells the story of a site in Gunung Kidul that was used as an execution ground for people accused of being PKI members in 1965, as well as for gali (repeat offenders/ex-convicts) during the 1980s.

Rantemas

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Rantemas poster
NR

This film tells the story of a site in Gunung Kidul that was used as an execution ground for people accused of being PKI members in 1965, as well as for gali (repeat offenders/ex-convicts) during the 1980s.

Rantemas

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Bermula dari A poster
NR

The girl lends her lips to the boy who lends her a pair of eyes. Her lips become his voice as his eyes become her sight.

Bermula dari A

2011

Bermula dari A poster
NR

The girl lends her lips to the boy who lends her a pair of eyes. Her lips become his voice as his eyes become her sight.

Bermula dari A

2011

Bermula dari A poster
NR

The girl lends her lips to the boy who lends her a pair of eyes. Her lips become his voice as his eyes become her sight.

Bermula dari A

2011

No artwork available
NR

A woman is trapped in the never-ending cycle of violence. This film is an open interpretation to the concept of Samsara.

Jerat Samsara

2015

No artwork available
NR

Adapted from Pawan Kumar’s “U-Turn". A Young female reporter investigating a story about a person littering on the street. However, when the offenders mysteriously begin dying one by one, she sets out on a journey to uncover the truth.

Death of Spin

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Digdaya Ing Bebaya poster
NR

The villagers of Glagaharjo refused to be relocated from their homes after Mount Merapi erupted in 2010. They came back to the village, cleaned all the eruption materials and rebuilt their houses. Among them, there's a group of grannies, who eagerly work together to regain their daily routines. A mundane conversation about resilience, love, passion and belief.

Digdaya Ing Bebaya

2014