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Mahatma Putra

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Mahatma Putra is a documentary director and photographer based in Bali & Jakarta, Indonesia. He studied at Universitas Indonesia and Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara (GFJA). A former Voice of America fellow, he co-founded Anatman Pictures in 2013. His feature documentaries, including Atas Nama Daun and Terpejam untuk Melihat, have earned four Piala Citra nominations. His most recent film is A Tale of the Stolen River. He has photographed since 2006 and exhibited anātman in 2024.

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In world's coldest city, new ride-hailing app launches, aiming to challenge social injustice. Years later, its journey spreads globally, competing with leaders, opening new horizons for many. Underdogs don't rule, but change it. Forever.

Inner Drive

2024

Be Quiet & Listen poster
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Be Quiet & Listen came out of the stillness of the Covid-19 pandemic: a documentary essay about universal consciousness, and about what comes up when the world goes quiet.

Be Quiet & Listen

2020

Be Quiet & Listen poster
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Be Quiet & Listen came out of the stillness of the Covid-19 pandemic: a documentary essay about universal consciousness, and about what comes up when the world goes quiet.

Be Quiet & Listen

2020

Imam Komunis poster
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A short documentary by Mahatma Putra and Dennis Hasangapon

Imam Komunis

2014

Imam Komunis poster
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A short documentary by Mahatma Putra and Dennis Hasangapon

Imam Komunis

2014

Hapus poster
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Key is on probation at a production house. Her boss asks her to erase a mysterious figure from a video, a figure standing behind a “history expert” who is about to talk about the 1998 tragedy. She tries again and again, and fails, while strange things keep happening to her. A short horror film about the 1998 riots and the erasure of history.

Hapus

2026

Arang & Asa poster
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Pak Fuad is one of many Go-Jek drivers in Jakarta. On his rides, he meets all kinds of passengers in all kinds of situations. There, too, he finds the thing he has always longed for.

Arang & Asa

2016

Arang & Asa poster
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Pak Fuad is one of many Go-Jek drivers in Jakarta. On his rides, he meets all kinds of passengers in all kinds of situations. There, too, he finds the thing he has always longed for.

Arang & Asa

2016

Survive poster
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Survive follows four women who support their families driving for GO-JEK in Jakarta. Originally released exclusively on GO-PLAY.

Survive

2019

A Tale of the Stolen River poster
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A family from the Balik Indigenous community in East Kalimantan shares a strong bond with the water and land. However, this sacred connection is being disrupted by the development of Indonesia's new capital city.

A Tale of the Stolen River

2026

A Tale of the Stolen River poster
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A family from the Balik Indigenous community in East Kalimantan shares a strong bond with the water and land. However, this sacred connection is being disrupted by the development of Indonesia's new capital city.

A Tale of the Stolen River

2026

Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land poster
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Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land follows the origins of Batak civilisation in Sumatra, and asks what its values mean to Batak people today. The film premiered inside the exhibition Batak: Perjalanan ke Tanah Leluhur at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jakarta, in December 2012.

Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land

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Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land poster
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Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land follows the origins of Batak civilisation in Sumatra, and asks what its values mean to Batak people today. The film premiered inside the exhibition Batak: Perjalanan ke Tanah Leluhur at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jakarta, in December 2012.

Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land

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Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land poster
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Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land follows the origins of Batak civilisation in Sumatra, and asks what its values mean to Batak people today. The film premiered inside the exhibition Batak: Perjalanan ke Tanah Leluhur at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara, Jakarta, in December 2012.

Batak, a Pilgrimage to Ancestor's Land

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Love Birth Life poster
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Freya Light, a single mother in Australia, chooses to give birth at home. A film about trust: in the body, in the people around us, and in what we cannot control. Filmed in Victoria and on Phillip Island.

Love Birth Life

2021

Love Birth Life poster
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Freya Light, a single mother in Australia, chooses to give birth at home. A film about trust: in the body, in the people around us, and in what we cannot control. Filmed in Victoria and on Phillip Island.

Love Birth Life

2021

Closing Eyes to See poster
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Closing Eyes to See is a political and ecological meditation. Everything in this universe is berkesalingan, everything depends on everything else, and the film follows that idea through one life lived in and around politics.

Closing Eyes to See

2024

Closing Eyes to See poster
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Closing Eyes to See is a political and ecological meditation. Everything in this universe is berkesalingan, everything depends on everything else, and the film follows that idea through one life lived in and around politics.

Closing Eyes to See

2024

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The increase in slum areas in urban areas is a social problem that is still difficult to resolve. Through the KOTAKU (City Without Slums) program, collaboration between good people can ultimately create better quality and livable housing.

Saat Orang Baik (tidak) Diam

2023

Atas Nama Daun poster
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Marijuana. A sensitive topic for some to talk about. Through this documentary, we try to open a room for discussion as well as a means of reflection for all of us. Divided into 5 chapters, this film represents several points of view, each of which should be taken into consideration by all of us to review how we should respond to this issue.

Atas Nama Daun

2022

Atas Nama Daun poster
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Marijuana. A sensitive topic for some to talk about. Through this documentary, we try to open a room for discussion as well as a means of reflection for all of us. Divided into 5 chapters, this film represents several points of view, each of which should be taken into consideration by all of us to review how we should respond to this issue.

Atas Nama Daun

2022