Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Film Censorship in Indonesia?

Indonesia has one of the most prolific film industries in Southeast Asia, yet, local filmmakers have to contend with different kinds of pressure and actions that impact their creative free expression. The real losers are the public, whose choice of what film, local or international, they might watch is decided by those in power

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How Much Do You Know About Film Censorship in Indonesia?

Indonesia has one of the most prolific film industries in Southeast Asia, yet, local filmmakers have to contend with different kinds of pressure and actions that impact their creative free expression. Take this quiz, created by film critic and researcher, Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu to test your knowledge and learn more at the same time.

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1. Which institution is currently mandated to enact and enforce film censorship in Indonesia?

 

 

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2. Who is the Indonesian Film Censorship Board accountable to?

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3. Which of the following is forbidden by film censorship law in Indonesia?

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4. Other than cinema, which artform or artistic practice is governed by its own specific laws in Indonesia?

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5. Which film was banned from a theatrical release in Indonesia for “opening an old wound”, due to scenes related to the May 1998 riots?

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6. Which film was stripped from its nomination for Festival Film Indonesia (the nation’s version of the Academy Awards) for the same reason of opening an “old wound”, and deemed unsuitable for public showing?

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7. Which of these Hollywood movies was banned from theatrical release in Indonesia for “promoting misleading ideas on religious beliefs”?

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8. Which of the following Disney films was not permitted for theatrical release in Indonesia for “depicting elements related to LGBT”?

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9. Which of these was legally banned from public circulation in Indonesia until the year 2000, due to its portrayal of the mass killings of 1965-1966?

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This content is produced as part of a project to research and document arts and culture censorship in Southeast Asia, organised by ArtsEquator. For other articles in this project, click here.

About the author(s)

Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu

Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu is the chief editor and co-founder of Cinema Poetica—a collective of film critics, activists, and researchers in Indonesia. In 2013, Adrian participated in Berlinale Talent Campus as a film critic, and since then regularly organized or mentored film criticism workshops in Indonesia. He has also curated several film festivals, including Festival Film Dokumenter, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, and Singapore International Film Festival. In 2020, as part of Cinema Poetica, Adrian contributed several writings for Antarkota Antarlayar: Potret Komunitas Film di Indonesia (Between Cities and Screens: Film Communities in Indonesia), a book published by Jakarta Arts Council.

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