Sumatran Folk Cinema(2008)

Nicobar Islands: A Monkey's Long Tale(sv)

Secret Lives of Orangutans(en)

Follow a multi-generational orangutan family through their treetop triumphs and travails in this immersive documentary narrated by David Attenborough.

Frontier Sumatra(en)

With 30 football fields of forest lost each minute in the world, we need to know now if we can save nature. This is the story of one conservation project, Restorasi Ekosistem Riau (RER). After decades of land-clearing and burning across Sumatra, the remote Kampar Peninsula is now the last great peatland rainforest on the island. But protecting this vast ecosystem pushes the RER team to the limits

Pulang Kampung(id)

A Batak musical film that will bring the audience's hearts back to their hometown.

Tea Company of the NILS in Pematang Siantar (Sumatra)(nl)

A reportage about the tea company of the NILS (the Netherlands Indies Agricultural Syndicate) called Permanangan, on the east coast of Sumatra.

The Cousteau Collection N°35-1 | The Sharks(fr)

Chris Packham: In Search of the Lost Girl(en)

In 1998, Chris Packham met a hunter-gatherer tribe in remote Sumatra. 20 years later, he goes in search of the same tribe to search for the girl whose photograph he took.

Nias and Sumatra, Islands of Netherlands India(en)

André de la Varre presents Nias and Sumatra, Islands of Netherlands India.

Save the Sumatran Forest(fr)

Bland malajer på Sumatra(sv)

A travel documentary following writer Sigfrid Siwertz and photographer Gustaf Boge's trip to Sumatra.

Affair in Sumatra(en)

On a rubber plantation in Sumatra, a woman of mixed Dutch and Indonesian parentage must choose between her people and the doctor she loves.

Smothered(id)

After surviving an accident, Alif, a micro-painting artist, is told by his doctor that his memory hasn’t fully recovered. When a woman claiming to be his mother comes to visit, Alif begins to sense something is wrong—he doesn’t recognize her face, and he suspects she might not be his mother.

Merantau(id)

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

Greetings from Sumatra(pl)

Aga, is a popular journalist who reports on world conflicts. She travels all over the world and is close to the people she meets. She doesn't keep her distance with her viewers; she speaks to them through her phone screen, even when she is in danger. Unfortunately, during one of her reports, this time from Indonesia, through a mistake by the filmmaker, her secret comes out. Aga's life changes suddenly, and she has to save her reputation. The events make her think, is her work ethical?​​

Sumatra's Last Tigers(en)

Sumatra, Indonesia has been hit by a wave of gruesome attacks on humans, 8 in three months, the culprit is the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. As its forest disappears it has no choice but to hunt the most abundant mammal left...man. With less than 400 wild Sumatran tigers left in the wild time is running out to save them. But hope for the species lies with a small group of dedicated individuals who are battling to find a solution to the tiger conflict problem before it's too late. In stunning HD we reveal the Sumatran tiger like never before and the humans who risk everything to save them.

MANTAGI(id)

This film follows a spiritual and physical journey from upstream to downstream along the Batanghari River. Through five narrative fragments, viewers are invited to see how water bears silent witness to the lives of the people of Jambi—from a place of purification, a source of life, to a victim of ecosystem destruction.

Against All Enemies(en)

Over one thousand people have been charged with storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as part of a widely televised insurrection attempt. Approximately 15% of them worked as police or military personnel. This staggering statistic begs an important question: how can a service member who took an oath to protect the country’s democracy do something that puts that very democracy in jeopardy?

Untold(en)

When she was fifteen, Leah fell in love. What began as a sweet teenage dream quickly spiraled into an endless nightmare of abuse and terror for her and her family. In the midst of a deep depression, Leah created a dance that beautifully depicted her harrowing story. Three years later, she and her father sat down to tell each other the tale of their shared nightmare - and in the telling, revealing a hidden epidemic among American teens.