2025 | Indonesia, South Korea | Documentary

Last May in Theaters

  • Indonesian, Korean English, French 22 mins
  • Director | Arief Budiman
  • Writer | Arief Budiman
  • Producer | Rugun Sirait, Eunha Lee

STATUS: Released

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Cinemas usually disappear into the darkness to make way for the on-screen show. Here, by contrast, iconic movie palaces in South Korea and Indonesia take centre stage in an analysis – ranging from archival images to a dazzling use of generative AI – of how cinemas became protagonists of tragic or exhilarating historical moments and movements from the 1970s to 1990s.

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