Kaleidoscope 2021: 6 Best-Selling Indonesian Films Of 2021

JAKARTA - Towards the end of 2021, cinemas in Indonesia will be open again freely. The audience can again treat their longing for various genres of Indonesian films.

Although there are a number of restrictions because the COVID-19 pandemic has not ended, it turns out that there are many Indonesian films that can attract tens to hundreds of thousands of viewers to return to theaters this year.

Quoted from FilmIndonesia.or.id, the following are 6 Indonesian films that were broadcast and were widely watched by the public on the big screen during the pandemic throughout 2021.

1. Nussa Nussa, this animated film earned 445,777 viewers. The film, produced by The Little Giantz and Visinema Pictures, was adapted from the animated series that won the 2019 Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) Best Animated Film category with the same title.

This film premiered at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in South Korea on 8-18 July 2021, then screened in cinemas throughout Indonesia on 14 October 2021. Nussa won the Citra Award at the 2021 Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) for the Film category Best Animation.

2. Yowis Ben Finale

Yowis Ben Finale summarizes 277,077 viewers until the end of 2021. The closing of the film franchise, which was directed by Fajar Nugros with Bayu Skak, will be released in theaters on November 25, 2021, and will be continued one month after.

Starring Bayu Skak, Joshua Suherman, Brandon Salim and Tutus Thomson, it tells the adventures of the members of Yowis Ben who will decide whether the band will continue.

3. Death Lengger Dance

The film Tarian Lengger Maut received 222,062 viewers. Horror films cannot be separated from the attention of Indonesian film lovers. The Lengger Maut Dance is an Indonesian horror thriller film in 2021 with the theme of the Lengger dance culture originating from Banyumas.

The film was directed by Yongki Ongestu and produced by Visinema Pictures and Aenigma Pictures. This film also stars Della Dartyan and Refal Hady. Although not too heavily promoted, this film received rave reviews from audiences during the pandemic.

4. Kuyang The Movie Still from the horror film genre, Kuyang The Movie got 126,108 viewers. Kuyang The Movie tells the story of a female spirit in the form of a human head with attached body contents without skin and limbs that can fly looking for baby blood or the blood of women who have given birth.

This film tells the story of mister Adi (Arie Dwi Andika) and his wife, Reni (Zora Vidyanata), who is seven months pregnant, moving to a village in Kalimantan. A month later strange things started to happen. The couple was visited by the spirit of Kuyang who disguised himself as a gynecologist named Mayang.

5. Bu Broto's Inn

With a warm family theme, the film Losmen Bu Broto received 120,413 viewers. The film was directed by Ifa Isfansyah and Eddie Cahyono and produced by Andi Boediman.

Adapted from the old soap opera, Losmen, this film stars Mathias Muchus as Pak Broto and Maudy Koesnaedi as Bu Broto. This film also stars Maudy Ayunda, Putri Marino, Baskara Mahendra, Danilla Riyadi, and Marthino Lio.

6. Yuni Loaded with achievements, Yuni's film won 112,498 viewers throughout its screening. this film has recorded achievements in other world film festivals.

Yuni's film premiered and competed at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. Yuni won the Citra Award for Best Female Actor at the 2021 Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) through the play by Arainda Kirana, which was her big screen debut.

The latest, Arawinda Kirana on Monday, December 13 local time received the Silver Yusr Award for the best actress category at the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) 2021 in Saudi Arabia for her role in the film Yuni.