Film & Television

December 2009

News/East Timor
Detik.com – December 2, 2009

Irwan Nugroho, Jakarta – The Indonesian Film Society (MFI) believes that the banning of a film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor or the Balibo Five makes no sense, saying it was surprised over why the government is so afraid of the film being seen by the Indonesian public.

September 2008

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – September 3, 2008

Laurencius Simanjuntak, Jakarta – In the lead up to the 2009 general elections many legislative candidates are using advertisements in the mass media to campaign for themselves. Some however are only being polished up by the media without informing the public about what they have done for the nation and state.

October 2005

News/Indonesia
Detik.com – October 26, 2005

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – If President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s favorite soap opera show is “Judgement Day is Nigh”, what is former President Suharto’s favorite television show? Apparently Suharto isn’t very interested in soap opera. In his twilight years he prefers the quiz show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”.