Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Notes on Contributors xi
4. List of Figures xv
5. Acknowledgements xix
6. Introduction 1
7. I Essays
8. 1 Southeast Asian Independent Cinema 13
9. 2 Imagined Communities, Imagined Worlds 21
10. 3 Hinterland, Heartland, Home 33
11. 4 Stealing Moments 51
12. 5 Fiction, Interrupted 59
13. 6 Cinema, Sexuality and Censorship in Post-Soeharto Indonesia 69
14. 7 Independent versus Mainstream Islamic Cinema in Indonesia 89
15. 8 Observational Documentary Comes to Indonesia 105
16. II Documents
17. 9 Four Manifestos 119
18. 10 Why Ciplak ended up being made 125
19. 11 Singapore GaGa Tours Singapore 131
20. 12 The Downside of Digital 141
21. 13 I Sinema Manifesto 151
22. III Interviews
23. 14 “An inexpensive film should start with an inexpensive story” 155
24. 15 “Digital is liberation theology” 171
25. 16 “I make films for myself ” 179
26. 17 “I love making films, but not getting films made” 191
27. 18 “I want the people of Indonesia to see a different point of view, whether they agree with it or not” 201
28. 19 “I do not have anything against commercial films” 213
29. 20 The Page and the (Video) Camera 227
30. 21 “I want you to forget about the race of the protagonists half an hour into the film” 245
31. Notes 253
32. Bibliography 263
33. Index 271