Little Rebels Cinema Club


Little Rebels Cinema Club is a 2024 Indonesian-language short film written and directed by Khozy Rizal. The film set in 2008 follows the 14-year-old Doddy and his three best friends.
The film had its world premiere in December 2024 at the 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian [Film Festival] in Special Screening. It was also selected in the Generation Kplus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its International premiere on 19 February and won Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film in Generation Kplus section.
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Synopsis

In an Indonesian cinema-less town, Parepare, South Sulawesi, in 2008 a fourteen-year-old Doddy enthralls his three friends with stories of films he watched in Jakarta. He recounts a zombie film but withholds its ending, instead proposing they recreate the climax and film it.

Cast

  • as Doddy
  • as Anji
  • Mian Tiara as Mother
  • Cleo Haura as Rizka
  • Ghazy Adindra as Awal
  • Al Ghazali as Reza
  • Swetajaloe as Father

Production

In August 2024, Little Rebels Cinema Club was announced to receive production grant from Telkomsel through its Maxstream Secinta Itu Sama Sinema initiative program.

Release

The selected projects of the Secinta Itu Sama Sinema initiative program by Telkomsel and Maxstream, including Little Rebels Cinema Club, had their world premiere at the 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival on 4 December 2024. The film then had its international premiere on 19 February 2025, as part of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, in Generation Kplus. It was showcased at the 24th [New York Asian Film Festival] in July 2025 for its New York Premiere.