‘KKN di Desa Penari’ Becomes Indonesia’s Biggest Ever Homegrown Blockbuster As Indonesian box office sales continue to rise, so too is the demand for locally produced films. By James Guild ...

Indonesia’s MD Pictures has announced that horror prequel Badarawuhi Di Desa Penari is the first SE-Asian production to be filmed with Imax cameras.

The genre now dominates Indonesia's theatres after this folklore helped the industry rise from the grave at the start of the century, when almost no horror films were produced locally, compared to ...

Indonesia ’s cinema admissions grew by 14.5% year-on-year to reach 114.5 million in 2023, compared to 100 million the previous year, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office.

The film is helmed by Awi Suryadi, the acclaimed director behind Indonesia's highest grossing film, KKN di Desa Penari, and produced by Manoj Punjabi, producer, founder and CEO of MD Pictures.

The film is written and directed by filmmaker Awi Suryadi, known for his work on “KKN Di Desa Penari,” the highest-grossing Indonesian film of all time, and the “Danur” franchise.