
Imam Syafi'i
Directing
Biography
Imam Syafi'i is an Indonesian filmmaker. He has finished his studies at the Faculty of Film and Television of the Jakarta Arts Institute (IKJ), with a concentration majoring in Film Directing. Now, he and his friends are developing a film community in their area called the Klaten Film Community (KONFIK).
Known For

All his life Wulan, he only wanted to be a dancer. When his father, Lukman and his brother, Satria were still alive, they were the ones who always supported Wulan's ideals. But now they are dead, and Wulan lives only with her mother, Linda. Linda wants Wulan to succeed in her life, but she is worried about Wulan who likes to dance. For him dance is something serious. One day they are without an object, making Wulan go to the hills with Joko, her boyfriend who has been secretly hidden for so long. On their way home, they had a miraculous accident, leaving Wulan stranded in another world.
DJS The Movie: Biarkan Aku Menari

Released early on remission during the COVID-19 pandemic, a former prisoner joins her grandmother on a walk that slowly leads her toward an unexpected reckoning with the past she thought she had left behind.
Unordinary Sane

A girl struggles to become an archery championship winner.
Bow and Sense

Herlina found out her husband has cheated and tries to keep the harmony in her family.
Lilakno

Struggling to find financial stability far from home, a freelance photographer meets an elderly woman who sells pinwheel toys and begins to reconsider his passion and the path he has chosen.
Windmill

A lone street busker adopts an unconventional act in a way that reminds him of his tragic past.
Mannequin

To pay off his mounting debt, a boy secretly takes a job as a debt collector for the same illegal lending operation he owes money to.
The Debtor

As rising ingredient costs threaten their chicken soto stall, a young girl and her father must find a way to keep it alive.
Chicken Soto

After celebrating his graduation by spray-painting graffiti on a protected heritage site, a young man finds his family haunted by an entity.
Desecration

In the village, no one aspires to become an ustaz anymore. A seven-year-old boy named Awang struggles to find his dream amid the chaos of the end times. a reality he must confront, until his dilemma deepens when the only ustaz in the village passes away. With the community suddenly left without a religious leader, Awang’s unease and restlessness push him further into his search for meaning and the true shape of his aspirations.
A Boy and Dilemma at The End of Times

Traumatized by witnessing the death of a close friend, a child kept coming back to the spring hollow, finding ways to free himself of guilt, sorrow, and accusations.
The Water Fairy

Tawi (49), a squirrel in charge of the will of Sarmadin (45). Sarmadin is a retired saronèn artist who now sells homemade wine. He always told Tawi that if he died, he would bathe his body with wine and be accompanied by the beating of saronèn from the time he was bathed until he was taken to the grave. Sarmadin also asked that his sape sono' be slaughtered to celebrate his death. Sumrani (36), Sarmadin's wife, refused to carry out the will. Ke Dikram (52) who is a kyai also argues that this will is against tradition and shari'ah.
Basiyat

When her younger sister falls ill, Lilis faces a dilemma between continuing with her wedding ceremony, which is still being prepared, or canceling it.
Into the Happiness

The struggle of a father to heal his autistic son through a self-burying ritual.
Merged with the Ground

The film tells the story of Kirman, a political prisoner exiled to Buru Island in the late 1960s. After years of trauma, he returns to his village, where he reconnects with his childhood friend, Warno. As Kirman struggles to move on from his painful past, he learns that letting go—especially of his lost love—is the key to healing and rebuilding his life.