Imajinari Pictures

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Imajinari Pictures
Industry Film
Founder Ernest Prakasa
Dipa Andika
Headquarters
Area served
Indonesia
Key people
Ernest Prakasa
Products Film
Web Series
Owner Hahaha Corp
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2022–now

Imajinari Pictures, stylized as IMAJINARI, is a movie production company founded by comedian and director, Ernest Prakasa, together with his manager Dipa Andika as part of Hahaha Corp, a comedy talent management. [1]

Contents

Imajinari is known for producing quality films based on strong original stories. Missing Home , they debute movies, featured the local culture of a Batak family, reached 2.8 million viewers and hit the box office in 2022. [2]

Imajinari's second film was a black-and-white romantic-drama, Falling In Love Like In Movies , starring Ringgo Agus Rahman and Nirina Zubir. [3] Although in terms of audience numbers it was not as successful as their first production, Letterboxd included this film in the Most Heart to Views and 10 Best Romantic Movies of 2023. [4]

Imajinari collaborates with a comedy podcast, Agak Laen, to develop their IP as a comedy movie with the same title, which became the Best-Selling Indonesian Comedy Movie of All Time with 9,125,188 viewers. [5] At the beginning of this movie, we can see the trailer of Kaka Boss , a comedy movie about eastern Indonesian community that is scheduled to be released in mid-2024.

Production

Film

TitleTheater releaseDirectorCo-productionViewersNoteRef.
Missing Home
ID: Ngeri Ngeri Sedap
June 2, 2022 Bene Dion Rajagukguk Visionari Film Fund2,886,121Comedy Drama [6]
Falling In Love Like In Movies
ID: Jatuh Cinta Seperti di Film-film
November 30, 2023 Yandy Laurens
  • Jagartha
  • Trinity Entertainment
  • Cerita Films
651,074Comedy Romance [7]
Agak Laen February 1, 2024 Muhadkly Acho
9,125,188Comedy Horror [8]
Harta Tahta Raisa June 6, 2024 Soleh Solihun
  • Juni Records
  • Jagartha
  • Trinity Entertainment Network
10,734Documentary [9]
Kaka Boss August 29, 2024 Arie Kriting
859,190Comedy Drama
Cinta tak Seindah Drama Korea2025 Meira Anastasia Post-production
Agak Laen 2TBATBATBAIn Development

Web Series

TitleSeasonEpisodesRelease YearDirectorRelease ChannelRef.
Kalau Jodoh Takkan ke Mana182022 Salman Fariz YouTube Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison
282023 Naya Anindita
Nurut Apa Kata Mama182023 Muhadkly Acho YouTube Solusi BCA [10]
282024 Ardit Erwandha

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