Little Rebels Cinema Club

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Little Rebels Cinema Club
Little Rebels Cinema Club film poster.jpg
Festival release poster
Directed by Khozy Rizal
Written byKhozy Rizal
Produced by
  • Hardy Yohansyah
  • Rayner Wijaya
Starring
  • Jordan Omar
  • Muzakki Ramdhan
  • Mian Tiara
  • Cleo Haura
Cinematography
  • Andi Moch
  • Palaguna
Edited byKhozy Rizal
Music byNabil Harindyaswara
Animation by
  • Hardy Yohansyah
  • Khozy Rizal
Production
companies
  • Hore Pictures
  • Hore Besok Libur
Distributed byLights On
Release dates
Running time
17 minutes
CountryIndonesia
Languages

Little Rebels Cinema Club is a 2024 Indonesian-language short film written and directed by Khozy Rizal. [1] The film set in 2008 follows the 14-year-old Doddy and his three best friends. [2]

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The film had its world premiere in December 2024 at the 19th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival in Special Screening. [3] 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. [4]

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

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. [5]

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. [6] The film then had its international premiere on 19 February 2025, as part of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, in Generation Kplus. [7] [8] [9] It was showcased at the 24th New York Asian Film Festival in July 2025 for its New York Premiere. [10]

Accolades

AwardDateCategoryRecipientResultRef.
Berlin International Film Festival 23 February 2025 Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film – Generation Kplus Khozy Rizal Won [11] [12]
Indonesian Film Festival 20 November 2025 Best Live Action Short FilmKhozy Rizal, Hardy Yohansyah, Rayner Wijaya, and Gading GiaronoPending [13]

References

  1. "Little Rebels Cinema Club". Berlinale. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. "MAXStream Studios Bawa Little Rebels Cinema Club ke Festival Film Internasional Berlin 2025" [MAXStream Studios Brings Little Rebels Cinema Club to Berlin International Film Festival 2025]. JPNN.com (in Indonesian). 19 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. "Little Rebels Cinema Club". Yayasan Sinema Yogyakarta (in Indonesian). 3 December 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. Abbatescianni, Davide (16 January 2025). "This year's Berlinale Generation titles "wrest meaning from the world"". Cineuropa . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. Rahadi, Fernan (5 December 2024). "JAFF 2024 Kolaborasi dengan Maxstream Studios Tampilkan Tiga Film Pendek di Yogyakarta". Republika . Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  6. Kurnianto, Kevin S. (11 January 2025). Panji, Aditya (ed.). "MAXStream Bawa 3 Film RI ke JAFF 2024 dari Program 'Secinta Itu Sama Sinema'" [MAXStream Brings 3 Indonesian Films to JAFF 2024 from the 'Secinta itu Sama Cinemama' Program]. Kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  7. Dalton, Ben (16 January 2025). "Berlinale reveals Special, Panorama, Generation and Forum titles". ScreenDaily . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. Scott Roxborough (16 January 2025). "Berlin Festival Unveils Generation Full Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  9. "Kplus Short Films 2". Berlinale. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  10. "FLC and NYAFF Announce All Films and Spotlights for 2025 New York Asian Film Festival, July 11–27". Film at Lincoln Center. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  11. Abbatescianni, Davide (22 February 2025). "Michel Gondry's Maya, Give Me a Title wins the Crystal Bear for Best Film in Generation Kplus". Cineuropa . Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  12. "Generation 2025 – Wresting Meaning from the World". Berlinale. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  13. "Daftar Lengkap Nominasi Piala Citra FFI 2025". CNN Indonesia . 19 October 2025. Archived from the original on 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.