MMSD OKTOBER 2025: SCARY BITES
Duration: 66:26 Minutes
Age Rating: 13+
Programmer: Esa Aulia
Program Note
Snacks can be something eaten not out of hunger but out of desire; as a companion for conversation; for pleasure; even as an escape to calm oneself. Today, people see horror as something fun to talk about, watch, and experience. Fear that was once terrifying now triggers adrenaline and dopamine. This topic is always present in society like a daily snack. Through this program, we will witness how people consume those fears, then reinterpret the sensation not as a threat, but as an escape, entertainment, and profit.
SCREENING SCHEDULE
SABTU, 25 OKTOBER 2025, 19:30 – 21:00 WITA
MASH DENPASAR art-house cinema
Jl. Pulau Madura No. 5 Denpasar, Bali
Maps: https://minikino.org/mashdenpasar
PROGRAM:
REVIEW FILM TERBAIK: ESCAPE FROM THE CANNIBAL
[d][w] Adam Winter Sardlee / Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 09:00
A woman named Xiao Mei is being held captive in a house by an evil cannibal named Xiao Zhang. Xiao Mei finds a way to escape from the house, and the solution is a pineapple.
UDIN’S INFERNO
[d] Yogi S. Calam [w] Deo Mahameru / Indonesia / 2021 / Fiction / 14:44
Set in an Indonesian suburban Middle-Class neighborhood, Udin’s Inferno, tells a story about 12 years old kid named Udin, who got traumatized after reading a comic book about a depiction of hell torture. In the book, Udin sees a very graphic and disturbing violent depiction of tormented sinners that haunts him throughout the day.
SEMESTA
[d] Vincent Tion Hudaya [w] Lidya Nathania, Adriyanto Lesmana / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 14:02
Kinanti lost her passion after her child died. She only has Herman, her only younger brother.
CURHATAN ARWAH SEORANG ISTRI
[d][w] Rizaldy Bagas / Indonesia / 2023 / Fiction / 05:20
A group of documentary crews documented the lifeof the man who married the Kuntilanak.
MAMA MINTA HOTSPOT
[d] [w] Azzam Fi Rullah / Indonesia / Fiction / 23:37
A documentary filmmaker team is haunted by a series of supernatural events while working on a documentary about the urban legend “Mama Minta Hotspot”.
About the Programmer :
Esa Aulia is currently studying Film at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Surakarta, with a strong interest in film programming and festival management. He has been actively involved in various film events and several microcinemas across Java. This year, he is expanding his experience through an internship at Minikino and developing a micro-cinema in his hometown of Probolinggo, East Java.
ABOUT MMSD
Minikino Monthly Screening & Discussions (MMSD) is a Year Round Short Film Festival. Since 2002, MMSD has been Minikino’s backbone activities.
MMSD presented a unique Indonesia’s and international short film program, followed by moderated discussions. This event has since given opportunities for short filmmakers to have a wider impact. Promoting exchanges and networks between filmmakers, programmers, and audience.
Contact: monthly-screening@minikino.org
