LEVITATING

2026, 119min, Indonesia, Singapore, France, Taiwan

The film has world premiered in the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Competition and has already received strong trade coverage, with Screen International highlighting it as “musical, fantastical and singular” and noting its potential to generate further festival and audience interest internationally.

Directed by Wregas Bhanuteja, whose previous features Photocopier and Andragogy have successfully travelled across major festivals and platforms, the film represents his most ambitious and accessible work to date.

Latest news: Levitating has just won the Youth Award at the MOOOV Film Festival 2026 in Bruges, with the jury praising its “layered quest for self acceptance” and noting how it kept them “on the edge of their seats.”

Set within the world of Indonesian trance parties, the film offers a cinematic experience that is both culturally specific and universally resonant

  • A visually striking and distinctive world built around trance, spirituality, and performance

  • A coming of age story with strong emotional grounding

  • Themes of community, identity, and resistance that translate across markets

  • High production values with musical and fantastical elements that broaden audience appeal

LOGLINE

In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.

SYNOPSIS

Latas Village, a small suburban area, is known for its traditional trance parties, a long-standing ritual and form of entertainment passed down through generations. When the sacred spring where the spirit-channelers seek spirits is facing an impending eviction, Bayu (20) becomes determined to become a lead spirit-channeler himself so he can lead a grand fundraising party to buy back the spring. But along the way, Bayu discovers that ambition alone is not enough to make him a true spirit channeler, or to save the village he calls home.

Title: LEVITATING

Indonesia, Singapore, France, Taiwan

Language: Indonesian

Running Time: 119 min

Director: Wregas Bhanuteja

Writer: Wregas Bhanuteja, Alicia Angelina, Defi Mahendra

Producer: Siera Tamihardja, Iman Usman, Amalia Rusdi