LEVITATING
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.
2026, 119min, Indonesia
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 small suburban area where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman for the regular trance parties, becoming a central figure in solving the area’s crisis in the face of an impending eviction.
SYNOPSIS
Latas Village is known for its trance parties where spirit channelers guide participants into possession. When a developer threatens the village’s sacred Spring, a competition is held to select a new spiritual leader capable of saving the community.
Bayu enters the selection hoping to prove himself, but as his ambition grows, he risks losing the relationships that ground him. Ultimately, he must reconcile personal desire with collective responsibility.
Title: LEVITATING
Country of Origin: Indonesia
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Running Time: 119 min
Director: Wregas Bhanuteja
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