Twelve Indonesian films will be screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) slated to run from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3.

Athirah, a film inspired by Vice President Jusuf Kalla's mother and directed by Riri Riza, is set to be featured in the Crosscut Asia section alongside 10 other Indonesian movies. This particular section is dedicated to Asian films with a focus on a country, a director, an actor or a certain theme. For this year, the TIFF has decided to feature movies from Indonesia dubbed Colorful Indonesia.

(Read also: Florence film festival to screen six Indonesian films)

In addition to Athirah, other Indonesian movies scheduled in the section are Catatan Dodol Calon Dokter (Stupid Notes of Doctor Candidate) by Ifa Isfansyah that is slated to premiere in Indonesia on Oct. 27, musical film Ini Kisah Tiga Dara (The Story of Three Girls) by Nia Dinata, which is inspired by the 1956 movie Tiga Dara by Usmar Ismail, Filosofi Kopi (Coffee Philosophy) (2015) by Angga Dwimas Sasongko, Sendiri Diana Sendiri (Lonely Diana Alone) (2015) by Kamila Andini, Fiksi (Fiction) (2013) by Mouly Surya, Someone's Wife in the Boat of Someone's Husband (2013) by Edwin, and Lewat Djam Malam (Past the Curfew) (1954) by Usmar Ismail. It will also screen three films by Teddy Soeriaatmadja, namely About a Woman (2014), Something in the Way (2013), and Lovely Man (2011).

Meanwhile, Salawuku by Pritagita Arianegara, which follows a journey of two people in Seram Island in Maluku, will represent the archipelago in the Asian Future section. (kes)

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