Join the Asia Society for a multi-sensorial celebration of Indonesian filmmaker Garin Nugroho’s work, featuring the iconic silent film Setan Jawa accompanied by a live score composed and performed by Peni CANDRA RINI (ACC 2010, 2016), with Andy McGraw, Shahzad Ismaily, Gusti Sudarta and Scott Clark. 

Setan Jawa is a silent film with live score created by Peni Candra Rini.

Nugroho’s Setan Jawa evokes Javanese mythology through the genre of contemporary horror as inspired by the perennial silent film classic, Nosferatu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.  The film explores Indonesia’s pre-orthodox Islamic stories of the seven deals man makes with the devil in order to gain wealth and the live score dramatically underpins the mysticism and sensuality of Nugroho’s tale of love and sacrifice.

The film is introduced by Garin Nugroho; the program is followed by a conversation and Q and A with the filmmaker.