Three generations, two countries, one word that means both heart and absence. You ready to cry?
Idak-Idak-Idak is a hybrid-documentary relating the stolen Lombok Treasures with the Sasak diaspora through three generations of women: a daughter, her mother, and her grandmother. Blending full-spectrum cinematography with personal footage, this film moves between Indonesia and the Netherlands to examine colonial legacies, displacement and healing the heart of home. In Sasak, "Idak" can be interpreted as both “heart” and “absence”, becoming a container for memory, loss, and the unseen layers of the self between generations.
Cinematography
Full-spectrum visuals that make absence feel visible.
Editing
Seamless weave of archival and personal footage.
Direction
Dual directors mirror the film's bifurcated geography.
Director
Kae Oktorina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Lombok Treasures were looted by Dutch forces in 1894; most remain in Leiden's museum, making this film's Netherlands footage politically loaded.
Sasak language has no written tradition — the film's very existence as recorded testimony is an act of linguistic preservation.
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