Our last day of in-person BAKUNAWA FEST X screenings questions your worth. Who and what do you allow to come in your life? Up to what point can others challenge your personal space? What is the worth of a human's life? Has the world changed  the way you empathize towards others? Some films will question you even more. Others will give you more than an ounce of hope that you might just be looking for.

Bakunawa Fest X proudly closes with the Indonesian documentary 'Roda Roda Nada' (The Tone Wheels) by Yuda Kurniawan, a compelling story that follows a group of passionate, determined artists who performs and celebrates Dangdut music on the streets of Jakarta. This is a charming documentary that effortlessly brings you into the action. There's much to like in this documentary and will surely lure you to invest on their story. The artists here are rock stars in their own universe - the long noisy streets of real everyday people! It's a gem of a film (discovered first at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2022) and Roda Roda Nada proves that not all edgy films need to be odd, weird or shocking!And we end this year's edition with two shorts: the quiet yet genre-bending 'Promessa de um Amor Salvagem" (Promise of a Wild Love) by awardwinning Brazilian filmmaker Davi Mello (who-directed 'All the Faces I Love Look Alike' from Bakunawa Fest 9) and the Filipino folkloric horror 'Sa Burutlakan' (Where the Sun Rises) by young Ilonggo filmmakers Kyle Fredrick Jabian and Aaron Dave Escobido which makes its World Premiere at Bakunawa Fest X. Together with our Opening Films, our Closing Films speak much of the diversity and direction of Bakunawa Fest X - to be brave amidst the changing human landscapes; to be free despite the oppresive nature of the times; and to remain locally fantastic in the face of commercial pressures. 

Today, we close the festival but our fantastic stories continue.