Sinematek Indonesia

Established in 1975 by Misbach Yusa Biran and Asrul Sani, the archive was the first in Southeast Asia, and remains the only one in Indonesia.

It is home to roughly 2,700 films, mostly Indonesian, and also houses numerous reference works.

[2] As of March 2012[update] Sinematek has roughly 2,700 films in its archives, mostly Indonesian, but also some foreign documentaries.

[1] The archive was founded by Misbach Yusa Biran, a film director turned documentarian, and Asrul Sani, a screenwriter, on 20 October 1975;[4][7] Biran had previously established a documentation centre at the Jakarta Art Institute in late 1970 after noting that many Indonesian films had disappeared, and documentation of the country's cinema was lacking.

[3][8] He based Sinematek on archives he had seen in the Netherlands,[3] while the name was drawn from the Cinémathèque Française in Paris.

[3] The basement storage room has improper lighting, and has been covered in mould in several places.