The 2010s saw a renaissance. Directors like Edwin ( Posesif ), Mouly Surya ( Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts ), and Joko Anwar (the godfather of modern horror) put Indonesian cinema on the festival circuit. Marlina , a feminist revenge western set on the dry island of Sumba, traveled to Cannes and wowed critics worldwide.
Indonesian entertainment and popular culture is not perfect. It suffers from commercial greed, repetitive formulas, and occasional government censorship. The sinetron industry treats writers poorly; the indie music scene struggles for airplay; and pirated content remains rampant.
The Indonesian film industry ( Sineas Indonesia ) has seen a massive resurgence in the last decade.