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Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 29 incidents linked to the deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) were documented. This data was collected through media monitoring, one of EngageMedia's initiatives aimed at gathering public reports on AI-related incidents. As the development of the 2025 AI Roadmap continues, this initiative can serve as a useful reference for government authorities to monitor and assess the progress and application of AI technologies within Indonesia.
For filmmaker Intan Sakinah, stories hold the power to unravel prejudice. Her film A Jar of Light (Balang Terang), part of Tech Tales Youth 2, takes a critical look at how racial bias spreads in digital spaces and its tangible consequences in the real world.
Ishtiyak Ahmed Zihad, a young filmmaker based in Bangladesh, captured the chaos and uncertainty of the July uprising in Bangladesh in his short film “Whispers of the Ink”. A Film and Media Studies
Day 3 of EngageMedia's workshop delved into the latest developments in AI governance globally and policy initiatives in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Day 2 of EngageMedia's workshop on AI governance discussed bias, types of harms, and the need to document AI incidents.
Cinemata Currents 2025 reimagines the virtual film festival as a civic space that resists borders, centers marginalized voices, and fosters collective meaning-making. Curated by the inaugural batch of Cinemata Community Curators in Residence, the program brings together Southeast Asian films that confront repression, displacement, and erasure through the lens of minor cinema.
Day 1 of the workshop on AI governance and accountability focused on the history of the technology and a framework for identifying potential harms at different stages of AI development.
In this Cinemata Features article, filmmaker and human rights campaigner Aghniadi reflects on memory, intergenerational understanding, and the use of film and animation to surface difficult histories. Aghniadi is part of the inaugural Cinemata Community Curator Residency Program.
This is a unique opportunity to shape and scale learning systems that protect and empower grassroots activists working in increasingly hostile digital environments across the region.