Fala’s research examines how cinema represents women, constructs femininity, and negotiates the boundaries between the socially accepted and the transgressive. Her work is particularly concerned with Indonesian horror cinema during the New Order era and the cultural meanings attached to its female figures.
When Memory Travels: The Afterlife of The Other Daughter Across Audiences and Contexts
This presentation examines the circulation and audience reception of The Other Daughter (2024), exploring how personal memories, intergenerational experiences, and gender are recontextualized through film screenings and audience reflections.
Negosiasi antara Tradisi dan Modernitas: Spiritualisme Jawa dan Konflik Ruang Hidup dalam Pabrik Gula
This text contributes to interdisciplinary discussions of Indonesian cinema by bringing together film studies, ecocriticism, and cultural analysis.
Indonesian Horror and Exploitation Film during the New Order Era: Tools of Control and Cultural Narrative
This presentation explores Indonesian horror and exploitation cinema during the New Order era as instruments of political control and cultural narrative formation.
Sundel Bolong (1981) and What to Be Preserved
This paper examines Sundel Bolong (1981) through feminist film theory, using Barbara Creed’s concept of the monstrous feminine to analyze gender injustice and patriarchy during Indonesia’s New Order era.
Watch presentation ↗Exploring Abjection through Personal Experiences of Women in Post-Reformasi Indonesia
This ongoing research explores Julia Kristeva’s concept of abjection through the development of a horror short story collection, examining how patriarchal norms, social boundaries, and constructions of deviance shape women’s experiences in post-Reformasi Indonesia. Drawing on feminist horror studies and an autoethnographic perspective, the project investigates how personal memories, family histories, and socio-historical contexts can inform the creative process and be transformed into literary horror.
