The Night Fair

At a small night fair in Bantul, three lost souls drift through the rain and flickering lights.
Widodo, an exhausted balloon vendor; Sri, a ticket booth worker haunted by family secrets; and Rahman, a petty gambler chasing one last chance.
When the power goes out, the noise of the world fades, leaving only light — revealing the sins they thought were buried.

Pasar Malam (The Night Fair) is a visual elegy about loneliness, regret, and the final chance to return home before every light goes dark.

  • Rakhaad Febrikha
    Director
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  • Rakhaad Febrikha
    Writer
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  • Rakhmad Febrian
    Producer
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  • Ronnie Alventa
    Voice Over
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  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Pasar Malam
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Feature, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    October 31, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    300 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    Indonesia
  • Shooting Format:
    AI-generated Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Rakhaad Febrikha

Rakhaad Febrikha is a surrealist filmmaker and visual artist working at the intersection of artificial intelligence and psychological horror. Based in Indonesia, he explores power, memory, and identity through symbolic narratives, ritual imagery, and immersive sound design.

With a background in the media industry and digital experimentation, Febrikha sees AI not merely as a tool, but as a mirror of the collective unconscious.

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Director Statement

Pasar Malam (The Night Fair) was created entirely with artificial intelligence — every image, scene, and character generated through AI tools — while all editing, sound, and music were crafted by human hands.

This film is not a demonstration of technology, but a meditation on memory and impermanence. I wanted to see whether a machine could dream of a place that once existed — the humid night fairs of small towns, the smell of wet earth, the loneliness behind the neon lights.

Through this collaboration between human intuition and machine imagination, Pasar Malam tries to capture something fragile: the ghost of ordinary lives that continue to glow even when the fair is long gone.

— Rakhaad Febrikha