About Sabine Pictures
We Make Films.
We Build the Conditions
for Films to Exist.
Our Belief
Stories Need People.
Every film that has ever existed did so because people came together to make it. Not just the people with cameras and scripts — but the people who offered locations, equipment, expertise, financing, distribution, and belief.
Sabine Pictures was built on the conviction that the relationship between stories and the people who help them exist is the most important thing in filmmaking. Everything else — the cameras, the budgets, the premiere dates — follows from that.
We work in Indonesia because Indonesia contains more stories per square kilometer than almost anywhere on earth. And because those stories have not always had the production infrastructure they deserve.
How We Work
Three Connected Engines
Sabine operates across three distinct but connected production modes.
Production House
For brands, agencies, studios, broadcasters, and organizations.
We produce films to commission — documentaries, branded content, campaign films, and institutional work. This is how we fund the rest.
Start a Production →
Story Incubator
For filmmakers, writers, journalists, and researchers.
We discover and develop stories before they are films — ideas, subjects, research, treatments, scripts. We support projects at every stage of development.
Bring a Story →
Indonesia Production Gateway
For international production companies, broadcasters, and streamers.
We provide local production infrastructure for international productions shooting in Indonesia — crew, permits, locations, logistics, fixing, and co-production.
Shoot in Indonesia →
The People
Who We Are
Indah Surya
Founder & Executive Producer
Indah has produced documentary and narrative films across Southeast Asia for over fifteen years, with work screened at IDFA, TIFF, and Busan.
Darma Wijaya
Director of Production
Darma oversees all production operations, from permit acquisition to crew management, with deep networks across Indonesia's production ecosystem.
Clara Hoffman
Head of International Relations
Based between Amsterdam and Jakarta, Clara manages Sabine's international co-production relationships and European partnership network.
Ardi Kusuma
Senior Producer
Ardi has produced over 30 productions across Indonesia, from branded content to documentary features, with a specialty in difficult-access situations.