
Person
John Badalu
Production
Biography
John Badalu (1971 – 21 May 2025) was an Indonesian film producer, publicist, and programmer. He was known for producing films that highlighted LGBTQ+ stories and other minority communities in Southeast Asia. He founded the Q! Film Festival, a LGBTQ+ film festival held in Jakarta, which ran from 2002 to 2017.
Known for
Queer Artivism
Himself

Everybody's Gotta Love Sometimes
Producer

The River Runs Still
Producer

Late Blooming in A Lonely Summer Day
Producer

Under The Moonlight
Producer

Where the Wild Frangipanis Grow
Producer

Women from Rote Island
Production Consultant
The Beer Girl In Yangon
Producer

Planet of Love
Producer

My Therapist Said, I am Full of Sadness
Producer
Filmography
- 2026First Cuts are the DeepestProducer
- 2025Planet of LoveProducer
- 2025The River Runs StillProducer
- 2024Cu Li Never CriesAssociate Producer
- 2024My Therapist Said, I am Full of SadnessProducer
- 2024Women from Rote IslandProduction Consultant
- 2023Under The MoonlightProducer
- 2023One Big Sumba FamilyProducer
- 2023Everybody's Gotta Love SometimesProducer
- 2023Where the Wild Frangipanis GrowProducer
- 2023Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending ComedyProducer
- 2021Late Blooming in A Lonely Summer DayProducer
- 2021Makassar Is a City for Football FansProducer
- 2020Everyday Is a LullabyProducer
- 2019Soil Without LandCo-Producer
- 2018Leitis in WaitingThanks
- 2018Malila: The Farewell FlowerProducer
- 2014In the Absence of the SunAssociate Producer
- 2013Queer ArtivismHimself
- 2011The Last TimeAssociate Producer
- —The Beer Girl In YangonProducer
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