Indonesian remake of The Invisible Guest screens after HBO delay
Danial Rifki's Indonesian take on the Spanish thriller 'The Invisible Guest' has finally premiered, but its journey to the screen was far from smooth. Finished last year, the film was held back by exclusivity agreements with HBO, a situation that raises big questions about distribution in the streaming era.
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Danial Rifki's remake of the Spanish thriller The Invisible Guest has premiered at the Jakarta World Cinema festival. The Indonesian director says the Falcon Pictures production was finished in 2023 but was held back by exclusivity clauses with HBO before finally reaching an audience. Rifki has three films screening at the festival. The remake reworks Oriol Paulo's original 2016 story.
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Source: Variety https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/invisible-guest-remake-director-suharto-era-fear-fighting-back-1236942189/
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