Three bestfriends, Dey (Derry Neo), Ba’on (G-voiz) and Sabun (Dallas Pratama) live in a marginalised area in Jakarta where there harbors no certainty, safety and much less harmony. Dey is fearless. Ba’on is unable to speak because his tongue is cut. Sabun is a pious young man. Dey and Ba’on sell marijuana produced by Prof (Norman Akyuwen) while Sabun sells pirated DVDs without recognizing that his merchandise are illegal. One day Ba’on helps Mel (Tya Arifin) who almost gets robbed. Incidentally for a long time he has been admiring her, a tv star-cum-model. But Mel’s encounter with Ba’on and friends entails some serious consequences because the robber has another, more dangerous goal.
Ujang, a young man from Cibatu, West Java, travels to Jakarta in the hope of becoming wealthy. He leaves Neng, his lover, behind. Ujang meets Dadang, whom people say has been successful. It turns out that the news is false as Dadang is poor. Then they manage to deceive Dewo, the conglomerate boss and Ujang and Dadang are entrusted to lead Dewo’s company. In reality, Dewo has deceived Dadang and Ujang into carrying out his money laundering activity. Luckily, Dewi, Dewo’s wife, comes to rescue the guys.
Mengejar Matahari is a coming of age tale of four childhood friends in a Jakarta ghetto whose bonds are tested as they grow into adulthood. They share a nightly ritual, "chasing the sun" (mengejar matahari), where they race through the ghetto, symbolically chasing their future. Their friendship becomes strained when Ardi and Damar fall in love with Apin's niece, Rara, just as a neighborhood bully is released from jail and seeks revenge. The film is both about the strength of friendship and a metaphor for the durability of the Indonesian archipelago.
Bumi, a 14-year-old boy, is stranded on a foreign planet, when the shuttle that transports him has an accident. He loses contact with his father and all he has is a device that repeatedly transmits his father's last messages. It tells that his father left him a castle at the end of the planet named Utopian. With the help of a dragon, Bumi finds the Utopian castle. What he does not know is that a sword symbolising the power of four kingdoms that were at war, is being kept in the castle. Nino, one of the kingdom's warlords thinks that Bumi has pulled out the sword and hence becomes the true ruler of the four kingdoms. So Nino tries to take over the castle. With the help of his friends, Bumi defends his new home.
