Private company

Union Films

Logo: Union Films, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct Indonesian film company

Union Films was a film production company located in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). Established by ethnic Chinese businessmen Ang Hock Liem and Tjoa Ma Tjoen in 1940, it produced seven black-and-white films before it was dissolved in 1942; all are thought to be lost.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1940Founded1
  • HeadquartersBatavia1
  • Founded inJakarta1
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

Union Films was a film production company located in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). Established by ethnic Chinese businessmen Ang Hock Liem and Tjoa Ma Tjoen in 1940, it produced seven black-and-white films before it was dissolved in 1942; all are thought to be lost.2

Timeline

  1. 1942Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1940Founded Founded in Jakarta1

Sources

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