2025
Lestari, U., & Mahardika, Y. (2025). Between Art and Media Technologies in Indonesia: Genealogy of OK.Video. In How to Pin Down Smoke: Ruangrupa since 2000 (September/October 2025, pp. 390–411). Afterall.
Lestari, U. (2025). Letter to an Angel in Four Sub-Chapters. Garin: Made in Indonesia. Penerbit Nyala. [book chapters]
Lestari,U. (2025). Melihat Kembali Glokalisasi Film Indonesia. Majalah Mata Jendela. Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. [magazine]
Lestari,U. (2025). Melihat Kembali Glokalisasi Film Indonesia. Majalah Mata Jendela. Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. [magazine]
2024
Lestari, U. (2024). Kay Mander and Mardi and the Monkey (1953): Woman’s Agency, Children Film, and Transnational Film Production in Indonesian Cinema. In R. Ihwanny and S. Hakim. n R. Ihwanny & S. Hakim (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Moving Image Cultures Conference (IMOVICCON 2023) (Vol. 20, pp. 263–274). Atlantis Press International BV. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-390-0_25 [proceeding]
2023
Lestari, U. (2023). Biang Kerok Kenikmatan: Nawi Ismail dalam Sinema Indonesia. CV Footnote Press. [monograph]
2022
Lestari, U. (2022). Ratna Asmara. In L. Lusandiana (Ed.), Ratna Asmara Perempuan di Dua Sisi Kamera (pp. 30–88). Indonesian Visual Art Archive. [book chapters]
2021
Lestari, U. (2021). Nasionalisme Parsial dalam Film Nawi Ismail. Retorik Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora. https://doi.org/10.24071/ret.v9i2.3884 [scholarly article]
2020
Lestari, U. (2020a). Basuki Resobowo as a Jack of All Trades: The Intersectionality of Arts and Film in Perfini Films and Resobowo’s Legacy in Indonesian Cinema. Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia, 4(2), 313–345. https://doi.org/10.1353/sen.2020.0014 [scholarly article]
Lestari, U. (2020b). Identity, Minority, and the Idea of a Nation: A Closer Look at Frieda (1951) by Dr. Huyung. Journal of Korean and Asian Arts, 1(Spring), 74–94. https://doi.org/10.20976/KAA.2020.1.004 [scholarly article]
2019
Lestari, U. (2019) ‘Behind the Flickering Light: The Archive and the Amateurs,’ NANG Magazine. Available: https://www.nangmagazine.com/ten-years-after-entries/umi-lestari [magazine]
2014
Lestari, U. (2014). Jaring Perempuan. In Membaca Arsip, Membongkar Serpihan Friksi, Ideologi, Kontestasi: Seni Rupa Jogja 1990 – 2010. Indonesian Visual Art Archive. [book chapters]