22.05.2018
7 PM
Identitas - Five Short Films from Indonesia
Film screening, discussion | Along the One Way (Bani Nasution), On the Origin of Fear (Bayu Prihantoro Filemon), Identitas (Hendry Norman), The Silent Mob (Harvan Agustriansyah), Nunggu Teka (Mahesa Desaga)
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GoetheHaus Jakarta, Jakarta
- Language Original languages with English subtitles
- Price Free Admission | Reservation Not Required
- Part of series: Arthouse Cinema 2017/2018
Along the One Way
Director: Bani NasutionDocumentary, colour, 16 minutes, 2016
One day my mother asked me to go home. Once I got there, she asked everybody in our family to choose a governor whose religion is Islam. I refused because I disagreed with her logic. But mother kept on telling me to choose a leader based on his religion. When the Election Day came, I chose not to choose anyone.
On the Origin of Fear
Director: Bayu Prihantoro FilemonFeature, colour, 13 minutes, 2016
Tasked with overdubbing the roles of both torturer and victim in one of Indonesia’s most politically contentious movies, an indefatigable performer in a sound booth becomes the one-man embodiment of a whole era’s worst cruelties and sufferings.
Official Selection of Singapore International Film Festival 2016
Official Selection of Venice International Film Festival 2016
Identitas
Director: Hendry NormanDocumentary, animation, colour, 8 minutes, 2017
During the martial law in Aceh (1998 – 2003) the possession on Indonesian ID by Aceh residents was another story. This special ID is different from the regular ID issued by the government, both from its design or the information written on it. The filmmaker tries to recapture his traumatic experience when he possessed this special ID through animation presentation.
Premiere at Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) 2017 Yogyakarta, in Competition for Short Documentaries
The Silent Mob
Director: Harvan AgustriansyahFeature, colour, 16 minutes, 2016
Question & Answer session with Harvan Agustriansyah after the screening
A driver came to a poor and remote rural area to recruit mob-for-hire to be used in a demonstration somewhere else. A meeting there with one family and another driver dragged him spiraling down a violent lower class transactional world that would put his own humanity to a test.
Nunggu Teka
Director: Mahesa DesagaFeature, colour, 14 minutes, 2016
Each year thousands of Indonesians travel home to celebrate the Idul Fitri holiday with their families. It is a time of hope and joy. A Mother waits for her son to return. She prepares a special meal to welcome him.
Location
GoetheHaus Jakarta
Pusat Kebudayaan Jerman
Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9-15
Jakarta 10350
Indonesia
Pusat Kebudayaan Jerman
Jl. Sam Ratulangi 9-15
Jakarta 10350
Indonesia
Jalan Sam Ratulangi No. 9-15
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat
10350