Help is on The Way
Dir. Ismail Fahmi Lubis
90 minutes| 2019| Indonesia| Documentary | 🔊Indonesian, Javanese, Mandarin | Sub. | 15+
ABOUT
Production Company: Two Islands
Producer: Nick Calpakdjian
Main Cast: –
Screenplay: –
Cinematographer: Ismail Fahmi Lubis
Editor: Nick Calpakdjian
SYNOPSIS
Within the corrupt systems of recruitment, training and placement, millions of rural Indonesian women place their hopes and dreams in domestic care roles overseas. Help Is On The Way (2020) brings to the screen a busy nanny school in Indramayu that prepares women to work overseas as domestic workers. Every year, hundreds of women like Sukma, Meri, Muji and Tari are recruited by local agents and enrolled in local training centers, aspiring to work in countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Can competent help be delivered when the path is broken?
Ismail Fahmi Lubis
Ismail is one of Indonesia’s premiere documentary filmmakers. Upon graduating from Institut Kesenian (Institute of Arts) Jakarta in 1993, majoring in Film and Directing, he directed several Indonesian drama series before switching his focus to documentary in 1998. As a cinematographer, Ismail has worked with notable filmmakers including Leonard Retel Helmrich and Cathy Henkel. He has also worked as a tutor for Documentary Master Classes at the Jakarta International Film Festival (JIFFEST) in 2006 and 2007.
Ismail has directed two feature documentaries; Masked Monkey - The Evolution of Darwin’s Theory (2014) and Tarling is Darling (2017). Tarling is Darling premiered at Busan International FIlm Festival. Both films screened at the Taiwan International Film Festival with Tarling is Darling
winning a Special Jury Mention award in 2018.