Emerging
These Colours Don't Run
15 minutes | 2022 | Indonesia | Narrative | Indonesian | sub. English | 13+

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 15:00
Synopsis
After coming home beaten and bruised, Joni is given an ultimatum by his father to retaliate against his bullies. When Joni got back empty-handed, his father taught him how to fight.
Will Joni break the cycle of violence passed on from generations before him? Or will he be another cog in the machine?
Director
Difizckal Satriatama
Production Company
Cineclipse Pictures
Contact:
cineclipse.pictures@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Difizckal Satriatama
Difizckal Satriatama studied film studies in Multimedia Nusantara University. His works are inspired by his experience and perspectives on everyday stories and events close to him. His first short film, "The Veil", is nominated for best film at ReelOzInd Short Film Festival 2018, Woman Film Festival Tunisia 2019, and Inshort Film Festival 2020. "The Veil" is also selected as an Official Selection at Balinale International Film Festival 2018, Minikino Film Week 4, 100% Manusia Film Festival, and other local festivals. His second short film, "A Beautiful Jar in the Butcher's Shop", is selected as an Official Selection at Balinale International Film Festival 2019, Minikino Film Week 5, and other local festivals.

Sunday
16 minutes | 2021 | Indonesia | Narrative |
Chinese - Min Nan/Hokkien, Indonesian | sub. English | 13+

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 15:00
Synopsis
The large age gap between Edwin and his daughter, Jesica, has resulted in them having struggles on understanding their differences. This includes having contrasting views on values and beliefs associated with their traditions. The situation worsened as he discovered that his daughter had run away from home without a trace, due to not getting his blessing for her love affair. Edwin then tries to find his daughter in various places, in hopes of improving relations with her. Edwin comes in a dilemma that backlashed him to be trapped in bizarre experiences and dreams about his daughter.
Director
Ezra Cecio
Production Company
Agterplaas Production
Contact:
agterplaasproduction@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Ezra Cecio
"Ezra Cecio was born in Jepara, Indonesia. He has been fond of writing and telling stories since high school. He also actively participates in theater activities. Now he continues his studies at Multimedia Nusantara University majoring in Film.
He put much interest in topics related to humanism and history while creating his movie. Even though he is relatively new in the industry, he has a unique way and own style in providing viewpoints and conveying opinions. Gerajak (Turmoil of The Season) was his first short film debut as a director and writer."

On The Lightness of Being
19 minutes | 2021 | Indonesia | Narrative |
Indonesian | sub. English | 17+

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 18:00
World Premiere
Synopsis
One afternoon, after going home from work, Amar, is in the middle of holding a woman, Seruni, hostage in a storage room. Amar is trying to convince Seruni, that she is his wife, and had been in a romantic relationship as husband and wife, for a few years. However, Seruni strongly responds that she has never seen or encountered Amar.
Amar rebuttals her statements and is searching for concrete proofs, of them being together, however, nothing is found. Seruni’s perception stays with her belief. Both of them argued, with each individual elaborating on the “facts” that they believe, whilst also defending the reality and truth that they stand.
Director
Garry Christian
Production Company
Manungsruah Production
Contact:
feishaap@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Garry Christian
As a child, by watching various films from around the world, and learning film history, Garry started to write stories and screenplays for fiction feature films, when he was twelve years old. He is currently enrolling in Multimedia Nusantara University with the major of “Film”, in order to find and explore his cinematic style to tell stories through the medium of cinema, which he hopes can open discussions between his viewers.

Lalu
19 minutes | 2022 | Indonesia | Narrative | Indonesian | sub. English | 13+

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 18:00
Indonesia Premiere
Synopsis
Dina (21) misses her father in the middle of her night session works. Dina is a call service at a small company that provides paid chat services. While working, Dina suddenly remember her father’s 31st birthday. An interesting thing happened after that, Dina got a call from a male customer (25) who could imitate her father’s voice. Then, Dina played her father’s voice recording furthermore the man tried to imitated her father’s voice. While holding back tears, Dina tried to convey her heart to her father. However, because it was too daze for Dina to express her feeling, she unfortunately ran out of time.
Director
Widya Arafah
Production Company
Studio Akusiap
Contact:
akusiap.studio@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Widya Arafah
Widya has a great interest in becoming a director since she was in junior high school (SMP). Because and for her interest, Widya has produced many short films for the past 7 years. Widya's persistence and consistency made her a leader in the 3CINEMA community, the film community at her high school. And continued to be the chairman of FIKTIF UI, the film community on her campus. Currently, Widya is active as a student and at the same time continuing her interest with Studio Akusiap Production House.

Kala Rau When The Sun Got Eaten
18 minutes | 2022 | Indonesia | Narrative | Balinese language | sub. English | All Ages

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 15:00
Synopsis
Sri (10 years old) a daughter who was trying to find her father when the total
solar eclipse was happening in 1983 in a village in the Karangasem area, she
was accompanied by her best friend Ketut (9 years old).
Director
Medy Mahasena
Production Company
Satu Frekuensi Films
Contact:
satufrekuensi.films@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Medy Mahasena
Medy Mahasena is usually called medy, grew up and was born in an arts district called Gianyar. Ever had education majoring in multimedia in high school and completed his education in the production study program Film and Television Institute of the Indonesian Arts Denpasar. His interest in the audio-visual world is visible from his childhood which much was spent watching puppet shows and paintings.

Happy New Year
23 minutes | 2022 | Indonesia | Narrative | Indonesian (Traditional Chinese-Melayu Palembang) | sub. English | 13+

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 18:00
World Premiere
Synopsis
“Happy New Year” tells the story of Li, a man with an estranged relationship with his wife and child, Rita and Chika. One day, the death of his neighbor made him realize the brevity of life and vowed to work on becoming a better husband and father figure before it is too late. Therefore, before the Lunar New Year celebration, he insisted on reuniting his family.
Li began to get closer to Rita and Chika by doing the usual things he did not do. Hence, his behavior made Rita and Chika confused. At first, Rita and Chika are still ignoring Li’s actions, but slowly they begin to accept Li as a husband and father figure. On Lunar New Year, Li managed to get the family warmth he dreamed of. But this warmth didn’t last long.
Director
Daphne
Production Company
Aztec Production
Contact:
aztec.production18@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Daphne
"Daphne identified herself as a person who constantly curious about humans and try to understand them through a phenomenon called loss. Studied film for 4 years now she's involved in film making as a director. Her four short films are well-distributed and have a good
response from the community. Proved by her film titled ""Dan Pulang"" which won Best Foreign Fiction Short Film at International Film Festival Playa del Carmen, official selection at more than 10 international film festival and ""母 親(mǔqīn)"" aired 11 times at the film festival, an alternate cinema, and was awarded the Viddsee Shortee in January 2020."

Closeting
21 minutes | 2022 | Indonesia | Narrative | Indonesian | sub. English | 21+

Synopsis
Ahmad–a closeted gay Muslim man–finds out that his boyfriend has just passed away as he is about to celebrate his 25th birthday with his mother and close friends at home. Ahmad tries to get out of the house and deal with himself, but every single time, he is unable to do so as he has to keep pretending that everything is okay in front of them. As the day goes by, Ahmad finds it harder and harder to keep everything bottled up inside.
Director
Kurnia Alexander
Production Company
Bikin Film Yok!
Hore Besok Libur!
Contact:
kurniacputra@gmail.com
Director's Profile

Kurnia Alexander
Through frequent visits to VCD rentals and TV, Kurnia Alexander fell in love with romcoms, sitcoms, and horror and has been dreaming of making movies since he was a child. Despite never having formal training in filmmaking, Kurnia is promising himself that he's going to turn this dream into reality–be it behind or in front of the camera. So far, Kurnia has been making short films & web series that dealt with queer themes and humanity at large and is ready to take on the world as an Indonesian filmmaker to look out for.

My Grandmother Is A Bird
25 Minutes | Documentary | Indonesian, Mandarin

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 15:00
Indonesia Premiere
Synopsis
In the 1960s, the Indonesian government forced ethnically-Chinese people to choose between Indonesian or Chinese citizenship. If they chose Indonesian, they were obliged to change their Chinese name into an Indonesian name. Still a taboo subject in Indonesia, this magical-realist documentary follows 87-year-old Indriati, who is haunted by her past name in the form of a silver bird that follows her everywhere she goes. As Indriati goes about her quiet routine, a bird sits on a windowsill, spying on her. Its silver skin is almost mythical in appearance.
Director
Andrea Suwito
Production Company
Talamedia
Contact:
mm@talamedia.co
Director's Profile

Andrea Suwito
Andrea Suwito is an independent documentary filmmaker from Semarang, Indonesia. Her films focus on character-driven narratives especially on underrepresented communities. She is also working on films around Chinese-Indonesians, a topic still taboo and often erased in the history of Indonesia. She worked at VICE Indonesia where she helped produce immersive documentary series about the weird, wild, and wonderful cultures that make up modern Indonesia. She is currently an Erasmus+ Scholar for the highly selective DocNomads program. She was also a fellow of Scottish Documentary Institute’s Connecting Stories 2021 for hear feature length documentary, "A Distant Call".

Peace With The Grave Call
21 minutes | 2022 | Indonesia | Narrative | Indonesian | sub. English | 13+

Schedule
XXI 5 | THU 1 DEC | 15:00
World Premiere
Synopsis
Zainab (80 years) who lives in the house of his youngest child in the village had to move to the house of KIKI (47 years), her eldest son who lives in the city. In the village, Zainab’s life is very simple, her activities only focus on praying. She did this because she felt that she was very close to death, she was afraid to sin and go to hell. After moving to the city, Zainab feels that the facilities provided by Kiki actually bring harm to her. So Zainab had to face the increasing fear of sin.
Director
Orista Primadewa Hadiwiardjo
Production Company
Oris Pictures
Contact:
oris@orispictures.com
Director's Profile

Orista Primadewa Hadiwiardjo
Orista Primadewa H adalah seorang sutradara yang menjalankan bisnis rumah produksinya sendiri. Dia telah menyutradarai ratusan video, mulai dari film pendek, web series, film mid-length, dokumenter, hingga iklan. Oris adalah alumnus Limkokwing University Malaysia jurusan Film & Televisi. Bekerja sama dengan Mahkamah Agung, film pendeknya yang berjudul "Pesan Bermakna" & "Pesan Bermakna 2" tentang kehidupan seorang hakim yang dibintangi Donny Alamsyah kini telah ditonton hingga 5.000.000 penonton di seluruh Indonesia.
