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I Saw Her in Motion
77 minutes | 2025 | Indonesia | Documentary | Indonesian
SYNOPSIS
I Saw Her in Motion follows the lingering echoes of Ratna Asmara and Kay Mander in 1950s Indonesia, during the early years of independence. Drawing on footage from classic Indonesian films, it moves through memory and the archive to restore their obscured presence, reimagining Indonesian cinema and rewriting film history through women’s eyes.
SCHEDULE
CREDIT
| Production Company | - |
| Producer | Umi Lestari |
| Director | Umi Lestari |
| Scriptwriter | Umi Lestari |
| Cinematographer | Efi Sri Handayani, Star Jessalyn S. |
| Production Designer | - |
| Editor | Mahardika Yudha |
| Main Cast | Firdaus |
| Director’s Filmography | – |
| Notable Achievement | – |
| Contact | lestari.tambora@gmail.com |
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Umi Lestari
Umi Lestari is an Indonesian researcher, curator, and filmmaker whose work navigates marginalized cinema and the nation’s forgotten postcolonial past. Through archival and moving-image practices, she restores obscured voices and reimagines Indonesian film history. Her projects engage with lost figures, spectral archives, and the afterlives of images, bridging research, curation, and cinematic form.
