The success of “Stranger Things” has sent ripples around the world, with a number of artists trying to recreate the combination of horror and children/teenage aesthetic that made the series so appealing. Bayu Prihantoro Filemon also tries the same with “Vania on Lima Street”, in a short though, that moves into a completely different path.
Vania on Lima Street is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Vania is a young girl who lives in her family’s Chinese medicine store. She wants to be helpful to adults, but she is too young to have an impact. That is until one night, she is left alone to tend the store, and finds herself treating an injured thief, who is on the run from mobsters. Secretly, she continues to take care of the woman, even going as far as injuring herself to do so.
Filemon directs a very smart short, which...
Vania on Lima Street is screening at Busan International Film Festival
Vania is a young girl who lives in her family’s Chinese medicine store. She wants to be helpful to adults, but she is too young to have an impact. That is until one night, she is left alone to tend the store, and finds herself treating an injured thief, who is on the run from mobsters. Secretly, she continues to take care of the woman, even going as far as injuring herself to do so.
Filemon directs a very smart short, which...
- 10/20/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Indonesia has recently gained momentum in producing numerous captivating films. Since the 21st century, Indonesian cinema, particularly in the realm of independent films, has experienced a remarkable resurgence. These films have found their way to prestigious film festivals, earning acclaim through notable awards. Today, the domestic market in Indonesia—with its fourth-largest population—is undergoing expansion due to the rise in screen numbers, especially in multiplexes, with local productions having captured the majority of the market share. Furthermore, as one of the countries with its film industry that made the fastest recovery from the pandemic, Indonesia is bolstering its cultural policies to nurture the film industry's growth and foster emerging Indonesian filmmakers.
Focusing on Indonesia's fast-growing film industry, the Special Program in Focus will introduce 7 features and 5 short films, including series which will be presented on Netflix. Mouly Surya and Kamila Andini, two of the most prominent female directors in Asia; Joko Anwar,...
Focusing on Indonesia's fast-growing film industry, the Special Program in Focus will introduce 7 features and 5 short films, including series which will be presented on Netflix. Mouly Surya and Kamila Andini, two of the most prominent female directors in Asia; Joko Anwar,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The ongoing renaissance in the Indonesian film industry will be celebrated at the upcoming Busan International Film Festival.
Films from the country now routinely get selected and win prizes at major international festivals. The local market in Indonesia, which has the fourth-largest population in the world, is rapidly expanding with a boom in screen count and with homegrown productions capturing the majority of the market share. Indonesia is also bolstering its cultural policies to nurture the film industry’s growth and foster emerging Indonesian filmmakers.
Featured at Busan will be six features, five shorts and a series. The first two episodes of Netflix’s “Cigarette Girl” by Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah, which delves into the life of a female protagonist entwined with the 1960s Indonesian cigarette industry, will world premiere at the festival.
Another world premiere, “24 Hours with Gaspar” by Yosep Anggi Noen (2020 Locarno winner “The Science of Fictions”), follows Gaspar,...
Films from the country now routinely get selected and win prizes at major international festivals. The local market in Indonesia, which has the fourth-largest population in the world, is rapidly expanding with a boom in screen count and with homegrown productions capturing the majority of the market share. Indonesia is also bolstering its cultural policies to nurture the film industry’s growth and foster emerging Indonesian filmmakers.
Featured at Busan will be six features, five shorts and a series. The first two episodes of Netflix’s “Cigarette Girl” by Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah, which delves into the life of a female protagonist entwined with the 1960s Indonesian cigarette industry, will world premiere at the festival.
Another world premiere, “24 Hours with Gaspar” by Yosep Anggi Noen (2020 Locarno winner “The Science of Fictions”), follows Gaspar,...
- 8/22/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Russia’s ‘How To Save A Dead Friend’ wins audience award.
Indonesian drama Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak has won the best Asian film prize at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards while Russian director Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s documentary How To Save A Dead Friend picked up the audience award.
Autobiography premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand in September, where it scooped a Fipresci prize, and has since won further silverware at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Golden Horse Film Festival and Marrakech among others. The debut feature of film critic-turned-director Mubarak is about a young man who...
Indonesian drama Autobiography by Makbul Mubarak has won the best Asian film prize at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards while Russian director Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s documentary How To Save A Dead Friend picked up the audience award.
Autobiography premiered in Venice’s Horizons strand in September, where it scooped a Fipresci prize, and has since won further silverware at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Golden Horse Film Festival and Marrakech among others. The debut feature of film critic-turned-director Mubarak is about a young man who...
- 12/5/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography” has won Best Asian Film, the top prize at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards, continuing its award-winning spree.
The film made a winning debut at Venice earlier this year and went on to win prizes at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Golden Horse, Marrakech, QCity, Jogja-netpac, Stockholm and Tokyo Filmex.
The jury, which included filmmakers Lav Diaz, Ritu Sarin and Kim Soyoung and New York Film Festival artistic director Dennis Lim, commended the film’s “control and clarity of vision” and praised it for being a “vivid character study, a powerful allegory of national trauma, an urgent dissection of the fascist mindset and how it persists,” in their citation.
The award comes with a cash prize of SGD8,000 and an online, audio post and Dcp package, audio final mix and Dcp feature worth SGD45,000 from Mocha Chai Laboratories.
“We celebrate cinema tonight despite motherfucker Putin,...
The film made a winning debut at Venice earlier this year and went on to win prizes at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Golden Horse, Marrakech, QCity, Jogja-netpac, Stockholm and Tokyo Filmex.
The jury, which included filmmakers Lav Diaz, Ritu Sarin and Kim Soyoung and New York Film Festival artistic director Dennis Lim, commended the film’s “control and clarity of vision” and praised it for being a “vivid character study, a powerful allegory of national trauma, an urgent dissection of the fascist mindset and how it persists,” in their citation.
The award comes with a cash prize of SGD8,000 and an online, audio post and Dcp package, audio final mix and Dcp feature worth SGD45,000 from Mocha Chai Laboratories.
“We celebrate cinema tonight despite motherfucker Putin,...
- 12/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Prolific Indonesian producer KawanKawan Media, which has Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography” in competition at the Venice Film Festival’s Horizons strand, has a raft of projects on its slate.
The company, led by Yulia Evina Bhara, scored a hat trick of wins at Locarno over the last few years with Yosep Anggi Noen’s “The Science of Fictions” (2019), Carlo Francisco Manatad’s “Whether the Weather Is Fine” (2021) and Ming Jin Woo’s “Stone Turtle” (2022), and won an award at Cph:dox for Fanny Chotimah’s documentary “You and I” in 2020.
Noen’s “Gaspar,” which is set in the Javanese city Semarang in 2032 and is an adaptation of Sabda Armandio’s novel “24 Hours of Gaspar,” has just wrapped production. It stars Reza Rahadian, Shenina Cinnamon, Laura Basuki, Sal Priadi, Kristo Immanuel and Dewi Irawan.
Gaspar (Rahadian) is a dilettante detective working on a mass slaughter case involving the government, in which he...
The company, led by Yulia Evina Bhara, scored a hat trick of wins at Locarno over the last few years with Yosep Anggi Noen’s “The Science of Fictions” (2019), Carlo Francisco Manatad’s “Whether the Weather Is Fine” (2021) and Ming Jin Woo’s “Stone Turtle” (2022), and won an award at Cph:dox for Fanny Chotimah’s documentary “You and I” in 2020.
Noen’s “Gaspar,” which is set in the Javanese city Semarang in 2032 and is an adaptation of Sabda Armandio’s novel “24 Hours of Gaspar,” has just wrapped production. It stars Reza Rahadian, Shenina Cinnamon, Laura Basuki, Sal Priadi, Kristo Immanuel and Dewi Irawan.
Gaspar (Rahadian) is a dilettante detective working on a mass slaughter case involving the government, in which he...
- 9/5/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Fanny Chotimah’s Indonesian documentary “You and I,” which won the Asian Perspective Award at Korea’s Dmz Docs Festival, is one of the highlights of the Singapore International Film Festival’s Asian Vision strand.
The film tells the story of the friendship between Kaminah and Kusdalini, which existed for more than 50 years since they met as political prisoners in 1965.
The 1965-66 period was a fraught one for Indonesia where the mass killings of Communists and several ethnic groups eventually led to the overthrow of President Sukarno’s government.
The film is produced by Yulia Evina Bhara, Amerta Kusuma and Tazia Teresa Darryanto under the banner KawanKawan Media (Yosep Anggi Noen’s Locarno-winner “The Science of Fictions”), in collaboration with Partisipasi Indonesia. It is a product of several project labs and grants including Festival Film Dokumenter, Docs By The Sea, Dmz Docs Fund, the Akatara Financing Forum and the Super8mm Studio Foundation.
The film tells the story of the friendship between Kaminah and Kusdalini, which existed for more than 50 years since they met as political prisoners in 1965.
The 1965-66 period was a fraught one for Indonesia where the mass killings of Communists and several ethnic groups eventually led to the overthrow of President Sukarno’s government.
The film is produced by Yulia Evina Bhara, Amerta Kusuma and Tazia Teresa Darryanto under the banner KawanKawan Media (Yosep Anggi Noen’s Locarno-winner “The Science of Fictions”), in collaboration with Partisipasi Indonesia. It is a product of several project labs and grants including Festival Film Dokumenter, Docs By The Sea, Dmz Docs Fund, the Akatara Financing Forum and the Super8mm Studio Foundation.
- 11/26/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest won several key awards
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
- 11/25/2019
- ScreenDaily
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest won several key awards
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
Cyril Schäublin’s Swiss project Unrest and Andrei Tănase’s Romanian drama Victus received the TorinoFilmLab’s production awards of €40,000 each on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event on November 23.
The three-day event served as a showcase for the new projects developed within each of the Tfl programmes, and as a pitching platform attended by international festival representatives, distributors and sales agents.
Three €50,000 co-production awards, funded by Creative Europe’s Media programme, were presented to Fabián Hernández’s A Male (Colombia-Netherlands), Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum’s Houses (Israel) and Marian Mathias’ Runner (Germany-France-us).
Furthermore,...
- 11/25/2019
- ScreenDaily
Indonesian production house KawanKawan Media is in Busan with two projects. “The Science of Fictions,” directed by Yosep Anggi Noen, premiered at Locarno where it won a special mention. It is playing at the Busan International Film Festival as part of the ‘A Window On Asian Cinema’ strand. The film is essentially a history of Indonesia told through the memory of a mute man.
“I am talking about how big political events give an impact to personal bodies,” Noen told Variety. “This film is also telling the story about the relevance of the camera as a tool to share the truth, but also create the fiction. But in this contemporary era, we can not make a bold line between truth and fiction, they are shadowing each other.”
KawanKawan co produced “The Science of Fictions” with fellow Indonesian outfit Angka Fortuna Sinema. China’s Rediance is handling international sales.
KawanKawan is...
“I am talking about how big political events give an impact to personal bodies,” Noen told Variety. “This film is also telling the story about the relevance of the camera as a tool to share the truth, but also create the fiction. But in this contemporary era, we can not make a bold line between truth and fiction, they are shadowing each other.”
KawanKawan co produced “The Science of Fictions” with fellow Indonesian outfit Angka Fortuna Sinema. China’s Rediance is handling international sales.
KawanKawan is...
- 10/6/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) is wrapping up its exciting 27th year and recently announced the winners of its Silver Screen Awards.
Asian Feature Film Competition
Bagging the Best Film award in the feature category is Nepalese drama “White Sun” (Seto Surya). Directed by Deepak Rauniyar, “White Sun” is an exceptional portrait of post-civil war Nepal. It is an inspiring film that champions a better and more peaceful future for children.
Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo’s debut picture “Turah” was given Special Mention by the jury. Set in a small village struggling to survive, this Indonesian film is a poignant exploration of corruption and hypocrisy in society.
Bangladeshi feature “Live from Dhaka” scored the Best Director award for Abdullah Mohammad Saad and Best Performance for Mostafa Monwar. Saad’s debut follows a partially handicapped man who wrestles between morality and self-preservation.
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
Wregas Bhanuteja’s “In...
Asian Feature Film Competition
Bagging the Best Film award in the feature category is Nepalese drama “White Sun” (Seto Surya). Directed by Deepak Rauniyar, “White Sun” is an exceptional portrait of post-civil war Nepal. It is an inspiring film that champions a better and more peaceful future for children.
Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo’s debut picture “Turah” was given Special Mention by the jury. Set in a small village struggling to survive, this Indonesian film is a poignant exploration of corruption and hypocrisy in society.
Bangladeshi feature “Live from Dhaka” scored the Best Director award for Abdullah Mohammad Saad and Best Performance for Mostafa Monwar. Saad’s debut follows a partially handicapped man who wrestles between morality and self-preservation.
Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
Wregas Bhanuteja’s “In...
- 12/4/2016
- by Ella Palileo
- AsianMoviePulse
White Sun wins key award at the 27th Singapore International Film Festival.
White Sun won best film in the Silver Screen Awards at the 27th Singapore International Film Festival.
The second feature of Nepalese director Deepak Rauniyar is about a Maoist who returns home to bury his father.
The jury found it “an exceptional and incisive film about civil war and memory that encapsulates the never-ending conflict that is the state of the world today, with a message of hope that a different future for all of us can be possible through our children”.
Abdullah Mohammad Saad was named best director for his debut feature Live From Dhaka, which also took best performance for actor Mostafa Monwar. Shot in grainy black and white, it tells the story of a partially handicapped man who lives his days in anguish as he tries to find a way to leave Dhaka.
A special mention went to Turah, the debut feature...
White Sun won best film in the Silver Screen Awards at the 27th Singapore International Film Festival.
The second feature of Nepalese director Deepak Rauniyar is about a Maoist who returns home to bury his father.
The jury found it “an exceptional and incisive film about civil war and memory that encapsulates the never-ending conflict that is the state of the world today, with a message of hope that a different future for all of us can be possible through our children”.
Abdullah Mohammad Saad was named best director for his debut feature Live From Dhaka, which also took best performance for actor Mostafa Monwar. Shot in grainy black and white, it tells the story of a partially handicapped man who lives his days in anguish as he tries to find a way to leave Dhaka.
A special mention went to Turah, the debut feature...
- 12/4/2016
- by screenasia@yahoo.com (Silvia Wong)
- ScreenDaily
The third cascade of world premieres in 15 days flowed from the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday as programmers revealed their Midnight Madness, Tiff Docs, Vanguard, Tiff Cinematheque and Short Cuts selections.
This week’s offering includes Ben Wheatley’s all-star gangster thriller Free Fire, which opens Midnight Madness one year after the premiere of the British auteur’s High-Rise; fast-rising Chadwick Boseman in revenge thriller Message From The King in Vanguard and a Tiff Docs strand that features climate change documentary The Turning Point, featuring and produced by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 41st Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 to 18.
Wp = world premiere, IP = international premiere, Nap = North American premiere, Cp = Canadian premiere, Tp = Toronto premiere.
Midnight Madness
Ben Wheatley’s all-star gunfight Free Fire starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Cillian Murphy will open the section, which includes Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Rats, Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch, André Øvredal’s [link...
This week’s offering includes Ben Wheatley’s all-star gangster thriller Free Fire, which opens Midnight Madness one year after the premiere of the British auteur’s High-Rise; fast-rising Chadwick Boseman in revenge thriller Message From The King in Vanguard and a Tiff Docs strand that features climate change documentary The Turning Point, featuring and produced by Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio.
The 41st Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 8 to 18.
Wp = world premiere, IP = international premiere, Nap = North American premiere, Cp = Canadian premiere, Tp = Toronto premiere.
Midnight Madness
Ben Wheatley’s all-star gunfight Free Fire starring Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Cillian Murphy will open the section, which includes Morgan Spurlock’s documentary Rats, Adam Wingard’s Blair Witch, André Øvredal’s [link...
- 8/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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