International Film Festivals in Profile: ARKIPEL – Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival


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Into the Dark

This suspenseful experimental film is set in a kidnapping situation. From the dike of a rice field, a young farmer was taken away by force. The possibility of running away gives a sliver of hope every time the truck stops. A guard near the door does not take his eyes off the victim. The car drives away into the dark. Both of them were involved in a struggle to protect the inhabitants’ lands.… >>>

  • Duration: 25 Min.
  • Director: Dhuha Ramadhani,Maria Silalahi,Luthfan Nur Rochman

Sapu Angin / Windswept

By placing the camera on the body of a pigeon to record the scene from the sky, SAPU ANGIN / WINDSWEPT presents an experimental language. It conceptually combines the two types of imagery-forms: one is non-structural and unpredictable in perceptual senses and the other is measurable in anatomical logic – the constant motion of the pigeon’s wings has been scientifically proven to have a certain pattern.… >>>

  • Duration: 6 Min.
  • Director: Cahyo Prayogo

Adegan yang Hilang dari Petrus Draft #4

A recording of an editing script is scrolled on the screen. Archives are shown to reenact how the extrajudicial killings agenda occurred. The design of the investigative scene was arranged by the narrator as if he were a witness to the incident.… >>>

  • Duration: 5 Min.
  • Director: Arief Budiman

Pagi yang Sungsang

His sturdy body was made from heavy metals. No one dared to disturb his serene sleep besides the sound of the security guard’s whistle. The increasing noise of wooden brooms scraping the ground is a sign that the garbage has been prepared for him. He has to finish his job at once: moving slowly, and then crawling as fast as he can through cramped alleys, splitting through the sea of humans.… >>>

  • Duration: 30 Min.
  • Director: Manshur Zikri,Pingkan Polla,Prashasti W. Putri

Cut

In a separated space, a film student rearranges pieces of celluloids as a medium to interact with his lover.… >>>

  • Duration: 10 Min.
  • Director: Dhanu Padji,Robby Ocktavia,Theresia Umaratih

Rimba Kini

We are invited to follow the daily activities of Baasung and Besangot. They juice rubber trees in Bukit Duabelas National Park, Tebo, Jambi. There is a dialogue about how many rubber trees should be sapped and the disturbance that arises in doing so, along with talks on how they learn the alphabet: spell it and write it down.… >>>

  • Duration: 18 Min.
  • Director: Wisnu Dewa Broto