A group of filmmakers from various background, visual artists, musicians, and other creative/arts workers collaborate to honor a decade of Indonesian Reform era (1998-2008) by preparing 11 self funded short films inspired by May'98 events. This project is expected to initiate a dialogue within the public, especially among the students in an attempt to empower the public to address issues and to say something through audio-visual-media.

Screening Schedule:
Saturday, June 28, 2008 ( 7.00 pm )
Sunday, June 29, 2008 (1.00 pm )
at Amphiteater and Bale Handap, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space

Discussion
Sunday, June 29, 2008 (3.00 pm)
at Bale Handap, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space
The Films

Di mana Saya? Where was I?
[Anggun Priambodo | 2008| 10:39]
Producer, Director, Writer: Anggun Priambodo

Where were you ten years ago when a big turning point took place in Indonesia on May 1998? Director Anggun Priambodo is taking us back to that period of time through a series of stories told by ten year old photographs of his subjects.

Sugiharti Halim
[Ariani Darmawan | 2008| 09:52]
Producer, Director, Writer: Ariani Darmawan; Cast: Nadia, Hengky Hidayat; DOP: Joedith Tjhristianto; Editor: Astu Prasidya; Art Director: Prilla Tania; Sound: Ariani Darmawan

What’s in a name? For Sugiharti Halim, though, a name can lead to a never-ending question. At times funny, annoying, and contradictory: Does one really need a ‘real’ name? Can you sell your name? Is it true that you can hide your identity behind a name? Sugiharti Halim offers a perspective that is comical, provocative, contextual, and deserving to be re-examined today.

*) Presidential Decree no. 127/U/Kep/12/1966 obliged Ethnic-Chinese to adopt an Indonesian-sounding name (e.g. change Liem to Halim, Lo/Loe/Liok to Lukito, etc.)

Trip To The Wound
[Edwin | 2007| 06:42]
Producer: Meiske Taurisia; Director, Penulis/Writer: Edwin; Cinematographer: Sidi Saleh; Cast: Ladya Cherryl; Editor: Herman Kumala Panca; Music: Windra Benyamin; Sound: Iponxonik

One night, Shilla meets Carlo on a bus. Shilla is a collector; she collects stories behind wounds. It’s a trip Carlo will never forget

Bertemu Jen/Meet Jen
[Hafiz|2008| 16:39]
Produser/Producer, Sutradara/Director, Penulis/Writer: Hafiz

“Life has given me time. However, I’ve never spent that time to really live.” Jen is an ordinary guy with big dreams and hopes. But, time has passed him by. A lot has happened. What has Jen been doing for the past ten years? The political changes have not changed Jen’s life that much. What happened then for him was just a vivid dream. That memory has turned into a ‘film’ about an occasion that he had witnessed.

Huan Chen Guang /Happiness Morning Light
[Ifa Isfansyah | 2008| 15:00]
Producer, Director, Writer: Ifa Isfansyah; Line Producer: Bae Chun Yeok; Camera: Tran Hoai Nam; Editor: Kim Jae Rim
Sound: Hae Kyong, Jung Woan

Chen Guang is a 21-year-old Chinese woman, who lives in Beijing. Her Indonesian mother died during the May 1998 riot in Jakarta. She then heads for Korea to erase the terrible memories haunting her, and replace them with good ones. On her first day in Korea, Chen Guang meets Huan, also a Chinese woman of the same age, who has resided in Korea for quite a while. Their journey begins. After spending the whole day together, Chen Guang and Huan spend a night in a small motel; passing the night in one of its rooms. Nothing happens between them, almost. The next morning, Chen Guang decides to return to Beijing because she has found what she’s looking for: happiness.

A Letter of Unprotected Memories
[Lucky Kuswandi | 2008| 09:37]
Producer, Director, Writer: Lucky Kuswandi

Lucky Kuswandi is taking us on a personal journey he underwent when Imlek, the Chinese New Year, was declared to be a national holiday. The celebration always takes him back to his childhood, when such festivities were still forbidden. Through his eyes, we see the unique colors with which the people celebrate Imlek, past and present, and the big question he always poses with each Imlek.
*) For 33 years, celebrating Imlek (Chinese New Year) had been forbidden in Indonesia, based on the Presidential Instruction no. 14/1967, which was later annulled by Presidential Decree no. 6/2000 issued by President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur), and enforced by Presidential Decree no. 19/2002 issued by President Megawati, which officially declared Imlek a national holiday.

Kemarin/Yesterday
[Otty Widasari | 2008 | 13:02]
Producer, Director, Writer: Otty Widasari

Writer director Otty Widasari examines various stages of a life capturing birth, youth, marriage, death, growth and the idea of ‘to eat and to find what to eat’ as a natural cycle. Her film Kemarin (English title: Yesterday) sees a period of one decade as some sort of an autobiography of a one’s life.

Yang Belum Usai / The Unfinished One
[Ucu Agustin|2008|09:26]
Producer, Director, Writer: Ucu Agustin

Ten years has passed since Wawan were shot to death in Semanggi during the May riot. Ever since, his mother, Mrs. Sumarsih , vowed to continue Wawan’s fight for justice. Is she ever going to stop?

Sekolah Kami, Hidup Kami / Our School, Our Lives
[Steven Pillar Setiabudi | 2008|11:45]
Producer, Director, Writer: Steven Pillar Setiabudi

Documentary filmmaker Steven Pillar Setiabudi (Pilar) initially wanted to get some insight on democracy and political awareness from his young subjects, a group of third year high school students in Solo, who are about to graduate soon and enter another phase of their lives as college students and would become eligible to give their votes on the upcoming election in 2009.

Much to Pilar’s surprise his subjects were playing a key role in revealing the act of corruption that had been taken place in their school. The young students had been successful in conducting a very systematic investigation that lead them to some valid findings (proofs).

Kucing 9808, Catatan Seorang (Mantan) Demonstran/ Chronicles of a (former) Demonstrator
[Wisnu Suryapratama | 2008| 11:04]
Producer, Director, Writer: Wisnu Suryapratama

April 1998 - Wisnu ‘Kucing (the cat)’ Suryapratama is one of the activists of KA KBUI (United Movement of the University of Indonesia). He was the program coordinator of the KA KBUI post, who arranged almost all of the KBUI demonstration acts from start to finish. April 2008 - Wisnu is now a father, freelance filmmaker, and husband, with his own routine. Is the demonstrator in him still there?