An Indonesian filmmaker has won the second "Democracy Video Challenge" competition held by the US State Department, and hopes his work can promote Indonesian democracy to the world.
"I hope with this movie, the rest of the world acknowledges Indonesian democracy. Democracy is not just a noun but a process, and there's something amiss in Indonesia's democratic processes," Adhyatmika, or Mika, told a press conference at the US Embassy in Jakarta on Friday.
Mika, a graduate from Puttnam School of Film, Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, called his work as "a dark humor" movie.
"I decided to translate my understanding of Indonesian democracy through a 'dark humor' movie because if I tell it in a serious way, people won't see it," he said.
US Assistant Cultural Attache Arend C. Zwartjes said the movie reflected the message of the competition.
"We didn't want to tell the world about democracy according to our own concept, but we wanted the world to share many concepts of democracy," he explained.
Mika won a two-week trip to the US next October together with other winners from Iran, Spain, Colombia, Nepal, and Ethiopia. The group will have an interview at Today's Show at NBC and are slated to meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
"What drives me to take part in this competition was the chance for the winner to meet Hillary Clinton, and if I meet her, I'll have an opportunity to tell her about Indonesian democracy," Mika said as quoted by Antara news agency.
He admitted in making his movie he was influenced by Wes Anderson, an American movie director who was nominated for a 2001 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Royal Tenenbaums".
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