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Indonesian filmmakers shine at Locarno Film Festival
Yosep Anggi Noen’s The Science of Fictions received a special mention at the prestigious Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, while Makbul Mubarak secured a top prize to finance his debut feature, Autobiography.
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Recognition: 'The Science of Fictions', which goes by the Indonesian title 'Hiruk-Pikuk si Al-Kisah', by Indonesian director Yosep Anggi Noen received a special mention at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland on Aug. 17. (KawanKawan Media, Angka Sinema, Limaenam Films/-)
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wo Indonesian filmmakers have made their mark at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, a prestigious platform for arthouse films.
Yosep Anggi Noen’s The Science of Fictions received a special mention, while Makbul Mubarak secured a top prize to finance his debut feature, Autobiography.
The Science of Fictions made its world premiere at the festival and received special mentions alongside Maternal by Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero.
“The cinematic elements on The Science of Fictions pull the audience into an endless circle of historical accounts. Through its silent character, we are invited to retrace the fragments of Indonesian history in a fascinating way,” said French filmmaker and novelist Catherine Breillat, who headed the international jury.
The movie, which in Indonesian is titled Hiruk-Pikuk si Al-Kisah, follows Siman, who discovers a foreign film crew shooting a moon landing in Yogyakarta in the 1960s. He gets caught and his tongue is cut off to prevent him from spilling the beans. From that point on, Siman goes through life in slow motion, as if he were an astronaut in space.
Through the movie, Anggi addresses several chapters of the nation’s history that remain sensitive and controversial till this day, and explores how technology infiltrates our personal life and the political landscape.
