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Going West: 'Perempuan Tanah Jahanam' to screen at Sundance
The film will be part of the Midnight category, alongside United States' Amulet, United Kingdom's His House and other chosen horror, comedy, or "defying genre classification" films.
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A still from 'Perempuan Tanah Jahanam' (BASE Indonesia/File)
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pine-chilling Indonesian horror film Perempuan Tanah Jahanam (Impetigore) is set to screen at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
As announced on the organizer's official website on Wednesday, the film will be part of the Midnight category, alongside United States' Amulet, United Kingdom's His House and other chosen horror, comedy, or ‘defying genre classification’ films.
Director Joko Anwar took to Instagram on Thursday to announce the news.
“Thank you for the constant support and prayers, friends,” he tweeted.
Perempuan Tanah Jahanam (IMPETIGORE) berhasil menembus
SUNDANCE Film Festival 2020.
Terimakasih untuk dukungan dan doanya selalu, teman-teman!
Akhirnya PTJ bakal bisa ditonton tanpa blur. đ pic.twitter.com/wtNzlHgpSj
— Joko Anwar (@jokoanwar) December 4, 2019
In another tweet, he explained that the Sundance Film Festival was one of five world’s most prestigious film festivals, alongside Venice, Cannes, Toronto and Berlin.
Maya dan Dini mau jalan-jalan ke Sundance nih gaes. Ikut yuk!
Btw, Sundance adalah 1 dari 5 festival film paling prestisius di dunia selain Venice, Cannes, Toronto, dan Berlin. pic.twitter.com/hYuIqcxYg6
— Joko Anwar (@jokoanwar) December 5, 2019
Joko's other film, Gundala, was screened earlier at the Toronto Film Festival 2019, held last September.
Read also: 'Perempuan Tanah Jahanam': A terrifying and cerebral blood-spattered horror tale
Perempuan Tanah Jahanam tells the story of Maya (Tara Basro), an out-of-luck woman who decides to return to her secluded hometown in hopes of searching for her family and getting her inheritance. But what awaits her are petrifying secrets and a mysterious curse only she can lift.
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival will be held from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2, and will feature 118 films from 27 countries. The films are chosen from 3,853 feature-length film submissions. (vel/kes)
