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For fans of short films, YouTube is one of the best platforms to get a daily dose of such entertainment.
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Recently, the 2014 film 'Lemantun' by award-winning filmmaker Wregas Bhanuteja was published on YouTube. (Shutterstock/Alexey Boldin)
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umerous organizations have made digital content available for free to the public during this physical distancing period; from art and music performances to virtual museum tours, e-books and films.
For fans of short films, YouTube is among the best platforms to get a daily dose of such entertainment.
Recently, the 2014 film Lemantun by award-winning filmmaker Wregas Bhanuteja was published on the platform. Penned by Wregas himself, the actual-events-inspired short film has won awards at several film festivals. It follows the story of a mother who passes down five old cupboards to each of her five adult children.
The YouTube channel of video entertainment platform Viddsee also allows viewers to binge-watch award-winning short films from different countries, including Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore.
Among the most interesting ones is this 2012 short film Grave Torture by celebrated filmmaker and scriptwriter Joko Anwar, which narrates the experience of a child who is trapped in his late father’s casket.
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Also on YouTube, ReelOzInd! Film Festival, which is part of ReelOzInd! Australia-Indonesia short film competition and festival, is set to air a collection of its movies produced between 2016 and 2019 every Friday from April 24 to May 15.
According to a statement, the short films will be available on its YouTube channel as well as Facebook page for a week before being removed.
One of the festival's must-watch films is the 2017 award-winning documentary A Gentle Giant, helmed and written by Mark Pearce, that will be aired on May 1. It follows ecologist Todd Walsh, or the “lobster man”, on his way to preserve the giant Tasmanian freshwater lobster in Australia. (wir/kes)
