Water is everything in Australia. During a late night hour, the film maker finds out that one of the park sprinklers has broken down and is wasting valuable water. Ratna: ‘For me, it’s a symbol of what has been happening all the time in Indonesia. We have “leaks” almost everywhere, in terms of corruption.’
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Indonesian Workers in UK
The film maker sought and found a playful form in order to place his small essay in the right framework. -
Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon
Hit by fate. A statue falling from the sky kills the mother of the newly born Kara. As a little girl, she goes to get… -
Waiting for the Rain
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Stop Human Cloning
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60 Years
Indonesia celebrates 60 years of liberation from the Dutch with old Dutch children’s games. A short documentary wink at the colonial past. -
A Very Boring Conversation
Few filmmakers would dare to film a boring conversation and then put it in the title too. A film maker like that can hardly be… -
Bomb’n
Bomb’n is illegally sticking up stickers at night. Female Indonesian film maker is allowed to go along for a night in Canberra. A film as…
Film details
- Countries of production
- Australia, Indonesia
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam PAL
