A Punk Daydream is about a group of young punks surviving on the streets of Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital. Eka and his friends have escaped parental and school authority, and strive for individual freedom amid smouldering waste. They have a dim view of Indonesia’s future which, since the end of the Suharto era, has struggled with corruption, environmental pollution and poverty.
The boys’ (facial) tattoos both symbolise and create their break with society, as they have a stigmatising effect. Tattoo bearers
are assumed to be criminal and can hardly find work. The punks feel kinship
with the Dayak people, who have traditional tattoos and try to cling to their
centuries-old lifestyle, knowing full well their culture will ultimately
disappear: along with the rain forest.
The filmmakers ingeniously intertwine documentary, video art and photography with fairy-tale traditions and contemporary reality. Eka hopes to reconnect to society by acting out his own story in the film. Part of EarWORM.
Introduction by artist/curator Reinaart Vanhoe on the situation of young artists in Indonesia today.
Film details
Productielanden
Belgium, Indonesia
Jaar
2019
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2019
Lengte
65'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
Indonesian
Première status
World premiere
Director
Jimmy Hendrickx
Producer
Kristian Van der Heyden
Screenplay
Kristian Van der Heyden, Jimmy Hendrickx
Cinematography
Jimmy Hendrickx
Editing
David Verdurme, Jimmy Hendrickx, Febe Simoens
Production company
Harald House
Sales / World rights holder
Harald House
Sound design
Paul Chambers, Zoilly Molnar, Théophile Moussouni, Henry Gillet, Rinus Dewilde
Music
Dijf Sanders, Anti-Patic, Total Error, Lemots, Not Important, Punk Not Dead, Teguh Permana, Nazzty Bombs Hell, Nurul Krisnadea, Essy Awondatu