Dear Shadow, My Old Friend
Sihir kamar gelap
As the narrator is visited by his great-grandfather in a dream, layered and obscured narratives of the colonial era find their way into his subconsciousness. From the impact of the colonial sugar industry, to hardships of Javanese farmers, and to his father’s darkroom, he drifts through familiar yet strange scenes. Memory, time, dreams and rituals intertwine, as shadows of the past soak into the present.
– Koen de Rooij
Also in this combined programme
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Others or ‘rust en orde’
Four short confessions provide us with insight in the tradition of Rampogan Siluman Macan.
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Unreleased
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Fever Dream
An actor finds himself trapped inside a black box, unsure of what is real and what is not.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Indonesia
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 13"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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