Klub Kuleshov: Focus on a Region: Indonesia Part 2

Trying to draw a picture of a “National Indonesian cinema”, we’re showcasing a selection of films which give a glimpse into a rich multicultural identity. Through paying a cinematic visit to historical films and biopics, celebrations of traditional arts, the social issues faced by vulnerable minorities and struggling farmers, and life in cosmopolitan cities like Jakarta. We've tailored a program that aims to give an understanding of the modern Indonesian cinema without having to distinguish between genre and author films, but rather being keen to learn from the diversity that’s inherent to the Indonesian archipelago.

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27.05.2017, 17:00:
The Golden Cane Warrior (2014) - Ifa Isfansyah

As Master Cempaka and her four disciples - orphans of her enemies, now heirs to the Cane - prepare for the new warrior guardian to ascend, an act of villainous betrayal threatens to destroy the clan and destabilize the realm. Their only hope to restore order lies in finding the elusive White Dragon, the only remaining pupil still equipped to unlock the mysteries of the Golden Cane.

27.05.2017, 20:00:
Solo, Solitude (2016) - Yosep Anggi Noen

In July 1996, riots break out in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. Wiji Thukul, an important ciritcal and political poet, and a few other activists, are pointed as suspects and the police starts looking for them. Wiji has no choice but to leave his town, Solo, to escape to Borneo, 3'000 kilometers away. Now a fugitive, Wiji starts his eile in fear. What if he was recognized and arrested? What is life if you can't be with the ones you love?

28.05.2017, 15:00:
Jalanan (2013) - Daniel Ziv

During a tumultuous 5-year period in the own lives of Boni, Ho and Titi, three gifted and charismatic street musicians in Jakarta, the film follows the young marginalzied musicians and their rarely seen underground culture, while also painting a striking, moody and intimate portrait of Indonesia's frenzid capital city. It traces their elusive quest for identity and love in the day-to-day of a city overrun by the effects of globalization and corruption.

28.05.2017, 17:30:
SITI (2016) - Eddie Cahyono

Siti is a young mother, married to a fisherman who has been paralysed after a boating accident. The boat was paid with borrowed money and now the young family, including mother-in-law, struggle with the debt without work and a stable income. The resoureful Siti tries her best. During the day she sells snacks (jingking crackers) on the beach and at night she works in an illegal karaoke bar, where she meets a policeman who slowly will fall for her.

28.05.2017, 19:30:
Tiga Dara (1956) - Usmar Ismail

Three sisters live with their father and grandmother. Nunung, the eldest sister, shows no interest in getting married and her family tries at any cost, to find a husband for her. Tiga Dara is the first Indonesian film to be restored in the highest 4K format with the assistance of film-restoriation laboratory L'Immagine Ritrovata. Since its release, this film has been considered a classic of Indonesian cinema, with themes which remain rlevant for modern Indonesian society.