The Land Beneath the Fog

Producer / Director / Cinematographer

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Synopsis

In the rhythm of a slow visual journey The Land Beneath the Fog takes an intimate look at family relations in Genikan - a mountain village on the Merbabu slope (Central Java). A quiet community is facing change without understanding why it happens. As a community of farmers who relies on the traditional Javanese calendar system to read the seasons, they become puzzled by the dramatic change seasons. 

Describing a life on the brink of vanishing, this documentary offers deep insights into ’an invisible and disenfranchised society’ which is struggling hard to maintain its existence.

With support from:

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Goethe-Institut Indonesien

Jakarta Arts Council
Ford Foundation

A Boarding School

Producer, Director, Cinematographer

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Synopsis

A Boarding School offers rare access inside an Islamic boarding school, and an insight into a traditional educational system that fosters good character-building based on a peaceful religious teaching that has been practiced in Indonesia for centuries. Raising their students to respect and to have compassion towards others despite their differences, these schools are Indonesia’s last defense in the face of today’s rising extremism.

In Association With:

With Support From:

Calon Pengantin

Director, Screenplay

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Synopsis

A bittersweet story of a bride and groom to be, who are forced to face their fears.

Commission by:

Mango Ukulele

Director, Producer

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Synopsis

Two musicians decide to make their own ukuleles from local mango wood after repeatedly failing to find high-quality and reasonably priced ukuleles. The mango ukuleles became a big hit with the punters both local and overseas. 

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