kOsOng

Indonesia Feature-Length Competition

2020 — 77 min — 15+

Jury
Special Mention

2020

Synopsis

Stories of five women of different generations and backgrounds, on their childless or childfree marriage, while living on one of the world’s most populous islands; Java, Indonesia. In the community where women rarely get to give an opinion on their reproductive options, living a childless marriage, voluntarily or involuntarily, puts women in an uncomfortable spotlight more than their partners. It becomes a sensitive topic they avoid most of the time. For almost all of them, this is the first time they speak freely about it. From traumas and pressures, to revelation and conclusion, through a series of animation scenes, puts the audience in touch with their untold thoughts and undocumented experiences.

Schedule

FFD 2020

Production Team

Director

Chonie Prysilia
A festival organizer, film producer, and director. She worked in the business & management field until 2011, then moved to Yogyakarta and pursue her art and creative interest. She marked her first involvement in animation in 2014 and became the producer of two animated shorts; ‘Roda Pantura’ (2015), ‘Lost In Sekaten’ (2019). Since 2016 she co-founded and organize a biennial animation film festival in Yogyakarta. ‘KOSONG’ animated documentary (2020) is her directorial debut.
Hizkia Subiyantoro
A designer, CG artist & director. He went to Yogyakarta Modern School of Design and Indonesian Institute of Arts. Since 2009, he founded & lead Indonesia’s largest software-based animation community. His first animated shorts ‘Roda Pantura’ was released in 2016. Since 2016 he co-founded and became a producer of an animation film festival in Yogyakarta. He released his second animated short ‘Lost in Sekaten’ in 2019. ‘KOSONG’ animated documentary is his first feature and documentary work.