Sailum: Song of the Rustling Leaves

Felix is an author from Insana, North Central Timor, East Nusa Tenggara and has made critically acclaimed work inspired by history and colonialism. His novel, Orang-Orang Oetimu, was awarded the Best Manuscript prize from the Jakarta Arts Council in 2018 and Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture’s literary award in 2021. In 2019, he attended a writer’s residency in the Netherlands organized by the Indonesian National Book Committee then followed by his participation in the International Writing Program (IWP) 2022 hosted by the University of Iowa, USA.

Moses is an Indonesian documentarian and multimedia journalist who likes to explore experimental approaches in nonfiction filmmaking. As a Chevening Scholar, he graduated with an MA in Ethnographic and Documentary Film from University College London in 2020. Since 2018, he has been involved in digital investigation works, delving into the world of online propaganda in Indonesia. His feature documentary debut, Tano Na Uli, Hagodanganki (Motherland Memories), was awarded the Best Indonesian Feature-Length Documentary in Festival Film Dokumenter 2022. In early 2022, Moses founded Atmakanta Studio, a documentary production house based in Indonesia.