Tale of Time

202167 minPG

Synopsis

Fajar Suharno was a theater maestro from the 80’s to the 90’s. He was imprisoned because his theater activities were considered against the New Order government. At its peak, he made a show entitled Geger Uwong Ngoyak Macan about the events of crushing people who were considered thugs/criminals (Petrus). The show was held just the day before the massacre took place. This film experimented with bringing together the documentary style with the theatrical stage as well as collaboration between artists in Jogja.

Credits

Director

Agni Tirta

Agni Tirta is a documentary filmmaker and film practitioner in Yogyakarta since 2005. He is currently acting as the head of Paguyuban Filmmaker Jogja, a film nonprofit organization. Besides being a film practitioner, he is an archive collector and later on made a film about his hobby, Dluwang (2017). Dari Hal Waktu (2021) is awarded as Best Directing in Jakarta Film Week 2021.

Details

Original TitleDari Hal Waktu
Country of ProductionIndonesia
Spoken LanguagesIndonesian
SubtitleEnglish
ColorColor
Production HouseBelantara Films

Festival records

Edition | Program

2021Indonesia Feature-Length Competition
Competition Program Note
For 20 years straight, FFD’s Competition program has been the main course that is held consistently. This year is the third year for the competition program to present four categories: International Feature-length Documentary, Indonesian Feature-length Documentary, Short Documentary, and Student Documentary. Through the Competition program, we keep trying to organize a place for documentary films from around the world as a reflective medium for responding to issues around us critically and delivered in a creative documentary film.
This year, over 150 films were submitted to our Competition program, from June to August. This number actually is lower than the numbers in the last two years of the festival. But, the quality of this year’s films is incredibly impressive. We have chosen 11 films for the category International Feature-length Documentary, 4 films for the category Indonesian Feature-length Documentary, 6 films for the category Short Documentary, and 3 films for the category Student Documentary. The 24 films will be presented to be the main focus for the FFD audience online or offline.
We have more interest in films with colorful perspectives, narration, or approaches. This year’s juries-who come from different backgrounds-will choose one film from each category to be awarded on the Awarding Night and Closing Ceremony of Festival Film Dokumenter 2021.

— Rugun Sirait
Program Coordinator

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