Teguh

202115 min15+

Awardee

Best Short Documentary

Festival Film Dokumenter

2022

Synopsis

Teguh was dishonorably discharged as a policeman due to his sexual orientation. With the support of his partner Tonny, Teguh decided to pursue justice by bringing his case to court, an act that has never been done before in Indonesia from the LGBTQI+ community. From this, the question arises, why would he put himself in potential danger by going against the institution? The film tells a love story between Teguh and Tonny, which becomes the foundation of why this fight needs to be fought for.

Credits

Director

Riani Singgih

Riani is a documentary director based in Indonesia. Growing up in foreign communities, Riani has always been interested in telling stories about identity and the idea of home. As a filmmaker, she has recently participated in IF/Then SEA Shorts by Tribeca and Yamagata Documentary Dojo. Her previous documentary shorts have been screened in over 50 film festivals around the world including Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and Palm Springs Short Film Festival. Her work has been screened in Vice Media, Discovery Channel, and PBS Network.

Details

Country of ProductionIndonesia
Spoken LanguagesIndonesian
SubtitleBahasa Indonesia
ColorColor
Awards2022 - Festival Film Dokumenter, Best Short Documentary

Festival records

Edition | Program

2022Short Competition
Competition Program Note
Celebrating the 21st year of the competition program, Festival Film Dokumenter received a wide array of vibrant documentary films from around Indonesia and all over the world. This program consistently strives to show documentary films that are reflective and intervene the social reality through creative ways of storytelling.
In this year of 2022, we have received 400 films that are selected by a committee of fellows from within and also good supporters of FFD from over the years. Luckily, the numbers and quality of films has been growing over the past four years of it’s being divided in four categories. The four categories in competition are International Feature-length Documentary, Indonesian Feature-length Documentary, Short Documentary, and Student Documentary.
We selected 3 student documentary films, 8 short documentary films, 3 Indonesian feature-length documentary films, and 8 of international feature-length documentary films to be screened during the six-day festival. From each category, the team of final juries will award one winner that will be announced at the closing night of the festival. The competition program honors the emergence of documentaries with perspectives, storytelling styles, and colorful approaches every year, and hence we look forward to having more in the upcoming future.

— Rugun Sirait & Riskya Duavania
Program Coordinator

StatusBest Short Documentary (2022)

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