The project picked up Japans VIPO award at IFFRs co-production market.
Kusno shuffles between Amsterdam and Yogyakarta, living and working in both cities.
Complex dialogue
Referring to dialogues about colonialism, Kusno said: Its multi-layered and very complex.
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To have this kind of discussion through artistic language is very important and significant.
Art is the best place to have that.
Before then, Indonesia was perhaps kind of blurry and in the twilight zone, said Aditya.
On the other side, Andini said that she rarely thinks about Indonesias colonial past while making films.
Colonization is not part of my creative thinking, since we have been independent since 1945, said Andini.
For me, its more about having more reflective perspectives through what happened.
