Movie Screening and Directors Talk

LWMJ Series of Events includes movie screening for two movies: “Freedom Street Documentary” and “The Companion”.

Freedom Street Documentary

Freedom Street Documentary explores the harrowing plights of Joniad, Ashfaq, and Azizah, three refugees who are affected by the consequences of Australia’s policies who are trapped in Indonesia. This feature-length documentary tells their moving stories whilst deconstructing Australia’s cruel border protection policy in a series of conversations with various experts, illuminating the issue in its entire (dark) historical and contemporary context.

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The Companion

The Companion depicts the story of a young refugee from Afghanistan living in transit (temporary stay) in Indonesia, waiting to be resettled in another country. As Indonesia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugees Convention, refugees have very limited access to their basic human rights during their long years of stay. This makes the young refugee face a lot of hardships and disappointing moments in his life. Yet he continues to follow his passion to train as an athlete and to accompany his local friends. The movie will see its first public screening in the LWMJ Series of Events.

The Directors Talk session invites the movie directors to talk about the process of developing the movies and the messages they want to convey to the public in Indonesia and beyond. Moderator will guide speakers to discuss several points, including but not limited to:

  1. Why film is chosen as a media to convey a message
  2. What inspired the movie and how the producers or directors were inspired to choose the topic
  3. What messages the movie wants to convey
  4. How the movies fit into the discussion on forced displacement policy-making in Indonesia
  5. Tips and trick for ASR individuals who aspires to express their ideas through filmmaking

Movie Screening

Onsite movie screening

Day/Date           : Every Tuesday (Freedom Street Documentary) and Thursday (the Companion) between 6-20 August 2022

Time                    :  (1) 13.00-15.00 WIB, (2) 16.00-18.00 WIB, (3) 19.00-20.30 WIB

Location              : Work Coffee Jakarta. Jl. H. Ipin No. 81A, Lebak Bulus, Jakarta Selatan. https://goo.gl/maps/7aAGKpJXiwcWWKw39

 

Online movie screening

Day/Date            : Sunday, 7 August 2022

Time                    : 10.00-12.00 WIB (Freedom Street Documentary), 13.00-14.30 WIB (the Companion)

Location             : Zoom Meeting Registration required

Directors Talk

Day/Date            : Sunday, 7 August 2022

Time                    : 15.30-17.30 WIB

Location             : Zoom Meeting Registration required

Moderator         : Anak Agung Istri Diah Tricesaria, PhD researcher at Monash University

Invited Guests   :

  1. Alfred Pek, Director of “Freedom Street Documentary”
  2. Ali Reza Yawari, Director of “the Companion”

Watch Directors Talk online through RDI Indonesia YouTube channel Livestream.