original title:
After Colossus
directed by:
cast:
Ari Dwianto, Jamaluddin Latif, Nizar Tama, Annisa Hertami, Berti Galang
screenplay:
Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, Johannes Weill
cinematography:
Aditya Kresna
editing:
Krisna E. Putranto
music:
Gardika Gigih, Ananda Badudu
producer:
production:
Tak Studioworks, VISIO Production Fund, in collaboration with Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Mondriaan Fonds, Kohesiinitiatives
country:
Italy/Indonesia/Netherlands
year:
2024
film run:
29'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (01/11/2024)
festivals & awards:
Amid the mass hysteria over the killings of alleged sorcerers following the collapse of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1999, a group of researchers discovers a sack of mysterious documents. As they sift through its contents—unsettling reports, enigmatic photographs, and fragmented recordings—they gradually piece together a hidden story: a secretive military project in which rural children were taken and subjected to covert experiments and indoctrination. Drawing from magical realism and mysticism, Kusno’s fiction utilises a blend of formats—including Super 8mm, Hi8, Video8, digital 35mm, and AI-generated images trained on historical and family photo archives—to speculate on the blind spots of Indonesia’s turbulent history.