DEATH IN JAKARTA (KEMATIAN DI JAKARTA)

Indonesia.2006.22 min. MiniDV/DVD. Colour. Stereo

This film portrays how homeless and unidentified people (‘tunawan’) die in Jakarta. How can illegal citizen and poor people afford their funeral? How government treat them as bodies? Is it true that dead is sacred matter in Indonesia? How if the dead bodies is nothing, but “garbage” of our civilization?
Bagaimanakah seseorang mati di Jakarta? Apa yang akan terjadi dengan jenazahnya bila ia tak memiliki keluarga? Di Jakarta, mati bisa jadi persoalan rumit, apalagi jika miskin. Film ini menggambarkan bagaimana para tunawan mati di Jakarta. Bagaimana mereka bisa dikuburkan? Bagaimana pemerintah memberlakukan mereka sebagai warga negara? Apakah kematian benar-benar sesuatu yang suci di Indonesia?

Screening and Awards:
Winner of Jakarta International Film Festival Short Documentary Script Competition 2005.
Jakarta international FIlm Festival, Indonesia 2006
Tampere international Film Festival, Finland 2007
Oberhausen international Film Festival, Germany 2009