our in development short film project
A female student's dream is in jeopardy as she has been considered a liar during a menstruation raid by the school’s islamic teacher.
This script has been selected for:
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Minikino Film Week 2024 - Script Lab, in the 'Roast Your Script' program
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Akatara Film Market 2024
PROJECT INFORMATION
Estimated Duration
15 Minutes
Genre
Drama, Coming of Age
Language
Indonesian
Subtitle
English
Status
In Development
AIS (F/15), an Indonesian high school freshman, dreams of joining the Saman Dance competing team but faces a dilemma during a Menstruation Raid. Despite being unable to pray due to menstruation, Ais is unjustly accused of lying by her religious teacher, BU MAR (F/45), because there's no blood on her menstrual pad. This tarnishes her reputation with the Saman coach. Frustrated, Ais opts to prove herself, resorting to self physical examination of her own vaginal walls to find a blood clot that is still yet to fall. Resulting in the discovery of a blood clot.
Director's Statement;
I was taught to protect my body by rejecting others from touching or seeing it. However, what if a teacher, who is also a parent representative at school, needs to examine my body to validate my truth? An incident happened at some schools in Indonesia with high Islamic values. If there are 'numbers' of students who are not praying with an excuse of menstruation—Moslem women whose menstruation is prohibited to pray—the students will be raided to prove their menstruation. The methods of raid vary, from touching the feminine area, showing blood in the pad, or asking students to insert tissue into their vaginal area. For me, these are a fallacy in the process of education. Teachers use an instant way to nurture the values of morals and religion, but the method they chose was violating the values themselves. The nurturing of value within the school scope is what I want to convey in my short film by capturing the menstruation raid case.
Writer and Director
Widya is an aspiring Film Director from Indonesia. Her passion for becoming a Film Director began in junior high, and she has pursued this dream relentlessly. Over the past eight years, she has created numerous films, leading to her roles as the Chairman of the filmmaking communities 3CINEMA and FIKTIF in her school and university. Through these experiences, she has honed her craft and garnered recognition, including screenings at prestigious film festivals and exhibitions like the 17th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2022, ReelOzInd! Australia Indonesia Short Film Festival 2023, World Food Forum Film Festival 2023, and International Children's Film Fest 2023. Yet, Widya sees these achievements as the beginning of her journey towards becoming the Film Director she aspires to be.
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Producer
Re has had a strong passion for films since before entering elementary school. Thanks to his father, who regularly organized movie sessions at home, he would censor and create subtitles for the films to be shown to Re and his siblings as a form of education and information filtering tailored for his children. Since then, Re harbored a desire to produce his own films. In 2015, Re made his debut as a producer by getting involved in the Film Student Community, Satu Layar, at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. He has been actively participating and organizing film-related activities and events, including being a member of the Bandung Film Commission, serving as a festival curator at the Bogor Film Festival, and working as a programmer at the Santos Bandung International Film Festival. Re also took part in a special intake participant workshop at My Lab. Some of his works have been featured in various festivals, including the Festival Film Indonesia, Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Piala Maya, Jakarta Film Week, Bali International Short Film Festival, Indonesia Raja, Ganesha Film Festival, Sewon Screening, Bandung Independent Film Festival, and many more.
FILMOGRAPHY:
— Insya Allah Amanah (2024) as Producer | Short Narrative
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— Akhir Dari Sebuah Permulaan (2023) as Associate Producer | Short Narrative
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— The Puppets Exploded (2020) as Producer | Short Documentary