Yosep Anggi Noen

SCIENCE OF FICTIONS

HIRUK-PIKUK SI AL-KISAH

Indonesia, 2019., 106’

Set in 1960s Indonesia, Siman is a quiet man who accidentally discovers a moon-landing shooting by a foreign crew, in a haunted and unpopulated area. Siman is caught by guards and his tongue cut off. Siman goes through life in slow-motion imitating an astronaut in outer space, labelled as crazy.

Yosep Anggi Noen

Indonesian film director who’s been experimenting with cinematic narratives since mid-2000s. Born in Yogyakarta on 1983, he studied Communications at the Socio-Politics Faculty of Yogyakarta’s Gadjah Mada University. After directing and producing several short films, he directed his first feature, Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses (2012), which premiered in Locarno International Film Festival. At Vancouver International Film Festival, the film received the Special Mention Award followed by the Dragon and Tiger Award for Young Cinema. His next project, a short film titled A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One (2013), won the Best Short.