bendungan (2025) |
| Through choreographed gestures and oral recollections, personal, intimate stories unravel against the historical backdrop of the Dutch colonial project throughout the Nusantara (Malay World). In the Indonesian language, bendungan can refer to a dam, river bank or sea bank. The film meanders along the Solo river, drifts through the Maluku archipelago and floods into the North Sea of the Netherlands. bendungan follows three people who live close to water bodies in Indonesia and the Netherlands, revealing among them uncanny affinities.
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| TYPE Film |
| DURATION 30 mins |
| LANGUAGE English, Indonesian, Javanese, Dutch |
| WORLD PREMIERE 68th DOK Leipzig︎︎︎ |
BY AND WITH jee chan, Duong Dieu Linh, Dwi Wahyu Cahyono, Ainul Fikri, Ron Habiboe, Mike Hapsari, Margaret Hukom, Pak Jokowi, Pak Kethu, Peter Lenaerts, Liao Jiekai, Umi Maisaroh, Arnold Nanlohy, Claricia Parinussa, Panji Pramayana, Stefan Pente, Bilawa Ade Respati, Elysa Wendi, Nelson Yeo
SPECIAL THANKS to all at Studio Plesungan, Melati Suryodarmo, Jeremy Chua, Olivia Griselda, Jereh Leung
A film by jee chan, produced at the Cinemovement Lab VI: Solo. funded through the arbeits- und rechercheförderung of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, the graduate residency scholarship of the Fonds Darstellende Künste, the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in the NEUSTART KULTUR programme, DIS-TANZEN aid programme of the Dachverband Tanz Deutschland and the National Arts Council, Singapore. residency support from Studio Plesungan and Tanzfabrik Berlin. research process supported by Goethe-Institute Singapore.
SCREENINGS
World Premiere: DOK Leipzig, Germany, 2025
InShadow — Lisbon Screendance Festival, Portugal, 2025
Jumping Frames, Hong Kong International Movement-image Festival, 2025
Le Festival International du Film sur l'Art, Montreal, Canada, 2026
e-flux Screening Room, New York, USA, 2026
DMJ International Dance Film Festival, Japan, 2026
Busan Inter-City Film Festival, South Korea, 2026
Singapore Shorts, Asian Film Archive, Singapore, 2026
continue viewing solo work ︎
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