The Eye of the Day (12+)
Netherlands, Indonesia, 2001, colour, 94 min.
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
During an economical crisis leading to the resignation of the dictator Suharto, president of Indonesia, Helmrich, the director, constructs a larger narrative of a country at the crossroads of big change by following the old lady, Rumijah and her sons Bakti and Dwi as they work to survive the slums of Jakarta. His cinematic eye, vigilant attention to detail and his aptitude for juxtaposing the urban and rural makes the story all the more compelling.
AWARDS
Visions du Réel 2002: Audience Award, Award Prix SRG SSR Idée Suisse;
Maremma Doc Festival Palmares 2002: Grand Prix of the Jury; Split International Festival of New Film 2002: Audience Award
Maremma Doc Festival Palmares 2002: Grand Prix of the Jury; Split International Festival of New Film 2002: Audience Award
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Leonard Retel Helmrich
is a Dutch-Indonesian filmmaker whose trilogy about has the Indonesia, The Eye of the Day, Shape of the Moon, and Position Among the Stars, won many international prizes. His theoretical and practical film technique, single shot cinema, which involves long takes with a constantly moving camera is based on the film theories of André Bazin. He also invented a camera mount, Comodo Orbit, that allows extraordinary stability and maneuverability.
FILMOGRAPHY
“The Phoenix Mystery”, 1990; “Moving objects”, 1991; “The Eye of the Day”, 2001; “Flight From Heaven”, 2003; “Shape of the Moon”, 2004; “Promised Paradise”, 2006; « Position among the Stars», 2010, “Hollandse Nieuwe”(Raw Herring), 2013.
Netherlands, Indonesia, 2001, colour, 94 min.
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
During an economical crisis leading to the resignation of the dictator Suharto, president of Indonesia, Helmrich, the director, constructs a larger narrative of a country at the crossroads of big change by following the old lady, Rumijah and her sons Bakti and Dwi as they work to survive the slums of Jakarta. His cinematic eye, vigilant attention to detail and his aptitude for juxtaposing the urban and rural makes the story all the more compelling.
AWARDS
Visions du Réel 2002: Audience Award, Award Prix SRG SSR Idée Suisse;
Maremma Doc Festival Palmares 2002: Grand Prix of the Jury; Split International Festival of New Film 2002: Audience Award
Maremma Doc Festival Palmares 2002: Grand Prix of the Jury; Split International Festival of New Film 2002: Audience Award