Shape of the Moon (12+)
Netherlands, Indonesia, 2004, colour, 92 min.
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Using the Single Shot Cinema camera technology which enables a smooth and flexible camera movements, in this observational documentary, the director follows the various plights of a Christian family as it deals with the religious, political and economic pressures of living within Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Aging widow Rumidja lives out her remaining years as a devout Christian, while her son Bakti converts to Islam.
AWARDS
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2004: Grand Joris Ivens Award; Sundance Film Festival 2005: Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary; Chicago International Documentary Festival 2005: Natasha Isaacs Cinematography; Hong Kong International Film Festival 2005: Humanitarian Award (Documentary) - Special Mention; Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2005: Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award; CinemaAmbiente Environmental Film Festival 2005: Asja.biz prize; Montreal International Documentary Film Festival 2005: Audience Award Rencontres.
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, 2004, colour, 92 min.
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Using the Single Shot Cinema camera technology which enables a smooth and flexible camera movements, in this observational documentary, the director follows the various plights of a Christian family as it deals with the religious, political and economic pressures of living within Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population in the world. Aging widow Rumidja lives out her remaining years as a devout Christian, while her son Bakti converts to Islam.
AWARDS
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 2004: Grand Joris Ivens Award; Sundance Film Festival 2005: Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary; Chicago International Documentary Festival 2005: Natasha Isaacs Cinematography; Hong Kong International Film Festival 2005: Humanitarian Award (Documentary) - Special Mention; Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2005: Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award; CinemaAmbiente Environmental Film Festival 2005: Asja.biz prize; Montreal International Documentary Film Festival 2005: Audience Award Rencontres.