In the remains of a radio station of the Dutch colonial rulers of Java, the concept of linear time and local history, a mountain and dreams of geoengineering meet.
In 1923, the Dutch erected a radio station on Puntang Mountain on Java deploying indigenous forced labourers. 2,000 metres of wire between two mountain ridges were meant to transmit news from what was then the Dutch East Indies across the 12,000 kilometres to Europe. A speculative and poetic examination of the remains of Radio Malabar – in the earth, in the mountain, in dreams of geoengineering, in local history.
Marie Kloos
Credits
Director
Riar Rizaldi
Cinematographer
Adythia Utama, Natasha Tontey
Editor
Riar Rizaldi
Producer
Riar Rizaldi
Score
Nursalim Yadi Anugerah
Winner of:
Honourable Mention (International Competition Short Film)