Kayu Besi

Filmstill Kayu Besi

Kayu Besi

Kayu Besi
Max Sänger, Andrianus “Oetjoe” Merdhi
German Competition Short Film 2022
Documentary Film
Germany
2022
28 minutes
Indonesian,
Javanese
subtitles: 
English

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Max Sänger
Andrianus “Oetjoe” Merdhi
Max Sänger
Max Sänger
Max Sänger
Francesca Bertin
Max Gausepohl
Niklas Wienböker
Hadi Abilmona
Max Gausepohl
Niklas Wienböker
Hadi Abilmona
Stephan Knauss

Men are felling trees in the rain forest, barefoot, using chainsaws to cut through the huge trunks. They live in nature, off nature and against nature. Illegal wood selling seems to be their only chance to feed their families. At the same time, they are destroying – tree by tree – their own livelihood. This quiet observation ends with the arduous transport of the wood out of the forest. Anyone who thinks ahead knows that it will end up in our apartments, too, as a mahogany table or Bangkirai floor.

Luc-Carolin Ziemann
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