Tellurian Drama

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Tellurian Drama

Tellurian Drama
Riar Rizaldi
International Competition Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Indonesia
2020
26 minutes
Indonesian
Subtitles: 
English

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

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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)