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Pro Open Doors 6 – 11 | 8 | 2020 South East Asia and Mongolia Cambodia • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar • Mongolia • Thailand • The Philippines • Vietnam 1 Open Doors 2019-2021 Open Doors Hub 2020 A second year into Mongolia Indonesia • Malaysia • Myanmar • Mongolia • Thailand • The Philippines • Vietnam and Southeast Asia 8 projects in development Starting from 2019, Open Doors is dedicating three The Mongolian and Southeast Asian delegations will years to the vibrant independent film scene of South- be presented to the international industry players east Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myan- during Locarno 2020 as part of the following activ- 4 This City is a Battlefield (Perang Kota) mar, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam) and Mongolia. ities: by Mouly Surya – The coproduction platform Open Doors Hub, in- Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines Sustaining its commitment to assist independent film- troducing eight distinctive projects from the region making and showcase directors and films from coun- for international collaborations. 6 Fruit Gathering tries in the South and East of the world, Open Doors – The Open Doors Lab, highlighting nine production by Aung Phyoe reshapes into an online event for this exceptional 2020 talents who proactively contribute to the develop- Myanmar, France, Czech Republic edition. ment of their local, independent film community 8 The Godmothers and to the emergence of young, singular voices in by Anucha Boonyawatana “In recent years, the Open Doors section has proved the region. Thailand, USA to be a formidable laboratory in which to experiment new ways of supporting cinema at all latitudes. Thanks “The Open Doors 2020 edition underlines the great 10 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Bên Trong V Kén Vàng) to the projects carried out in each edition, the Locar- narrative and creative richness of Mongolian and by Pham Thien An no Film Festival has been able to break down more or South-East Asian cinema as well as the urgent need Vietnam, Singapore, France less visible distribution and cultural barriers, bringing for filmmakers from this region to share their visions 12 Oasis of Now new talent to light and allowing films of great value to of their contemporary societies, in search of a new by Chee Sum Chia be completed. The idea of a competition for Locarno identity, torn between the weight of the past, tra- Malaysia 2020 such as The Films After Tomorrow, destined for ditions, for some their first steps into democracy, works in the making, was also born thanks to the valua- and the major and rapid changes of the 21st century 14 Tropical Gothic ble lessons offered by the Open Doors experience, and - subjects that are all the more topical in this period by Isabel Sandoval its courageous drive towards discovery”. of global crisis”. The Philippines 16 Ze Lili Hinstin, Artistic Director of the Locarno Film Festival. Sophie Bourdon, Head of Open Doors. by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Mongolia, France 18 Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah vs the Amazonistas of Planet X by Avid Liongoren The Philippines, France Early August, come and join us on Locarno 2020 platform: Open Doors promises you some very inspiring encounters with its Asian guests. Your Open Doors Team 2 3 Open Doors Hub South East Asia and Mongolia Technical Information Genre Production status Shooting period Co-producer This City is a Battlefield Fiction Writing and Development Feb - Mar 2021 Chand Parwez, Starvision (Indonesia); Anthony Chen Shooting format Shooting languages Total budget and Tan Si En, Giraffe Pictures 4K, Color Indonesian, Dutch, English EUR 900’000 (Singapore); Bianca Balbuena, (Perang Kota) Epicmedia Production Estimated running time Shooting location Funds secured Indonesia, The Philippines, Singapore 100’ Indonesia EUR 400’000 (Phillipines) Visual Concept a lot of bright colors underneath; yellow, red and Synopsis we claimed our independence. Then, for three years, In the opening scene the camera is mounted to the lots of green. They are all subdued by the thick dust ISA, 35 years old, a former fighter who has become we were fighting off the Dutch, who colonised us be- truck as we are introduced to the capital city at war. piling on the sidewalks. Our characters do their an elementary school teacher in Jakarta in 1946. His fore the Japanese. A country depleted after World It is a long, dusty, continuous bumpy shot focuses everyday chores, make love, and go to work, but services during the war for independence leave him War II tried to sneak its way back in. The whole thing on the Sepoy army sweating profusely hugging the audience always feel that we are at war. with a reputation as a seasoned soldier among his strikes me as a story of sneaks, cheats, and bargains, their guns under the tropical sun until it arrives in peers, and the trauma leads to difficulties becoming but presented as heroic. the narrow alleys of our main setting. The film looks erect. gritty, dusty and rough, but romantic as there are The main character of the book, from which this film Isa earns a bit of a living from stealing books as well is adapted, intrigues me. Isa has lost everything that as helping the revolution with his friend and violin constitute his role as a man in the war and his mar- student, HAZIL - young and handsome with a fer- riage, both in their marital bed and as a provider for Biography Selected Filmography vent fighting spirit to oppose his father, KAMARUD- the family. Then, heroism becomes a peer pressure Mouly Surya has won numerous • Marlina The Murderer in Four Acts DIN, who was once a high-ranking staff in the Dutch and, later, becomes a job and responsibility in order awards locally and internationally on (drama, 93’, 2017) colonial era. Hazil also succeeds in impregnating to put food on the table. • What They Don’t Talk About When They her directorial debut Fiksi. in 2008. Her Isa’s wife, FATIMAH, something that Isa has not Talk About Love (drama, 104’, 2013) latest filmMarlina the Murderer in Four been able do for years, resulting in the adoption of This City is A Battlefield is set against a grey area in • Fiksi. (drama, 107’, 2008) Acts, premiered in Cannes at the Direc- a child, SALIM. Isa allows the affair to continue and history in 1946, when everyone greets each other tors’ Fortnight in 2017, theatrically re- acknowledges that she is bearing his child. with a celebration of their independence, “Merde- leased in 14 countries including USA ka!”, but the burning and warring city shows noth- and Canada. The film is also Indone- Isa continues to serve as a fighter of the revolution, ing worth celebrating. The president has left the sia’s submission for Best Foreign Lan- which he considers the remnants of his value as a capital and these men are blurring the line between Director guage Film at the 91st Academy man. Together with Hazil, Isa succeeds in gather- right and wrong, the colonisers and the colonised, Mouly Surya Awards. ing weapons and also devises a plan to blow up the the hero and the villain, friend and enemy, man and [email protected] movie theatre in Senen Market, a gathering place woman. +62217200037 for British NICA officials along with “their friends”, the Dutch. Their main target is a Dutch officer, VAN MOOK, a governor general of the Dutch East Indies who truly loves this land where he was born more Production Company Profile Selected Filmography than the land of his people. Founded in 2007 when director Mouly • Marlina The Murderer in Four Acts by Surya and producer Rama Adi took the Mouly Surya (drama, 93’, 2017) • What They Don’t Talk About When The mission ends with a betrayal, but Isa smiles next step in filmmaking by producing They Talk About Love by Mouly Surya peacefully with his steadfastness as a man, as a free- their first feature film,Fiksi .. Cinesurya (drama, 104’, 2013) dom fighter even though Fatimah still chose the trai- also produces corporate videos and • Fiksi. by Mouly Surya (drama, 107’, tor, Hazil, for the sake of welfare of his life and child. documentaries. The vision is to bring 2008) This is a story of a war in a city as well as a family. It the company’s own character into the is a struggle of a man and his dignity in his gender vastly growing Indonesian cinema as role, which ultimately reinterprets the definition of Producers well as to inspire their enthusiastic au- a man, a hero, and independence. Rama Adi & Fauzan Zidni dience. Cinesurya (Indonesia) Director‘s Note [email protected] Indonesia’s claim to independence in 1945 always www.cinesurya.com strikes me as a weird story. We were occupied by +622172780145 the Japanese, and when the Japanese lost the war, +62217200037 4 5 Open Doors Hub South East Asia and Mongolia Technical Information Genre Production status Shooting period Co-producer Fruit Gathering Fiction Writing and Development Sept - Oct 2021 Claire Marquet, Art-Produc- tion (France); Shooting format Shooting language Total budget Vít Janeček, D1 Film (Czech Myanmar, France, Czech Republic 4K, Color Myanmar (Burmese) EUR 597’000 Republic) Estimated running time Shooting location Funds secured 90’ Myanmar EUR 53’000 Synopsis Director‘s Note When San’s father passes away, the family moves I am an only son, brought up by my mother and nev- from their village to Yangon. SAN (12) is left with er close to my father. During my late teens, I expe- Visual Concept alteration of moods as the narrative unfolds through her grandmother OHM, when her mother EI goes rienced a certain feeling towards the kindness of The treatment aims to expose the quality of atten- seasonal changes.