Arief Budiman | Indonesia, Singapore | 2026 | 22 mins. | Indonesian, Javanese, Papuan
Two videographers, Arief from Java and Papua-raised Edi, exchange memories and imaginations of Papua through archival footage. As they collaborate on a short film, its utopian landscapes contrast with the realities of Papuan life under Javanese civilian and military subjection.
Arief Budiman
Arief Budiman is an artist-filmmaker based in Yogyakarta, working with sonic traces, distorted histories, fabricated realities, desktop cinema, collage film, and media installations. His practice engages with speculative histories, public archives, and collective memory to uncover hidden narratives, while using non-human elements to trace histories of violence in Indonesia and across Asia.
Producer: Rugun Sirait
Writer: Arief Budiman
Cinematographer: Aditya Krisnawan
Editor: Arief Budiman
Sound: Pandu Maulana
Music: Black Paradise, Eysuer
Cast: Fransisco Edwardo Kamisopa, Muhammad Dzulqarnain
