Set in 1960s Indonesia, Siman is a quiet man who accidentally discovers a moon-landing shooting by a foreign crew, in a haunted and unpopulated area. Siman is caught by guards and his tongue cut off. Siman goes through life in slow-motion imitating an astronaut in outer space, labeled as crazy.
Yosep Anggi Noen is an Indonesian film director who's been experimenting with cinematic narratives since mid-2000s. Born in Yogyakarta on 1983, he studied Communications at the Socio-Politics Faculty of Yogyakarta's Gadjah Mada University. After directing and producing several short films, he directed his first feature, Peculiar Vacation and Other Ilnesses (2012), which premiered in Locarno International Film Festival. At Vancouver International Film Festival, the film received the Special Mention Award followed by the Dragon and Tiger Award for Young Cinema. His next project, a short film titled A Lady Caddy Who Never Saw a Hole in One (2013), won the Best Short Film at Busan International Film Festival and the the Grand Prix of Tokyo Short Shorts Film Festival. Solo, Solitude (2016)—his second feature—premiered in the Concorso Cineasti del Presente Competition in Locarno International Film Festival. Two years later, his short film, Ballad of Blood and Two White Buckets (2018), premiered in Toronto International Film Festival.
Angka Fortuna Sinema, Kawankawan Media, Limaenam Films
Gunawan Maryanto, Ecky Lamoh, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, Alex Suhendra, Lukman Sardi, Rusini, Asmara Abigail, Marissa Anita
Script: Yosep Anggi Noen
Cinematography: Teoh Gay Hian
Art Design: Deki Yudhanto
Music: Yasuhiro Morinaga
Sound: David Muñoz, Alejandro Ramirez
Editors: Akhmad Fesdi Anggoro, Yosep Anggi Noen
Locarno Film Festival
Special Mention & Boccalino d’Oro Award
Tokyo International Film Festival
AFI Fest
International Film Festival of India, Goa
Cairo International Film Festival
Porto/Post/Doc
Artistic residency at Companhia das Culturas
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Asian Cinema Observer Recommendation Award
Singapore International Film Festival
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Achievement in Cinematography (nominated)
