Hello Fest! (made by Hello Motion) Is an Indonesian Motion Picture Arts Festival that celebrates all the young, crazy and talented film makers & animators throughout the country. Most of the films were independently made on small budget, but whether it was animated or shot on video cam, all the stories selected were purely crazy & creative.
The festival also had a costume competition, haha, most of the people that joined were obviously addicted to
manga (japanese comic) and japanese culture. But it was very impressive to see the amount of work these people took to make their costumes. We saw an Indonesian or Javanese version of Transformers, which took the form of a yellow Gatot Kaca with a
keris. And it baffled me to understand how on earth this kid made it!
My short film All in your Head made it into the festival. Sadly though, my short film didn't make the cut as finalists T_T the selected finalists for the competition wins an imac (cries*) and an award (Kuldesak Award) handed personally by Mira Lesmana, who is a famous film producer here (resposible for serious, nationalist films like
Gie,
Laskar Pelangi even
Ada Apa dengan Cinta). But it was still worth to attend. I understood many possible reasons I didn't get in, as the movies featured were not only funny, but the type of humor that is very relatable with our culture. Most of all I believe it was
makhtub. Haha. The finalists had to stand up in front of the whole audience for a Q & A session, which in no way would I be prepared for. It was a good learning experience. Things like this really motivate me to find a way to a be better story teller. I have also sent the movie to other major countries with that hopefully are more open. It's a very thrilling process to learn how people react to your ideas. And I'm looking forward for whatever the result is :))
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