Prenjak

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Prenjak
Directed byWregas Bhanuteja
Written byWregas Bhanuteja
Starring
  • Rosa Winenggar
  • Yohanes Budyambara
  • Hosea Hatmaji
  • Banyu Bening
Release date
  • 2016 (2016)
Running time
12 minutes [1]
CountryIndonesia
Language Javanese [2]
Budget3 million IDR [1]

Prenjak is an Indonesian short film, written and directed by Wregas Bhanuteja. In 2016, it became the first Indonesian film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Cast

The film stars Rosa Winenggar as Diah, Yohanes Budyambara as Jarwo, Hosea Hatmaji, and Banyu Bening. [3] [1]

Production

Prenjak is a Javanese name for a species of bird in Yogyakarta. [3] The shooting of the film took place for two days in Yogyakarta in February 2016. The film was directed by Wregas Bhanuteja. The other crews and casts were his friends. [4] The editing process was done for a week. [2] The budget of the film was 3 million rupiah that was from his friends in Studio Batu, his film community in Yogyakarta. Canon 5D Mark III was used as the camera. [1]

The story is based on a local cultural practice that was popular in 1980s and 90s in Yogyakarta when a woman, seller of wedang rondhe (local drink) let a man to see her genital by lighting matches in darker place in alun-alun for money. [3] [1] In the film, the woman is a restaurant employee rather than a drink seller and the money was higher than the practice back then in accordance to a more modern context. [1]

Reception

Prenjak was registered to 2016 Cannes Film Festival three days before the closing. The film then won the Leica Cine Discovery Prize. [4] The film is the first Indonesian film to win at the festival in any category. [5] According to Femina, Charles Tesson praised Prenjak as "a film with a surprisingly deep poetry". [6] Tesson, quoted by Rappler , added that the film is "dark and ornery, about how earning a living is the same as a game of matches." Rappler also quoted Marie-Paulline Molaret, one of the jury, said that "Bhanuteja got rid of bad impression of peeking and made it as an entertaining, soft poetry." [7]

After winning the international festival, Prenjak was screened by Kinosaurus a micro-cinema in Jakarta. [3] The film was also screened at Institut Francais Indonesia Jakarta on 2 June 2016. [8]

Pangerang writing for Kompas identified Prenjak as black comedy, showing a sad story of a woman by simple jokes. [9] Ratnaning writing for Liputan6.com claimed that its simplicity of "the plot, setting, and shooting technique" makes the film as natural and close to viewers. [10]

Awards

Prenjak won Best Short Film category at 2016 Indonesian Film Festival. [11]

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