Watch! Indonesia:  Transit + Respite + Performing. Discussion with the filmmakers

Transit, Indonesien 2014, R: Andrianus Oetjoe, 16 Min, OmeU,

Respite, Indonesien 2018, R: Adrianus Oetjoe, 29 Min, OmeU,

Performing out of Limbo, Indonesien 2018, R: David Lumenta, 30 Min, OmeU,

Anschließend Diskussion mit Referentin Antje Missbach

 Respite  (R. Adrianus Oetjoe, Indonesien, OmeU, 29 Minuten, 2018)

Two thousand refugees live in Makassar under the care of the United Nations Human Rights Commission as they wait indefinitely for resettlement. They cannot study or work. As months turn into years and boredom takes its toll, they must fight their greatest enemy: hopelessness. The documentary follows two young Afghans: Mostafa, the soccer-loving teenager, and Yama, a charismatic man who looks as though life in transit has stolen his youth. The two befriend locals as they catch a glimmer of a life that could be. But that life becomes even more uncertain when officials enforce further restrictions on their movements.

Performing out of Limbo (R. David Lumenta, Indonesien, OmeU, 30 Minuten, 2018)

Hamza and Alex arrived in Indonesia in 2015 after fleeing the Oromo region of Ethiopia. The two are scraping a living in Jakarta as refugees while awaiting resettlement. But at age 24 and 18, they are also youths with dreams and passions. Do they put their lives on hold or find a way to live it? The documentary follows Hamza and Alex as their passion for music leads them to unexpected encounters. Soon they find themselves collaborating with local university students, their lecturers, and the guitarist Baron who co-founded the popular Indonesian band GIGI, to compose and perform about love and life. As they sing, jam and rap to EDM about a beautiful girl at the Pondok Cina station, the lines between refugees and citizens begin to blur.