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Suster Apung (The Floating Nurse)

Arfan Sabran & Suparman Supardi

Documentary I 15 min. I English subtitle I Indonesia I 2006 I In-Docs

Synopsis

Rabiah has been assigned as a nurse for 28 years in Liukang Tangaya archipelago, a remote place in south part of Sulawesi island, in the middle of Flores Sea. As a nurse, she’s definitely not an ordinary nurse. She sail through billow and crossing the boundaries of nurse authority. The minimum facility from all of those desolated places never fails her.

Awards / Festivals

Best Film at Eagle Awards Documentary Competition 2006  I  Best Cinematography at Eagle Awards Documentary Competition 2006  I  Viewer’s Favorite Eagle Awards Documentary Competition 2006  I  Highly Commended for Best Documentary Program Category at the 12th Asian Television Awards 2007  I  Top 10 for General Category at Festival Film Dokumenter Yogyakarta 2006  I Official selection,Konfiden 2007, Jakarta  I  Asian Hotshots Film Festival Berlin 2011  I  Online screening on Humanity Explored Film Festival 2012, by Cultureunplugged.com  I  Official Selection Aperture International Etnography Film Festival 2013, Melbourne, Australia.

Friendship in the Morning Frontier

Arfan Sabran

Documentary - Audio Visual Instalation I 15 min. I English subtitle I Indonesia I 2008 I Cemeti Art House

Synopsis

In Cemeti Art House’s Recidency program, I try to explain what the meaning of friendship and victims when politics has big power for influiencing others.

Awards / Festivals

Exhibition in Jogja National Museum 2008  I  Exhibition in Erasmus Huis in Jakarta 2009

My Pikko

Arfan Sabran

Fiction I 14 min. I English subtitle I Indonesia I 2008 I Swedish Institute

Synopsis

This story talking about friendship between Luna (7 years old) and with her lovely parrot, Pikko. But suddenly, global issue – bird flu – influence their live and their friendship.

Awards / Festivals

Best Script at Swedish Digital Filmmaking Workshop 2008  I  Screening at Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) 2008  I Screening at Europe on Screen (Festival Film Eropa) 2008  I  Screening at KONFIDEN (Festival Film Pendek) 2008 in Jakarta  I Screening at Gotheborg International Film Festival in Sweden.