Abrakadabra! (Abracadabra!)
- Subject
- : Conflict, Human rights, Politics
- Year
- : 2003
- Country
- : Indonesia
- Duration
- : 25 min.
- Language
- : Indonesian
- Subtitles
- : English
- Color
- : Color
- Original Format
- :
- Director
- : Aryo Danusiri
- Producer
- : Abduh Aziz, Geni Achmas, Dinar Prasetyowati, Nori Andriyani
- Spv. Producer
- :
- Editor
- : Rahmat Y. P.
- Cinematographer
- : Aryo Danusiri
Synopsis
A documentary about the unraveling of the Aceh peace process. The filmmaker intersperses footage on the spiralling violence and interviews with all parties to the negotiations with his coverage of a snake-oil merchant selling his formula that cures all ills to gullible Acehnese buyers. Abrakadabra! evokes both the notion that as if by magic, there was euphoria that peace was at hand in December 2002 when the ceasefire agreement was signed, and that by March, when the film was made, the whole thing was as much a fraud as the merchant's lotion.
Award / Screening / Other
Nomination Best Documentary Indonesia Film Festival 2004
Nomination Best Documentary Jakarta International Film Festival 2003
Visual Culture Festival Finland 2004
Singapore Film Festival 2004
Winternachten-International Festival Literature The Hague 2007
pindaKAAS Festival The Netherland 2008
Contact
Aryo Danusiri
filmdanusiri[at]gmail.com
ragam[at]ragam.org
http://ragam.org