Prenjak (2016)

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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.

Production

Prenjak is a Javanese name for a species of bird in Yogyakarta. 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. The editing process was done for a week. 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.

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. 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.

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