Film fest screens tsunami short film

Film fest screens tsunami short film

The 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam, running till next
Feb. 6, presents the world premiere of Trep Hudep! (Stay Alive!),
a post-tsunami short video documentary by Alex Sihar from
Indonesia.

The film talks about the surviving people in the hardest-hit
tsunami areas of Aceh and North Sumatra. Trep Hudep! (Stay
Alive!) screens as part of the IFFR 2005 special programme
section SEA Eyes.

On Dec. 26, 2004, a natural disaster occured in the form of a
9-Richter-scale earthquake, followed by a tsunami. This disaster
affected several countries, such as Srilanka, India, Thailand and
Indonesia. Despite the sadness that overwhelmed them, survivors
strive to regain their life with dignity.

This film is part of a work in progress. Not entirely finished
it is the introduction part of a series of audio-visual projects
documenting the changes in Aceh throughout 2005. The project
includes among others plans for feature documentary films about
an 'Early Warning System', about Acehnese women coping with post-
disaster rehabilitation and a feature film

Trep Hudep! (Stay Alive!) is produced by the Indonesian
Community for Independent Films (KONFIDEN), a non-profit
institution founded in 2000 aimed at developing, distributing and
employing the knowledge of film. --JP