{"id":725143,"date":"2026-05-02T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cannes-critics-week-next-step-studio-sets-four-shorts-co-created-by-young-indonesian-directors-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T11:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:55:12","slug":"cannes-critics-week-next-step-studio-sets-four-shorts-co-created-by-young-indonesian-directors-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cannes-critics-week-next-step-studio-sets-four-shorts-co-created-by-young-indonesian-directors-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes Critics\u2019 Week: Next Step Studio Sets Four Shorts Co-Created by Young Indonesian Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThe Cannes Critics\u2019 Week, the sidebar that runs alongside the main Cannes Film Festival, has unveiled the four short films created for its Next Step Studio initiative from four young\u00a0directors\u00a0from Indonesia.<\/p>\n

The first edition of Next Step Studio has given them a voice by enabling them to co-write and co-direct shorts. which will be screened during the 65th edition of the Critics\u2019 Week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Its\u00a0Next Step\u00a0workshops aim to support young talent in world cinema and allow them to move from short to feature films. \u201cContinuing the concept initiated by La Factory at the Directors\u2019 Fortnight since 2013, the program supports the emergence of new voices in cinema around the world,\u201d Critics\u2019 Week organizers said. \u201cEach year, it takes place in a different country and highlights local cinema, bringing together eight emerging directors \u2013 four local and four international \u2013 to co-write and co-direct four 15-minute short films.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first 10 editions explored film talent from Taiwan, Chile, Finland, Denmark, South Africa, Lebanon, Tunisia, five Balkan countries, northern Portugal, the Philippines, and the state of Cear\u00e1 in northeastern Brazil.\u00a0More than 80 filmmakers have participated in the program and nearly 50 first feature films have been made.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s edition, produced by Yulia Evina Bhara, Amerta Kusuma and Dominique Welinski, creator and curator of the program, is co-produced by Indra Sashi Kalanacitra, VMS Studio, Visinema Pictures, Navvaros, Entertainment, Poplicist Publicist, Salaya Yachts, Arungi Films, Prodigihouse, Titrafilm, A La Plage Studio, Jakarta Film Week, The Jakarta Provincial Government and the Ministry of Culture of Indonesia in partnership with the French Embassy in Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and ASEAN, and the French Institute Indonesia.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at the four short films that will screen during the Critics\u2019 Week in Cannes, which runs May 13-21.<\/p>\n

Holy Crowd<\/em>
Directors: Reza Fahriyansyah\u00a0(Indonesia) and Ananth Subramaniam (Malaysia)
Indonesia, France \u2013 2025 \u2013 16\u2032 \u2013 language: Indonesian<\/p>\n

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\n\tSynopsis: \u201cAfter Ratna rises from the dead during her funeral, her silent body begins performing unexplained healings, turning her husband Arif into the reluctant center of a growing frenzy. As villagers, opportunists, and religious authorities descend, faith and exploitation collide, and the miracle spirals beyond control.\u201d
Cast:\u00a0Prilly Latuconsina, Yusuf Mahardika, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, Arswendy Bening Swara
DOP:\u00a0Vera Lestafa,\u00a0Indonesian Cinematographers Society
Editor:\u00a0Carlo Francisco Manatad<\/p>\n

Original Wound<\/em>
Directors: Shelby Kho (Indonesia)\u00a0and\u00a0 Sein Lyan Tun (Myanmar)\u00a0
Indonesia, France \u2013 2026 \u2013 14\u2032 \u2013 language: Indonesian<\/p>\n

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\n\tSynopsis: \u201cAfter their mother\u2019s death, a brother and sister remain in the house shaped by her control, negotiating conflicting memories of abuse and care. As ritual, body, and memory intertwine, their grief exposes a deeper entrapment, one that persists beyond her absence.\u201d
Cast:\u00a0Agnes Naomi, Omara Esteghlal, Vivian Idris
DOP:\u00a0Vera Lestafa,\u00a0Indonesian Cinematographers Society
Editor:\u00a0Carlo Francisco Manatad<\/p>\n

Annisa<\/em>
Directors:\u00a0Reza Rahadian (Indonesia) and Sam Manacsa (Philippines)
Indonesia, France \u2013 2025 \u2013 14\u2032 \u2013 language: Indonesian<\/p>\n

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\n\tSynopsis: \u201cIn a crowded housing complex, Anissa, a blind teenage girl navigates a world mainly shaped by sound. As a neighborhood national day celebration unfolds around her, she finds an unexpected way to be heard, reclaiming her place within the noise that surrounds her.\u201d
Cast:\u00a0Choirunnisa Fernanda, Nazira C. Noer, Shakeel Fauzi
DOP:\u00a0Faozan Rizal,\u00a0Indonesian Cinematographers Society
Editor:\u00a0Carlo Francisco Manatad<\/p>\n

Mothers Are Mothering
<\/em>Directors:\u00a0Khozy Rizal (Indonesia) and Lam Li Shuen (Singapore)
Indonesia, France \u2013 2025 \u2013 17\u2032 \u2013 language: Indonesian<\/p>\n

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\n\tSynopsis: \u201cNia, 50, in an abusive marriage, navigates a fragmented inner world where desire, memory, and ritual intertwine. A reunion with a former lover reawakens intimacy but exposes the persistence of violence and entrapment. As reality dissolves into hallucination, she reaches for a final, elusive escape.\u201d
Cast:\u00a0Happ<\/a>y Salma, Asmara Abigail, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin
DOP:\u00a0Deska Binarso,\u00a0Indonesian Cinematographers Society
Editor:\u00a0Carlo Francisco Manatad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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