Arohuai

Dery Prananda began learning filmmaking since 2005. His works mostly on documentary relating to environmental, social, and human rights advocacy with several organizations. In 2014 he made The Years of Blur, a documentary about a homicide case of BERNAS journalist, “Udin”. Hence in 2016 Amelis his first of short fiction after his long vacuum making a film since 2010 win an award as the Best Film and the Best Fiction in ReelOzlnd Australia-Indonesia Short Film Festival 2016. The film also had an opportunity to be screen on Jogja Asian Film Festival in the same year of 2016. In 2017 he made two short documentaries, Arohuai and The Black Orchid, in Melbourne Australia as a part of John Darling Fellowship programme from Herb Feith Foundation Australia. Arohuai was a short poetic documentary who told us about the journey of Amos from West Papua until he arrived in Australia and how he missed his homeland. This film win an award as the Best Documentary, the Best collaboration and The Best Film in ReelOzlnd, Australia-Indonesia Short Film Festival 2017. In the same year he finished his short fiction project with title Manderatu which will be release this year, 2018.