ANJALI - A DIVINE OFFERING
ANJALI
(Devanagari: अञ्जली) / A DIVINE OFFERING)
A 25 yo religious man named Dana, struggling to find a job. He is a freshman living in Bali all by himself, with no relatives living in the same island. To spend his free time, Dana often go to the Kwan Kung temple to help cleaning up and also praying. He does the cleaning as a gesture of respect to the Gods or what’s known as service to the belief. He's been doing the service since he was little and even until he's now a grown up.
Dana lives in his childhood house which now converted as a boarding house where the rooms except the one he use, are rented by other people. The two people who rented the rooms are: Chandra and Bima—who because of the circumstances, becoming his friends too.
Dana always ask the Gods' help to all his problem, including this long term unemployment. But now his frustration of is getting worse and he started questioning his beliefs.
Finally one day he snapped and out dare the Gods in the temple about their existence. He did't know that the Gods will actually answer.
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Novinta DhiniDirector
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Novinta DhiniWriterBayang (for Kyoto International Film Festival)
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Alfrits John RobertsProducerBayang (for Kyoto International Film Festival)
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Dyco SalimKey Cast"Dana"
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Bayu KramasKey Cast"Bima"
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Gede PhaiiKey Cast"Chandra"
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:drama, spiritual
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Runtime:14 minutes 47 seconds
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Completion Date:July 15, 2020
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Production Budget:350 USD
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Country of Origin:Indonesia
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Country of Filming:Indonesia
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Language:Indonesian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
Actor, writer and now, learning to be a filmmaker.
ANJALI is a short film that actually made for myself. A challenge for myself, to know whether I really want to be a filmmaker or not, or even this path is the right one for me.
Still haven't figure out the exact answer yet, but so far I'm loving the process and makes me want to keep learning.
Oh, also this movie is a critique for:
1. People who think the temple's congregations as heathens. :)
2. People who think prayers will solve your problem. Na dude. You also need to fight irl. lol :)
May all be well and blessed.
P.S : We realized there's a misspell on the title. Supposed to be Divine not Devine. But we guess both words work anyway. :D
Regards.
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