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Replacements

"Replacements" depicts a Javanese family living in a fictional neighborhood in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia.
Inspired by people and places that truly exist, they are witnesses of this congested metropolis's urban, environmental, political, and cultural transformations from about 1980 to 2020.

A praise of the satisfaction of impermanent things, it tells about the dented yet peaceful transition of an old traditional village to an uprooted megapolis through three generations.

This experience aims to appreciate and introspect Jakarta's recent history through the eyes of an ordinary family that most of Indonesians, from children to elder people, can identify with.

  • Jonathan Hagard
    Director
    Time Lapse
  • Jonathan Hagard
    Writer
    Time Lapse
  • Jonathan Hagard
    Producer
    Time Lapse
  • Andreas Hartmann
    Co-producer Germany
    A free man
  • Nova Dewi Setiabudi
    Co-producer Indonesia
  • Efek Rumah Kaca
    Trailer theme
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality, 360 Video
  • Genres:
    Animation, History, documentary
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Language:
    Indonesian
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 77th Venice International Film Festival - Venice VR Expanded
    Venice
    Italy
    September 12, 2020
    World premiere
    Official selection
  • 22th Bucheon International Animation Festival
    Bucheon
    Korea, Republic of
    October 23, 2020
    Asian Premiere
    Official selection
  • 26th Geneva International Film Festival 2020
    Geneva
    Switzerland
    November 6, 2020
    Swiss Premiere
    Official selection
  • Hyper Festival Brazil 2020
    Online
    Brazil
    October 28, 2020
    South American Premiere
    Official selection
  • 24th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
    Jihlava
    Czech Republic
    October 27, 2020
    Czeck Premiere
    Official selection
  • 22nd Digicon6 Japan
    Tokyo
    Japan
    October 24, 2020
    Japan Premiere
    Topic Award
  • 18th Bogotá Short Film Festival
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    December 8, 2020
    Colombian Premiere
    Official selection
  • 14th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    November 25, 2020
    Polish Premiere
    Official selection
  • 14th Short Film Festival Cologne
    Cologne
    Germany
    November 22, 2020
    German premiere
    VR Award
  • International Documentary Festival FIPADOC 2021
    Biarritz
    France
    January 18, 2021
    French Premiere
    Official selection
  • Beyond The Frame Festival 2021
    Tokyo
    Japan
    February 12, 2021
    Grand Prix
  • 45th Atlanta Film Festival 2021
    Atlanta
    United States
    April 22, 2021
    Official selection
  • 24th Japan Media Arts Festival 2021
    Tokyo
    Japan
    September 23, 2021
    Excellence Award
  • Imagine Film Festival 2021

    Netherlands
    April 7, 2021
    Netherlands
    Official selection
  • Anifilm 2021
    Liberec
    Czech Republic
    June 22, 2021
    Official selection
  • Go Short - International Short Film Festival 2021
    Nijmegen
    Netherlands
    Official selection
  • 14.Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International 2021
    Frankfurt
    Germany
    April 27, 2021
    Best VR Storytelling
  • "On Going Home" exhibition (VR Lab)
    Kaohsiung
    Taiwan
    April 2, 2021
    Taiwan Premiere
  • Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival 2021
    San Jose
    United States
    Best Documentary / Empathy VR Award
  • Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2021
    Annecy
    France
    June 14, 2021
    French Premiere
    Official selection
Distribution Information
  • Paul Bouchard (Diversion Cinema)
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Jonathan Hagard

Jonathan Hagard is a half French Indonesian director, animator and illustrator based in Kyoto, Japan. Between documentary and animated fiction, based on his experiences and researches in sprawling cities such Tokyo and Jakarta, he tells stories through traditional animation and new medias.

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Director Statement

“Replacements” is a follow up of “Time Lapse” made in 2009, a film I made after several trips in Jakarta since 2007.

Although I am originated from a village in Central Java, I was intrigued by this sprawling
metropolis where villages meet glassy skyscrapers, traditional street life meets modern shopping malls, cheerfulness meets chaos, economical development meets cultural and
environmental problems. This city is indeed the fastest sinking city in the world and is
predicted to be submerged by 2050. Air pollution, social inequality, corruption and the rise of a new Islamic radicalism are other challenges for coming years.

Cultural and environmental transformations are common to many countries in this beginning of the 21st century. They raise questions about hyper-consumption, hyper-digitization,
hyper-religiosity and create new urban, social, political and identity issues.

Based on personal memories and 13 years of researches, I depict a fictive village facing these transformations, in which lives a family whom most of Indonesians from children to elder people can identify with.
This piece aims to introspect this city’s recent history, feel its roots and meditate on how we came to the situation we are today so we may better understand the coming challenges.