Private Project

Say Goodbye To Catcalling

A story about a girl that covers herself with white sheet & sunglasses so she can feel comfortable exploring the city.

  • A. J. Kelly
    Director
    The World In Between, Collecting Happiness, Robot Mom, Under Your Feet
  • Johan Leonardi
    cinematography
  • Sheryl Joanna Angelica
    Film Scoring
  • Chris Kai Song
    Film Scoring
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Comedy, musical
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 22 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 15, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    Indonesia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Multimedia Nusantara University
  • SESIFF

    Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
    September 7, 2023
    World Premiere
Director Biography - A. J. Kelly

An aspiring female director who graduated from Multimedia Nusantara University and worked for Teddy Soeriaatmadja as his assistant. Born in Bandung City, West Java in 2001, loving to sit down for hours, listening to fascinating life stories of people and their journey to where they are now. The sensitivity to family themes, generational gaps, and personal experiences related to sexual trauma shaped an agenda to make films that are full of energy to vocalize gender equality, make men allies and empower women even more.

The film "Robot Mom" (2022) won the Mixed Reality Award at the 15th Shenzhen Youth Film Festival, Best Editing at the Ciputra Film Festival 2022, Official Selection through the Indonesia Raja 2022 program: Jakarta Metropolitan in Minikino, Purbalingga Film Festival, 15th Four River Film Festival Karlovac, Ngilngig Film Festival 2022 and traveled to India for Robot Mom’s screening at IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival in New Delhi. In the meantime, her latest documentary “Under Your Feet” (2023) is in competition for Balinale 2023.

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Director Statement

For a woman to not be catcalled, she must make herself unidentified as a woman. The film comes from my personal experience living in a country where I should feel comfortable being called out in public or commented on for my feminine features. It's a satirical take on the catcalling issue on a global scale, where females must wear Burqa to be considered as polite. On top of that, the sunglasses symbolizes the argument that women's eyes can be seductive.