Private Project

Song of the Wind

"Lefa" or "stabbing" is a technique to catch large fish for the people of Lamalera on Lembata Island, Indonesia. It is also a source of livelihood or fulfillment of life for the people of Lamalera. The film tells the story of four men who went to Savu Sea to stab/catch the big fish. But at the end of the day, reality is different from what they expected.

  • Dery Prananda
    Director
    Amelis, Arohuai
  • Dery Prananda
    Writer
  • Dery Prananda
    Producer
  • Endro Gusmoro
    Audio Mixing
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 51 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 10, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    Indonesia
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Dery Prananda

Dery Prananda's 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 that told about the journey of Amos Wainggai from West Papua until he arrived in Australia and how he missed his homeland. This film win an award as the Best Documentary, Best collaboration and Best Film in ReelOzlnd Australia-Indonesia Short Film Festival 2017.

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Director Statement

I had the opportunity to visit Lamalera in 2015. For four weeks I interacted with the community there and began to establish connections. Several times I was invited in their activities when going to sea. And through my camera, I want to show how hard they worked for a dinner that day. Amid the roar of the wind and the intense heat in the sea, sometimes dinner is just an illusion.