Zero Hour

A conversation between two lover escalated when the man insisted to spend their last time together while the woman question the mysterious nature of his death.

  • Gregorius Gabriel Kohar
    Director
  • Bernadus Oren
    Producer
  • Gregorius Gabriel Kohar
    Writer
  • Bernadus Oren
    Writer
  • Cecilia Tania Tantra
    Writer
  • Herwinda Novitya
    Cinematography
  • Adelia Zefanya
    Art Director
  • Veren Giovannie
    Makeup
  • Gregorius Gabriel Kohar
    Editor
  • Ericka Florencia
    Sound Design
    Cry Harder, A Place in Hell, U·Run
  • Areta Felicia Lee
    Key Cast
    "Rara"
    Save It For Another Day
  • Faithful Jeremiah
    Key Cast
    "Lucky"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Romance, Mystery, Fantasy
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 20, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    150 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Indonesia
  • Country of Filming:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Language:
    Indonesian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Gregorius Gabriel Kohar

Gregorius Gabriel Kohar is a filmmaker born in Jakarta, Indonesia. Having a strong passion for filmmaking since young age, Kohar started making his short film with his friend since 2016 as a personal project. Slowly, he became involved with local communities, helping to shoot commercials and short films.

Greg moved to Busan, South Korea in 2020 during the pandemic to study filmmaking. Despite the situation, he actively searches for internship or competition that could improve his film skills; being involved as a videographer in promoting Busan to foreign tourist with Busan Tourism Organization (BTO) as well as assistant editor on a series promoting Korean universities through KCCIndonesia Youtube Channel.

His latest short, Zero Hour will be his debut in film festival.

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Director Statement

Describing Zero Hour felt like looking back at my own personal life. Facing strong gender stereotypes from my peers as I was pressured to be dominant and look masculine in society, expected to hide my emotions inside. Never had I thought that this strong expectation had consumed me so much and led me to neglect my own mental health. Fortunately, I was able to escape from that toxic trait; and Zero Hour served as a reminder on what if I didn’t reach my epiphany to heal myself.

While it is a very personal film for me as a reminder to all men, I always believe that the toxic masculinity men faces are a collective problem in society. It is the reason why Zero Hour focuses on the relationship of Rara and Lucky as a couple who must deal with this stigma.

As the film are told through Rara’s perspective, the audience could only put themselves as a witness and keep on guessing what causes Lucky’s tragic death. What’s worse is how Lucky behaves as a “perfect” man instead being truthful to Rara, hopefully delivered the message on how these traits could create misunderstanding and corrupt meaningful relationship.

Zero Hour itself has no answer how to solve this problem since I’m still trying to figure it out as well. However, I intended Zero Hour as a door for an open discussion about this subject matter, where hopefully it could also be a starting point for a call-to-action to demolish gender stereotypes in relationships.