attention at tension
The tension of going through a pandemic shifts my attention and creates anxiety within me. As many questions bubble up in my mind, I reflect on what I have been going through by creating a journal entry in the hope of finding answers.
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Azalia MuchransyahDirectorHalal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018), The Strength of A Woman (2019), the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Concrete Jungle (2020), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Azalia MuchransyahWriterHalal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018), The Strength of A Woman (2019), the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Concrete Jungle (2020), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Azalia MuchransyahProducerHalal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018), The Strength of A Woman (2019), the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Concrete Jungle (2020), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Adhi AnugrohoProducerHalal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018), The Strength of A Woman (2019), the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Concrete Jungle (2020), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Azalia MuchransyahKey Cast"Azalia"Halal (2017), HIV/AIDS: Not A Death Sentence (2018), Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), Big Durian Big Apple (2018), Where Do Babies Come From? (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018), The Strength of A Woman (2019), the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Concrete Jungle (2020), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Abimana AnugrohoKey Cast"Bima"the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Anita MuchransyahKey Cast"Grandmi"
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Muchransyah AchmadKey Cast"Grandpi"
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Adhi AnugrohoKey Cast"Adhi"Alone, Together (2018), Blue Film (2018), The Banana Manifesto (2018), TAMU (2018), the Blissful Aloofness of Childcare (2019), Bearddemic (2020), WFH (2020)
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Tri Indah LestariKey Cast"Yang Tie"
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Dwiana PoetraKey Cast"Yang Kung"
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M. Hasrialdy MuchransyahKey Cast
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
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Genres:Documentary, Experimental
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Runtime:8 minutes 52 seconds
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Completion Date:May 19, 2020
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Production Budget:100 USD
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Country of Origin:Indonesia
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Country of Filming:Indonesia, United States
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Language:English, 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:No
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Student Project:Yes
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Festival international Signes de NuitBangkok
Thailand
July 26, 2020
World Premiere
Official Competition -
DOCUTAHSt. George, UT
United States
November 2, 2020
North American Premiere
Official Selection
Azalia Muchransyah is a filmmaker, writer, and scholar from Indonesia. She is a Ph.D. Candidate in Media Study at the State University of New York at Buffalo, funded by the 2017 DIKTI Fulbright Scholarship. In 2019 she became a Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) Scholar, a Social Impact Fellow at University at Buffalo, and a Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Diversity Scholar at Ithaca College. Her research is on activist media, specifically for people living with HIV in Indonesian prison settings. Her short films have been officially selected and screened in international festivals and academic conferences.
I made this film as a way to reflect what I have been feeling while going through the COVID-19 pandemic in self-isolation with my husband and my baby in Buffalo, NY, USA, while my whole family is self-isolating in Jakarta, Indonesia.