memories/fortress
An Indonesian student in London attempts to deal with the absurdity of confinement and immobility due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown by talking to his parents – who also face the similar movement restrictions in Jakarta – over the phone.
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Moses Parlindungan OmpusungguDirector
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Moses Parlindungan OmpusungguWriter
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Moses Parlindungan OmpusungguProducer
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Moses Parlindungan OmpusungguEditor
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
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Genres:Documentary, Family, coronavirus lockdown
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Runtime:3 minutes 43 seconds
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Completion Date:May 1, 2020
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Production Budget:0 USD
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Country of Origin:Indonesia
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:Indonesian
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:Yes - University College London
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Jakarta Independent Film FestivalJakarta
Indonesia
October 21, 2021
Best Short Documentary -
London Super Shorts Film FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
December 18, 2021
Official Selection -
Festival Film DokumenterYogyakarta
Indonesia
November 22, 2021
Outstanding Indonesian Documentaries in the past 20 years -
Festival Film DokumenterYogyakarta
Indonesia
November 25, 2020
Best Short Documentary Nominee -
ReelOzInd! Australia Indonesia Short Film Competition and FestivalAustralia Indonesia Centre, Monash University
Australia
September 23, 2020
Official Selection -
Essex DocFestEssex
United Kingdom
October 29, 2020
Official Selection - Quarantine Films -
Roma Cinema DOCRome
Italy
May 29, 2021
Official Selection
Moses Parlindungan Ompusunggu is a multimedia nonfiction producer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. His first two short documentaries, which he made when he studied visual ethnography at University College London (2019-2020), have won awards and been screened in various festivals across the world. One of the films, memories/fortress (2020), was chosen as part of 20 most inventive Indonesian documentaries in the past 20 years by Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2021).