Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media has wrapped principal images on function “Story of the Land,” it was revealed at Hong Kong rights market FilMart.

KawanKawan is the manufacturing firm behind Makbul Mubarak’s Venice winner “Autobiography” and Amanda Nell Eu’s Cannes-winning “Tiger Stripes.” “Story of the Land” participated at FeatureLab Torino Movie Lab in 2017, adopted by the Hong Kong — Asia Movie Financing Discussion board (HAF), the challenge market that operates concurrently with FilMart, in 2018, the Busan Asian Venture Market in 2021 and QCinema Venture Market in 2023.

The movie is produced by Yulia Evina Bhara and Amerta Kusuma for KawanKawan. It’s co-produced by the Philippines’ Cinematografica (“Whether or not the Climate Is Advantageous,” “Aswang”), with Armi Rae Cacanindin serving as co-producer.

“Story of the Land” unfolds within the island of Borneo, drawing inspiration from the lives of the indigenous individuals amidst modifications in their very own land. It revolves round Could, an indigenous Dayak woman, who’s haunted by the trauma of her mother and father’ dying in a land battle, rendering her unable to set foot on the land. She lives in a floating home together with her grandfather Tuha.

The approaching-of-age movie with fantasy parts is written and directed by Loeloe Hendra, marking his directorial debut. He beforehand made quick “Onomastika,” which was a Berlinale 2015 choice. For Hendra, Could’s character serves as an allegory reflecting the challenges confronted by the indigenous individuals around the globe the place their homeland is altering because of the pressures of the trendy world, the filmmaker stated.

The solid is led by Shenina Cinnamon and Arswendy Bening Swara. Cinnamon featured in Yosep Anggi Noen’s 2023 Busan and Crimson Seas title “24 Hours With Gaspar,” slated for a worldwide launch on Netflix. Swara, awarded greatest actor on the 2022 Marrakech Worldwide Movie Competition for “Autobiography,” reunites with Cinnamon after each performed leads in Garin Nugroho’s “Badrun & Laundry” (2023). 

Indonesian stars Angga Yunanda and Yusuf Mahardika are within the movie’s featured solid. Yunanda is about to steer the upcoming Taiwanese-Indonesian co-production “Malice,” by Lim Lungyin, co-produced by Tydal Manufacturing and KawanKawan. Mahardika is about to star in “Borderless Fog,” an upcoming movie by Edwin. 

Filipino filmmaker Carlo Francisco Manatad (Locarno winner “Whether or not the Climate Is Advantageous”), who edited “Autobiography” and “Tiger Stripes,” is performing that perform on “Story of the Land” as nicely. Filipino composer Teresa Barrozo (Brillante Mendoza’s “Kinatay”) has additionally boarded the challenge. “Story of the Land” is in now in post-production.