To Raise From the Water

Posted 05/08/2013

In ARKIPEL 2013, International Competition, Rusty Archives: Film List (2013-2014)

Country of Production: Japan
Language: Japan
Subtitles: English
16 min, Color, 2012

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Agenda:
International Competition 12
26/08/2013
kineforum
13.00

28/08/2013
Teater Studio, Teater Jakarta – TIM
17.00

Sebuah desa nelayan di Jepang mencoba untuk bangkit kembali setelah tertimpa rangkaian bencana pada Maret 2011, dari tsunami, gempa bumi, hingga bencana nuklir. Pembuat film memberi cukup kesempatan bagi penonton untuk mengunyah bahasa film ini hingga lunak dan mudah untuk ditelan. Pergerakan kameranya cenderung statis, sementara ritme film dibiarkan renggang (tiap adegan rata-rata di atas 30 detik). Dari adegan-adegan yang dipilih pembuat film, terutama adegan penutupnya, film ini seperti ingin mengajak penonton turut merasakan optimisme orang-orang yang mencoba untuk membangun kembali hidup mereka.

-Rajiv Ibrahim

A fishing village in Japan tried to rebuild their home after a series of disasters in March 2011, from tsunami, earthquake, to nuclear meltdown. The filmmakers give their audience enough time to observe the collective efforts of the villagers. The camerawork is static, while the narrative is kept at leisurely pace (the scene duration averages at 30 seconds). Judging from the scenes picked by the filmmaker, especially the ending, To Raise from the Water aims to share with the audience the optimism of the villagers.

-Rajiv Ibrahim

Japan

Andrew Littlejohn

Calon Doktor dari bidang Antropologi dengan Kritik Media Praktis di Universitas Harvard dan Pusat Studi Film di Universitas Harvard. Seorang sutradara dan phonografer, karyanya bertempat pada persimpangan dari penerapan etnografi dan artistik. Dia mengambil sarjana di School of Oriental and African Studies, London dan telah tinggal dan belajar di Jepang selama lebih dari dua tahun. Dia saat ini bekerja dalam berbagai audiovisual dan projek etnografi di Amerika, Inggris dan Jepang.

PhD Candidate in Anthropology with Critical Media Practice at Harvard University, and a Harvard University Filem Studies Center Fellow. An aspiring filmmaker and phonographer, his work is situated at the intersection of ethnographic and artistic practices. He took his B.A. in Japanese from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and has lived and studied in Japan for over two years. He is currently working on a variety of audiovisual and ethnographic projects in America, England and northeast Japan.