Two teams of Animation students at Multimedia Nusantara
University (UMN) won the national championship in the "20th DigiCON6
ASIA", an annual short film competition organized by the Tokyo
Broadcasting System (TBS).
Chininta Rizka Public Relations of UMN through the release
(22/11/2018) to Kompas.com delivered the work of animated films titled
"Family One Half" and "Life Of Death", bringing the UMN
team to Japan to compete with other works for the Aisa level.
Empathy for people with mental illness
An animated film titled "Family One Half", by Michaela
Clarissa Levi, Robert Sunny and Raffael Arkapraba Gumelar, tells the story of
the life of a child named Agung who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and
his mother who has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Through this animated film they want to foster a sense of
empathy for the audience with sufferers of mental illness by describing the
feelings of these sufferers.
They won the "20th DigiCON6 Asia" Silver Prize for the
Indonesian region.
Robert Sunny said all the works contested had their own
characteristics. But the work of his team, "Family One Half" is
unique to the topic raised, namely mental illness.
"If the animated film 'Family One and a Half by
itself' might be more on the topic raised, namely mental illness and how to
describe the condition of a patient when the disease is relapsing," Robert
said.
Respect for life
The next work of the animated film "Life Of Death"
created by Jason Kiantoro and Bryan Arfiandy tells the story of the daily angel
of death in doing his work.
The film that received the Next Generation and Gold Award was
bringing the message to the audience using the best time of life.
"Life of Death" has been included in the festival's
film nominations and was selected in several screenings such as the 2018
Canadian Labor Film Festival, 2018 Global University Film Awards, 2018 Austin
Film Festival and many more.
The One-Half Family and Life of Death works and teams will be
sent to Japan to be contested with 11 other Asian countries, namely Cambodia,
China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand and Vietnam.
Opportunity to add insight
The festival atmosphere and meeting with fellow filmmakers from
various Asian countries is one of the most anticipated things. For Jason
Kiantoro, by getting to know filmmakers from various countries and different
backgrounds, his insights are increasing.
"If for example at an outdoor festival there will be more
diverse people, their backgrounds, the way they make films, and the types of
films. With acquaintances, it becomes more open (insight), "explained
Jason.
In addition, other works that won the Japan Foundation award,
the Jakarta Prize were short films entitled "Turut Berdukuhan" by
Winner Wijaya, Christian Raditya, Antonius Willson, Cornelius Kurnia, Indra
Susanto, Harris Tobing, and Ando Loekito.
This film is based on this true story and tells of a child who
continues to tell the chronology of his father's death at the funeral to all
the guests who came to mourn until he could not feel sad anymore.
According to Winner, the film presents events that are familiar
with the audience. Simple story telling and camera movements and music that are
not excessive make the audience comfortable watching the film. This film was
also selected in various screening such as Sewon Screening in Yogyakarta,
ReelOzInd! Festivals in Australia and Indonesia.
cr: https://edukasi.kompas.com/read/2018/11/22/14303811/2-film-animasi-mahasiswa-umn-wakili-indonesia-berkompetisi-di-jepang
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