HUMANSICK (2021)

10 min.
Indonesia
Indonesian Language with English Subtitles.

Rating: 18

Written and directed by Adiyan Chandra Tejo. This short film is the winner of the best storytelling category in Indonesia’s Genflix Film Festival 2020.

DEVIL wants to retire early. He proposes his idea to the judges of hell. He is bored. He argues that he is no longer needed in the human world. Humans are capable of evil on their own. The judges decide to put Devil in a trial programme by sending him to the human world as a mere human. The devil becomes a 34-year old imam (Islamic priest), named Mat Jaelani. What would happen if a devil becomes a priest in a village full of loyal followers?

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As part of our Indonesian season, we have also interviewed a British-Indonesian actor Hannah Al Rashid on Indonesian films in our podcast: Episode 18 - One Word: Condom. You can also read recommendations on Indonesian films, books and music written by our volunteer Paul Flanders in our Notebook #5.