Indai Apai Darah (Mother, Father, Blood)
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A young girl growing up in the Indigenous-held forests of central Borneo follows ancient connections to earn the gift of a story, her people’s 1973 fight to preserve their lands amid rampant deforestation.
Directors Spotlight
Kynan Tegar
Director
Kynan Tegar is a young Indigenous filmmaker. He is Dayak Iban from Sungai Utik, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Since finishing formal primary school he has pursued his passion for photography, videography, nature and learning the in-depth culture of the Iban people by living in the local traditional longhouse and learning about the ancestral knowledge from the adat leader Apay Janggut, who defended the community fiercely from illegal logging. Kynan is currently studying at the University of Indonesia.
- Runtime 15 minutes
- Country Indonesia
- Language Iban
- Director Kynan Tegar
- Cast Icha, Flora, Sembam, Sinum, Lapi, Apai Kudi, Pingki, Apai Gadja, Ucil, Bandar, Bagas, Apai Janggut, Kebun, Miloh, Aju, Anun, Lain, Members of the Sungai Utik Community
- Cinematographer Muhammed 'Aldi' Khatami, Kynan Tegar
- Composer Mike McAuliffe
- Producer Kynan Tegar, Nils Cowan
- Screenwriter Kynan Tegar, Nils Cowan
- Sound Design Mike McAuliffe
- Editor Kynan Tegar
- Executive Producer Tracy Rector
- Music THE COMMUNITY OF SUNGAI UTIK, ARTLIST, SOUNDSTRIPE, POND5
- Premiere East Coast
