Eden Junjung
Directing
Biography
Eden Junjung is an Indonesian Director who graduated from the Film and Television Department at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta. He made his debut in the film industry as an Editor for several short films. His first short film as Director, ‘Flowers In The Wall’, was an official selection at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2016 in the ‘Lights of Asia’ category, Bogotá Short Film Festival 2016 in the International Competition program and Busan International Short Film Festival 2017. His second short film, ‘Happy Family’, was an official selection at the Valletta International Film Festival 2017 for the International Competition program, Taipei International Film Festival 2018, and Hanoi Film Festival 2018. Currently, he is developing his directorial debut feature film ‘Mayday’ with Producer Siska Raharja. In his films, he likes to explore topics such as human rights issues using motifs including; blurred history, fact and metaphors which contextually depict the current condition in Indonesia.
Known For
Ambar is a young mother who is forced to work in a sand mine after her husband mysteriously vanishes. But what she faces is not just the harshness of life, but also the intangible horrors that evoke old wounds and trauma.
Mad of Madness
Dyah and her son travel to the city to make a dead certificate for her husband, Wiji Thukul, who is an Indonesian poet. Dyah's journey turned into something strange since her family holds into belief that he is still alive.
Flowers in the Wall
Not having returned to Jogja for four years, Resnu promised that he would celebrate this year's Christmas Eve mass together with his mother. Anxiety and longing for the mother invades Restu's mind during the journey with his wife from Jakarta.
Natalan
After making phone calls for so many times and searching for words about his daughter without finding any exact answer
Happy Family
In the thick of the 1998 political tension in East Java, Indonesia, a guard leaves his post despite rumours of ninjas terrorising the town at night, to meet with his lover.
Bura
A couple tries to dig a freshly buried corpse for its ear. They believe it would bring wealth.