Amir Pohan

The magical surrealist journey of Asa, daughter of a shaman, who confronts her own mother, fighting for her own life and freedom.

Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, an urban melting pot of 15 million people, has hundreds of ethnic groups with different tribes and many Indonesian local languages. However, one thing can bring them together - football.

Nyoman, our hero, is the loneliest person he knows and has given up on the idea of ever finding love. Not even the moonlit escapades with his friends, nor the beauty that surrounds him can seem to lift his spirits. Until one night, pushed by despair, he curses at the moon and blames her for his fate. The next morning, Nyoman discovers his house has been shaken by an earthquake, and something unthinkable has grown in his garden

In the past Indonesia used to be ruled by mighty Kingdoms that relied on farming and fishing. Those days are over. The amount of farmers diminishes by 100.000 people every year. This film is about two sets of different people who have the same goal. One isabout a female sound recordist who is working on a documentary about hidden pyramids in the Java countryside and in her spare time she is recording sounds of nature. The other is a group of people who are Guerrilla Gardeners, Urban Farmers, who try to bring back a piece of nature into the concrete jungle of Jakarta.

A single Chinese-Indonesian mother have to save her daughter as the anti-Chinese riot rose near their neighborhood.

"They" reminisce about their stories of living on the Island of "Hope", hope for a long life, so they can feel the taste of going home one day, among free choices.