Screening
FILMIN
2nd NOV - 26th NOV
Film Information
Year: 2023
Duration: 99'
Language: VOSE
Genre: Drama
Synopsis
Orpa, 16, is a bookish Papuan girl whose father expects her to marry a wealthy man from Jayapura. Reluctant to accept her fate as a submissive housewife, she decides to run away one night to continue her education in Wamena, where she wants to learn more about the medicinal properties of Papuan plants. On her journey, she meets Ryan, a 28-year-old wannabe musician. As they travel and share their perspectives on life, a gentle friendship sparks between them. Their journey is fraught with difficulty, as they are chased by both Orpa’s father and the villagers, who accuse Ryan of murder.
Director
Theo Rumansara was born on 1989 in Biak, Papua. He never took art seriously until he won a film competition in his high school back in 2004, what made him transition from IT programmer to a musician-filmmaker and never looked back. In 2020 he won Jendela Papua, a talent scouting & filmmaking lab program which finally brought him closer to his chance to direct his first film Orpa, which won the Best Performance Award at the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival in 2022.
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