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After Colossus

Berlinale Shorts 2025
© TAK STUDIOWORKS
Amid the mass hysteria over the killings of alleged sorcerers following the collapse of Suharto’s authoritarian regime in 1999, a group of researchers discovers a sack of mysterious documents. As they sift through its contents – unsettling reports, enigmatic photographs and fragmented recordings – they gradually piece together a hidden story: a secretive military project in which rural children were taken and subjected to covert experiments and indoctrination. In this fiction film, steeped in magical realism and mysticism, formats like Super 8mm, Hi8, Video8, digital 35mm and AI-generated images are employed to reflect on Indonesia’s turbulent past.
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by Timoteus Anggawan Kusno (Director, Screenplay), Johannes Weill (Screenplay)
with Ari Dwianto, Jamaluddin Latif, Nizar Tama, Annisa Hertami, Berti Galang, Anita Reza Zein, Irfan Darajat, Aryudha Fasha Italy / Indonesia / Netherlands 2024 Indonesian 29' Colour International premiere

With

  • Ari Dwianto (Rafflesia 4, Rampak Buto)
  • Jamaluddin Latif (Doctor, Shaman, Rampak Buto)
  • Nizar Tama (Young Rafflesia)
  • Annisa Hertami (Warna)
  • Berti Galang (Gatot)
  • Anita Reza Zein (Bening)
  • Irfan Darajat (Instructor)
  • Aryudha Fasha (Soldier)

Crew

Director Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
Screenplay Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, Johannes Weill
Cinematography Aditya Kresna
Editing Krisna E. Putranto
Music Ananda Badudu, Gardika Gigih
Sound Design Hengga Tiyasa, Prima Setiawan
Production Design Annisa P. Cinderakasih, Gata Mahardika
Casting Jamaluddin Latif
Producer Leonardo Bigazzi
Co-Producers Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, Anita Reza Zein

Produced by

Lo schermo dell'arte

TAK STUDIOWORKS

Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci

Photos

Timoteus Anggawan Kusno

© ED Mayasari

The Indonesian artist and filmmaker works at the intersection of film, history and memory with a particular focus on colonial and dictatorial legacies. His art projects have been exhibited around the world including at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Taipei, Bozar in Brussels and the Gwangju Biennale. His films have screened in Rotterdam, at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen and DOK Leipzig. He received a Locarno Residency in 2024.

Filmography (short films)

2016 Travel Bag 2017 Others or ‘rust en orde’ 2018 The Death of a Tiger · Edelweiss 2021 Wounds and Venom I Carry as I’m Running · Ghost Light 2022 Reversal · Terra Incognita 2023 Dear Shadow, My Old Friend · Anatomy of Nostalgia 2024 Afterlives · After Colossus · Fever Dream 2025 Unreleased · Tropical Lacunæ

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025