Annah la Javanaise
Nominated for Best Animated Film
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6' • Indonesia • 2020
French, Indonesian
Director: Fatimah Tobing Rony
Producer: Fatimah Tobing Rony
Writer: Fatimah Tobing Rony
Cast: Rosana Nur Cikita, Oom Umiyati, Imam Wahyudi, Karen Strassman, Jean-Michel Richaud
Visual and Animation Direction: Ariel Victor
Original Score and Sound Design: Aghi Narottama
In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin as his maid and model. They called her Annah la Javanaise. This is a reimagining of her story.
Director's Bio: Fatimah Tobing Rony is a writer, director, producer, and professor. CHANTS OF LOTUS [PEREMPUAN PUNYA CERITA] (2008), was distributed and exhibited in major theaters in Indonesia, and in film festivals around the world. ANNAH LA JAVANAISE was an Official Selection of the 2020 Annecy International Festival for Animated Film and won Best Short Film at Anifilm, Liberec, Czech Republic. Her feature film project, also titled ANNAH LA JAVANAISE, won an international competition to be presented at the MIFA Feature Film Pitch, 2021 Annecy International Festival for Animated Film. She received a MFA in Directing from UCLA's School of Film, Theater, and Television, and a Ph.D. in the History of Art from Yale University.