Di sebuah desa geger dengan temuan arca emas kuno. Seluruh warga desa berbondong-bondong ikut menggali untuk mendapatkan arca. Di suatu pekarangan rumah, seorang bapak tua menemukan arca emas, dan ia berusaha menutupi temuannya dari warga yang lain. Malamnya, bapak tua tersebut mengalami banyak keanehan dan gangguan yang tak jelas sumbernya. Semakin lama gangguan tersebut semakin menjadi. Film horor-politik ini adalah gambaran kegelisahan dan ketakutan warga terhadap pemerintah akibat temuan benda cagar budaya yang kini masih terjadi.

A village uproar with the findings of an ancient gold statue. All villagers flocked to participate in digging to get the statue. In a yard of a house, an old man found the gold statue, and he tried to cover up and not to let anyone know about it. Later that night, the old man suffered many peculiarities and disorders of obscure source. This political horror film shows the anxiety and fear of citizens to the government as a result of the findings of cultural heritage objects that are still going on till now in area of Java, Indonesia.

Title : Arca

English Title : The Statue

Film Type : Short Fiction

Genre : Horror Politics

Runtime : 12:46 minutes

Completion Date : Maret 2016

Production House : Montase Productions

Budget  : Rp 2.000.000,-  (150 USD)

Country of Origin  : Indonesia

Country of Filming : Indonesia

Shooting Locations : Palgading, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Shooting Format : HD

Aspect Ratio : 16:9

Film Color : Color

Sound : Stereo

Speed  : 25fps

Languange : Indonesian/Javanese

Producer : Melati Puspitasari

Director : Agustinus Dwi Nugroho

Script Writer : Moh. Azry, Agustinus Dwi Nugroho

Cinematographer : Antonius Rah Utomo

Ass. Camera : Rian Apriansyah

Audio : Gregorius Yogaswara Murti, Iqbal Ramadhan

Property and Artistic : Tiara Kristiningtyas, Rahma Nurlinda Sari, Prasaswo

Location Manager : Fandri Lis Malindra

Cast : Mukroni Subandrio

Isu yang menarik untuk diangkat adalah masalah pelestarian cagar budaya yang berbenturan dengan masalah sosial kemasyarakatan yang timbul, jika penemuan benda purbakala tersebut berada di wilayah milik seseorang terlebih jika lingkupnya luas. Perdebatan pihak tim pelestarian cagar budaya dan warga akan berlangsung alot jika tidak ada negosiasi yang kondusif, serta biaya kompensasi yang kurang memadai untuk pembebasan tanah warga. Persoalan ini sangat potensial terjadi di wilayah Yogyakarta dan sekitarnya dibandingkan dengan wilayah lain, karena di bawah lapisan yang kita pijak saat ini masih banyak situs purbakala peninggalan kejayaan Mataram Kuno yang dulu pernah dalam masa keemasan di wilayah Yogyakarta.

The issues raised was the problem of preservation of cultural heritage in conflict with the social problems that arise, if the discovery of archaeological objects are located in the area belonging to residents. Conflict between cultural heritage otority and citizens will be tough if the negotiations are not conducive, as well as inadequate compensation costs for the acquisition of land belonging to residents. This issue potentially occur in the region of Yogyakarta (Centre Java, Indonesia) and surrounding areas because under a layer beneath them are still hundreds even thousands relics from archaeological site of Ancient Mataram

Agustinus Dwi Nugroho lahir di Temanggung pada 27 Agustus 1990. Ia telah menjadi anggota Komunitas Film Montase sejak tahun 2008. Ia adalah salah satu anggota paling aktif di komunitas ini. Dalam produksi, ia fokus pada penyutradaraan dan penulisan naskah. Film-film yang telah ia garap adalah The Sacred of Kudus (2014), Ambarrukmo: Kedhaton dalam Pusaran Waktu (2015), Arca (2015), dan Reco (2015), beberapa diantaranya menang di festival film serta official selection di beberapa festival film internasional. Ia juga rajin mengisi seminar, workshop tentang penulisan naskah dan produksi film. Di masa studi lanjutnya, ia kini memproduksi film dokumenter bertema sejarah yang berjudul, The Paintings of War.

Agustinus Dwi Nugroho was born in Temanggung on August 27, 1990. He has been member of Montase Film Community, since 2008. He is one of the active members in his division at Montase. He is mostly focused on directing and scriptwriting. The films he directed before, The Sacred Of Kudus (2014), Ambarrukmo: Kedhaton dalam Pusaran Waktu (2015), Arca (2015), and Reco (2015), which some of them has achieved alot of film festivals Official selection, nominations and winning. He also holds up, seminars, workshops and public lectures in screenwriting. In the midst of the current study, he was making documentary film-themed national history and painting entitled The Paintings of War.

14th International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka 2016

Official Selection & Screening, Dhaka, Bangladesh

South East Asia Movie Open Program 2017

Official Sellection – Non Competition Program, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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