Film ini diinspirasi dari kisah nyata perjalanan 5 orang asing yang akan berimigrasi ke wilayah Australia secara ilegal menggunakan perahu nelayan dari wilayah Jawa. Sebelum memulai perjalanan mereka harus menunggu di sebuah rumah tua besar yang membuat mereka merasa tak nyaman. Salah seorang dari mereka merekam semua perjalanan dengan video, dan malamnya situasi berkembang semakin aneh.
This movie inspired by true story about five asylum seekers who were going to immigrate illegally to Australia. Before starting the journey, they had to wait in a very weird house which was uncomfortable for them. One of them was making a documentary of their journey and things went very strange after midnight.
Title : Journey to The Darkness
Original Title : Safar be Tariki
Film Type : Fiction
Runtime : 19:58 minutes
Production House : Montase Productions, Rudan Pictures
Completion Date : 20 April 2017
Budget : US$ 400
Country of Origin : Indonesia
Country of Filming : Indonesia
Shooting Format : HD
Aspek Rasio : 16:9
Film Color : Color
Sound : Stereo
Languange : Javanese & Persian
Producer : Himawan Pratista, Mohammad Mozafari
Director : Mohammad Mozafari
Scriptwriter : Himawan Pratista, Mohammad Mozafari
Cinematographer : Antonius Rah Utomo
Audio : Rian Apriansyah
Editor : Moh. Azry
Cast : Soleiman Hajebi, Mohammad Mozafari, Mumtaz Khan Chopan, Nesar Ahmad Esar, Ljubica Lukovic
Imigrasi ilegal kini masih menjadi isu serius di dunia. Ratusan imigran ilegal asal Timur Tengah, ada di wilayah Jawa. Mereka meminta perlindungan dari PBB untuk meminta suaka, namun proses ini memakan waktu hingga bertahun-tahun lamanya. Mereka yang tak sabar memutuskan untuk menggunakan perahu nelayan untuk menyeberang ke Australia secara ilegal. Film menggambarkan betapa beresikonya perjalanan mereka dengan menyampaikan pesan agar tidak menggunakan cara berbahaya ini dimana nyawa sebagai taruhannya.
Illegal immigrating is a serious issue all over the world. There are hundreds of asylum seekers from Middle Eastren country who are in Indonesia, mostly in Java.They have requested protection from United Nation to take them to a safe country but as they realise the refugee proccessing takes years, most of them decide to go by boat illegally to Australia. This film is showing how scary the way they go through and a message to tell, not to use illegal way and risk their life on the little boat going through huge ocean.
Mohammad Mozafari adalah sutradara asal Iran yang lahir di Qatar. Ia mulai menonton film sejak usia 7 tahun. Ia tinggal dan menetap di Kota Yogyakarta dan bertemu Komunitas Film Montase yang memotivasinya untuk lebih jauh mempelajari film. Journey to the Darkness adalah film debutnya.
Mohammad Mozafari is an Iranian who was born in Qatar. He started watching movies since he was 7 years old. He came to Indonesia met Montase Film Community which motivated him to focus on studying film. Journey to the Darkness is his first film.
Jogja Asian Film Festival 2017 – JAFF NETPAC
Official Selection –“Asian Perspective” – Screening at Empire XXI & CGV J-Walk, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
4th Al Nahj International Film Festival 2018
Official Selection, Karbala, Iraq
Australian Imigration Film Festival 2018
Selected for Screening at Monash University, Australia
3rd Global Migration Film Festival 2018
Special Short Selection for Indonesian Screening, Jakarta, Indonesia
8th Piala Maya 2019
Nominasi Film Pendek Terbaik, Jakarta, Indonesia
5th First Time Filmmaker Session 2019 – Lift-Off Film Festival United Kingdom
Official Selection, Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom