Exclusive: Singapore’s Momo Film Co has boarded Indonesian filmmaker Wregas Bhanuteja’s third feature film, Levitating (working title).
Principal photography for Levitating is slated to start in the third quarter of this year in Indonesia. The film takes place in a small suburban area where pleasure comes from being possessed by spiritual beings. It follows 20-year-old Bayu, who aspires to be the shaman for regular trance parties and later emerges as a critical figure to solve the area’s crisis in the face of an impending eviction.
Besides Momo Film Co and Bhanuteja’s Rekata Studio, Siera Tamihardja and Iman Usman will also serve as producers on Levitating.
In 2016, Wregas became the first Indonesian director to win an award at Cannes Film Festival after clinching the Discovery Prize for his short film Prenjak. Bhanuteja’s feature debut, Photocopier (2021) premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and later recorded three...
Principal photography for Levitating is slated to start in the third quarter of this year in Indonesia. The film takes place in a small suburban area where pleasure comes from being possessed by spiritual beings. It follows 20-year-old Bayu, who aspires to be the shaman for regular trance parties and later emerges as a critical figure to solve the area’s crisis in the face of an impending eviction.
Besides Momo Film Co and Bhanuteja’s Rekata Studio, Siera Tamihardja and Iman Usman will also serve as producers on Levitating.
In 2016, Wregas became the first Indonesian director to win an award at Cannes Film Festival after clinching the Discovery Prize for his short film Prenjak. Bhanuteja’s feature debut, Photocopier (2021) premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and later recorded three...
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- Deadline Film + TV
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- firstshowing.net
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