Jalanan will go down in Asian cinema history as the first feature-length documentary film from Indonesia to have had a substantial cinema run. It has also won a closetful of awards. Filmed over 5 years, the film follows the travails of 3 street musicians eking out a living in Jakarta. Jalanan tells the story of Boni, Ho and Titi – 3 gifted, charismatic street musicians in Jakarta over a tumultuous 5-year period.

 

Using the powerful soundtrack of the musicians' original compositions to drive the film, it traces their elusive quest for identity and love in the day-to-day of a city overrun by the effects of globalisation and corruption. 

 

 

AWARDS RECEIVED:

(2013) Best Documentary, Busan, South Korea; Special Mention, Jogja NETPAC;  (2014): Best Feature, Biografilm; Best Documentary, Shanghai Film & TV Festival; People’s Choice Award, Melbourne; Audience Award, Chopshots Jakarta

FESTIVALS PARTICIPATED IN:

(2014): Australia Asia Pacific Screen Awards; Chop Shots DocNet SEAsia, Indonesia; Israel Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival; Taiwan Urban Nomad Film Festival; Singapore Endeavours Documentary Film Festival; Italy Biografilm Festival; Tanzania Zanzibar International Film Festival; Burma Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival; Kerala International Documentary & Short Film Festival; Estonia Pärnu International Documentary Film Festival; Melbourne; Malaysia Freedom Film Festival; Calgary; Edmonton; Vancouver; Reykjavik, Iceland; Hawaii; Margaret Mead Film Festival , NYC; Zagreb, Croatia; Dok Leipzig, Germany