Rosa’s Flowers

After witnessing a traumatic event, Emily dreams about Rosa, her childhood friend in Jakarta. Memories of their friendship unfold in a small batik shop during the period of the Asian Financial Crisis (1997-1998). Unaware of the tensions around them, the girls listen to rock music, watch old films together, and Rosa shows Emily the batik pattern she created of beautiful flowers. But civil unrest soon catches up to them as violent riots across Jakarta threaten their safety. Emily must now confront her past in order to reunite with the memory of a friend she once loved, and the beauty of the place she called home.

Film Content Advisory: Grief, Emotional Pain, Violence, Flashing Images

Credits
Writer: Amanda Ann-Min Wong
Producer: Rebeca Ortiz, Fonna Seidu
Executive Producer: Amanda Ann-Min Wong
Director of Photography: Benjamin Wong
Editor: Kathryn Lyons, Noel Pendawa
Production Designer: Chelsea Attong
Composer: Dwi Riana
Sound Designer: Alana Raymond
Music: Dwi Riana, Nerdy Girl

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Borderlands

Explore liminal worlds – those in-between realms where reality blurs, time shifts, and identities are in flux. Through themes of transition, from childhood to womanhood or the spiritual to the physical, these films invite us into the charged, transformative moments of change.