MIKTA for Change:
Screen & Dialogue on SDGs
MIKTA Short Film Festival
“MIKTA for Change: Screen & Dialogue on SDGs” is designed to raise awareness and foster dialogue on the role of MIKTA in global diplomacy, with a strong focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event will feature student presentations on SDGs issues and dialogue with 5 MIKTA representatives from Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Türkiye, and Australia, followed by a film screening of 5 films selected by each MIKTA countries.
Woman of the Earth / Mujer de tierra
Evelyn Mercedes Muñoz Marroquín
Mexico, 2021
15 min
IMCINE & Manifesto Ojo Cine
In the nahua community of Hueyapan, Puebla, we encounter the stories of a generation of women that have challenged society. Through their embroidery work, their innate rebelliousness and their self-belief, they have joined forces to transform themselves and the history of their own community.
The Stars Whisper / 별들은 속삭인다
Yeo Seon-Hwa / 여선화
South Korea, 2018
18 min
Central Park
Yeon-hee, a deaf girl who transferred from the city to the countryside, wants to hide her sign language. However, she is caught signing with her father by her school mate, Young-jun. Meanwhile, Young-jun is interested in sign language that he saw for the first time.
BALE
Rahmad Larae
Indonesia, 2022
19 min
Sinyo, a young boy born in Banda Neira, relentlessly pursues his dream of meeting a pilot. Eventually, Sinyo is lulled into a deep sleep by his dreams. Until one morning, Sinyo had to accept reality, which greeted him gently and brought a smile to his face.
MIKTA Short Film Festival
Lack / Eksik
Volka Budak
Türkiye, 2019
10 min
Volkan Budak
Yusuf is a little boy living with his mother in a village. Whilst doing his daily routine of delivering milk, he tries to perceive the shortcomings in his life within the frame of life and death.
What Was it Like?
Genevieve Clay-Smith
Australia, 2020
15 min
Bus Stop Films
Eight filmmakers with intellectual disability interview their parents about what it was like when doctors delivered the news of their diagnosis.
Withered / Layu
Vaisnava Vidia Mahatma & Makkah Ramadhan
Indonesia, 2022
15 min
FISIP UI for UI Art War
This is the story of Ayu, a 17-year-old singer forced to marry by her father. She was named Ayu in the hope that she would be beautiful, like her name. However, now, perhaps she would be better called Layu.
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