Category: ARFF Amsterdam 2024 – Best Feature Film

Original Film Title: Satu Tungku Tiga Batu

Director’s Name: Irham Acho Bahtiar

Writer’s Name: Yuki

Producer: Pieter Ell, Irham Acho Bahtiar

Country of Origin: Indonesia

Country of Filming: Indonesia

Language: Indonesian

Runtime: 1 hour 22 minutes 53 seconds

Film Description:

Due to his illness, Abas asked his son, Idris, to continue the construction of the old church he was working on. Idris agreed to his father’s request even though he had to sacrifice his Masters scholarship. Hafsa made the same tough choice as Idris, feeling useless as the eldest child, she decided to leave Fakfak City and migrate to Jakarta to work there, leaving behind her parents and younger sister, Ludia. With tears and emotion, Hafsa left Fakfak, a city on the island of West Papua that has a philosophy of one stove three stones, a philosophy of very high tolerance inherent in the daily lives of Fakfak residents, especially religious tolerance, as happened to Mrs. Maria who lived under the same roof with a Javanese nurse named Ayu, a relationship created by the sad story of her daughter Yakomina.

Original Film Title: Money Game

Director’s Name: Julian Lowenthal

Writer’s Name: Julian Lowenthal, Brian Cheek, Daniel Washington

Producer: Julian Lowenthal, Russ Martin, Paul Speziale, Daniel Washington, Tim Harms

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes 38 seconds

Film Description:

Set during the Covid-19 pandemic: James, a young widowed father of two, struggles to navigate a broken financial system while fighting to give his daughters the life his late wife promised them.

Original Film Title: Atiende

Director’s Name: Jesus Guillermo Rodriguez Meneses

Writer’s Name: Jesus Guillermo Rodriguez Meneses, Francy Irene Rodriguez Meneses

Producer: Libis Antonieta Perdigon, Octavio Uxmar Rodriguez, Jesus Guillermo Rodriguez Meneses

Country of Origin: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Country of Filming: United States, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes 8 seconds

Film Description:

A series of murders of women are occurring in the city of Caracas, Venezuela. At the same time, Darío, a down-on-his-luck executive, tries to save his marriage. To do this, he seeks the help of a psychic. When everything begins to improve, he receives a fateful mission, the failure of which could cost his wife Camila her life. Dario will have to make the most fateful decision of his life.

Original Film Title: #Lovemyselfie

Director’s Name: Lika Berning

Writer’s Name: Helene Tuter

Producer: Vlokkie Gordon

Country of Origin: South Africa

Country of Filming: South Africa

Language: Afrikaans

Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes

Film Description:

When acclaimed actress Adele Swan (Illse Roos) discovers that her young lover has squandered all her savings and is sleeping with a millennial, she knows it’s showtime! Adele has no choice but to put on the performance of a lifetime to make everyone believe she is still worth it.
A trusted patron, George, gives her a chance to recover her debts if she will agree to be the face of his campaign. A competition on a luxury cruise to sell the exclusive units of the Silvertree Retirement Estate.
It is a significant blow to Adele’s ego who must partake in the Survivor for Seniors competition aboard the cruise-ship. Surprisingly she is teamed up with an old school friend, Winnifred, who opens the door to Adele’s past.

Original Film Title: I-21

Director’s Name: Peyton Savington

Writer’s Name: K Evans

Producer: K Evans

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes 27 seconds

Film Description:

After the disappearance of some of her close friends on her 21st birthday, overly determined Isa is left to pick up the pieces of the tragedy, fueled by her misdirected motivation, and at the expense of her boyfriend Liam alongside herself. Years later, lost, misguided, and frustrated, Isa is about to call it quits. But not before the lead, she’s been looking for comes knocking at her door.

Original Film Title: Stork of Hope

Director’s Name: Alexander Franskevich-Leie

Writer’s Name: Alexander Franskevich-Leie

Producer: Alexander Franskevich-Leie, Tomer Mecklberg

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Belarus, Germany, Israel

Language: Belarusian, Hebrew, Russian

Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes 31 seconds

Film Description:

In the early days of World War II, two Jewish brothers lost their parents during the Nazi invasion of Belarus. The boys were imprisoned in a German hospital and found many of their peers there. They were kept in inhuman conditions – hunger, cold, lack of sleep and rest. The only thing the boys had, their treasure – was a family portrait with mom and dad. Before the fascists separated brothers, each of them got half of it.
They will carry this treasure through their struggles and obstacles so that one day they can finally reunite.