Constructed

Constructed

2025
10m
10.0

10.0/10

1 votes

"Fiction or Nonfiction?"

Overview

After 12 years of documentary courses being absent as a form of Integrated Practicum in the Film Department at IKJ, Bikeska, Paul, Arrivo, and Raihanul chose to break the tradition. Amidst the dominance of fiction films, which are considered more prestigious, they chose documentaries due to budget constraints and a desire to respond to the world in a more honest and intimate way. Their poetic documentary film captures two layers of reality: a man who draws architectural spaces, and the laborers who build them. However, the process led to a creative crisis and the images were too structured as the treatment felt like fiction filmmaking. The question arose: were they recording reality or constructing it? The camera turned around, highlighting the team’s process and confusion. Ultimately, the film not only captures space and labor, but also reflects that documentaries, like buildings, are the result of construction and choice.

Status: Released

Budget: $10

Language: ID

Production Information

Production Companies
Institut Kesenian Jakarta
Spoken Languages
Indonesian

Keywords

Quick Facts

Release Date November 22, 2025
Status Released
Language ID

Cast

Bikeska sanara
Bikeska sanara

Bikeska (director)

Arrivo atha ananta
Arrivo atha ananta

Arrivo (editor)

Paul Nicholas
Paul Nicholas

Paul (Producer)

Raihanul Adha
Raihanul Adha

Raihanul (DOP)

Key Crew

Jonathan Gradiyan
Director
Jonathan Gradiyan
Producer
Jonathan Gradiyan
Writer