Thursday, November 28, 2024

20th HORRORFEST Film Festival AWARDS (2024)

"Suzzanna : the Queen of Black Magic" won as Best Documentary at HorrorFest South Africa, Cape Town!


Yay!

So far, "Suzzanna:the Queen of Black Magic" won some awards:
Best Documentary at HorrorFest South Africa, Hallucinea Film Festival, & Birmingham Horror Film Festival. Second place at Phantasmagoria Horror Film Festival.
And Special Mention, Directing Awards at Jakarta Film Week

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Dewan Juri Akhir Kritik Film FFI 2024

Tahun ini, kembali saya berkontribusi di FFI (Festival Film Indonesia).

Kali ini, sebagai anggota  Dewan Juri Akhir Kritik Film FFI 2024.

Berikut cuplikannya:





Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Video Essay: What Makes A Film A Pocong Film?


a Video Essay by Ekky Imanjaya, Nayla Majestya, Adrianus Merdhi.
Film Department, Binus University

Friday, September 20, 2024

Suzzanna goes to Birmingham! (Cine-Excess!)

 Suzzanna goes to Birmingham!

 

“Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic” just got selected at Cine-Excess!

https://www.cine-excess.co.uk/uploads/1/1/4/9/11492528/cine-excess_2024_schedule_final_version.docx.pdf

 

UK viewers have access for 24 on Saturday 26 October 2024 in “Cine-Excess Shock Till You Drop (Online)” program. Yay!

 

Cine-excess is a very prestigious event and a meeting point between filmmakers and film scholars working on cult movies.

In the past, I presented 2 papers and published a paper there!

So far, Suzzanna October schedule:

Sitges Film Festival (Spain, 12 October), World Premiere

https://sitgesfilmfestival.com/en/film/2024/suzzanna-queen-black-magic

Phantasmagoria Horror Film Festival  (UK,  13 October), UK Premiere

https://www.phff-wrexham.com/

Cine-Excess (UK, 26 October).

 

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Behind the Scene: "The Queen of The Black Magic", LIVE AT SEA TODAY NEWS

 Behind the Scene: "The Queen of The Black Magic", LIVE AT SEA TODAY NEWS.

Part 1:



Part 2:





Part 2:



Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Best Documentary at Hallucinea Film Festival, Paris.

 "Suzzanna: Queen of Black Magic" (David Gregory, 2024), a feature-lenght documentary that I co-produced, won an award at


Hallucinea Film Festival, Paris.

Yay!
Alhamdulillah.
Next Stop:
 Sitges Film Festival & Phantasmagoria Horror Film Festival (12/13 Oct).

Monday, August 26, 2024

“Suzzanna” Premiere di Sitges!

Dokumenter panjang “Suzzanna : The Queen of Black Magic” (David Gregory, 2024)  akan premiere di Sitges Film Festival, pada 12 Oktober 2024.


Film ini juga terdapat dalam boxset “All The Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium Of Folk Horror Vol. 2 [13-Disc Blu-ray Box Set + Hardcover Book]  yang sedang dalam tahap pre-order. Di Kumpulan 13 disc ini, documenter tersebut akan double bill dengan film Suzanna, “Sundel Bolong” (Sisworo Gautama Putra, 1981).

Info lebih lanjut dan pemesanan, bisa dibaca di sini:  

Film produksi Severin Films ini juga melibatkan kru dari Indonesia, tim Jakarta dan tim Jogja/Magelang, dan Ekky Imanjaya bertindak sebagai co-produser bersama sutradara David Gregory. Documenter ini mewawancarai tokoh-tokoh dari keluarga seperti Clift Sangra (suami) dan Kiki Maria (putri), penata make-up alm Dindin Syamsudin,  produser legendaris  Gope Samtani dan Ram Soraya serta Shanker, sutradara Joko Anwar, hingga kritikus film Hikmat Darmawan dan akademisi film seperti Quirine van Heeren dan Thomas Barker.


Berikut trailernya: 


 


Info terkait Suzzanna di Sitges, di antaranya bisa disimak di :

- Rue Morgue 

- Daily Dead