Primate Visions; Macaque Macabre
Singapore Premiere
Natasha Tontey Indonesia, Switzerland 2024 32 min PG
Drawing on Minahasan mythology and the mawolay ritual, in which villagers don monkey costumes to “become macaque,” the characters in this work of speculative fiction play out dynamics between primatology and evolutionary science, exposing the carnivalesque nature of human/non-human relations.
Synopsis Writer: Gabriel Goh
Q&A with Filmmaker(s)
29 Nov, Sat 4:30PM / 94 min
Oldham Theatre
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Primate Visions; Macaque Macabre
Natasha Tontey
Indonesia, Switzerland
2024
English, Tontemboan, Melayu Minahasa, Bahasa Indonesia
32 min
PG
Singapore Premiere
Natasha Tontey
Natasha Tontey is a Minahasan artist whose work explores fictional histories and indigenous mythologies. Her film Of Other Tomorrows Never Known (2023) premiered at the 34th SGIFF.
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