“Like a bird, locked in a cage”
It took a while for the film to find its way from Indonesia to the European festivals. The road was not only long geographically, but also formally – TEGAR tells a story in a cinematographic way that Western eyes and ears are not used to. The film’s genesis story was shaped by filmmakers for whom inclusion is not an empty concept. In conversations with filmmaker Anggi Frisca and her partner / producer / medical doctor Chandra Sembiring, social impact stories far outweigh cinematic details.