Monica Vanesa Tedja

A tender, melancholic night is experienced through the eyes of three women as they struggle to find themselves in this ever-changing jungle of Jakarta.

Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.

24-year-old Tim navigates the tensions of being in a large, tight-knit, religious family and the hidden desires of his soon-to-be married cousin, his ailing grandmother, and his own queerness.

24-year-old Tim navigates the tensions of being in a large, tight-knit, religious family and the hidden desires of his soon-to-be married cousin, his ailing grandmother, and his own queerness.

Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.

Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.

Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.

A 27-year-old Indonesian, Tim, is having a family vacation with both of his parents on a remote island far from the city, where they learn about the myth of a reincarnated deer that exists somewhere along the beach. Island locals believe that seeing the deer is a sign of meeting one’s soulmate. Tim is the only one who secretly hoping to discover the deer, hiding his desire from his very devout Christian parents.

A 27-year-old Indonesian, Tim, is having a family vacation with both of his parents on a remote island far from the city, where they learn about the myth of a reincarnated deer that exists somewhere along the beach. Island locals believe that seeing the deer is a sign of meeting one’s soulmate. Tim is the only one who secretly hoping to discover the deer, hiding his desire from his very devout Christian parents.

Callie is a 10 year-old girl who's intrigued when she saw two 15 year-old boys on her pick-up shuttle bus making a hand gesture which is considered as symbol related to sex. Callie doesn't know the meaning of the gesture and she can't stop thinking about it. From that moment onward, she insists to find out about it by asking adults around her.

Callie is a 10 year-old girl who's intrigued when she saw two 15 year-old boys on her pick-up shuttle bus making a hand gesture which is considered as symbol related to sex. Callie doesn't know the meaning of the gesture and she can't stop thinking about it. From that moment onward, she insists to find out about it by asking adults around her.

A quirky yet insecure 17-year-old girl named Maria V., who’s raised in a Catholic family and school, always masturbates before she goes to sleep. One day, her school arranges a church camp, in which requires all of its students to pray and spend the night together in a secluded place. A few days before the camp, Maria V. finds out that she has to share her room with a fellow student, Maria P. - the smartest, most beautiful and religious girl in her school. To save her pride, Maria V. struggles to fall asleep that night without having to masturbate.

A quirky yet insecure 17-year-old girl named Maria V., who’s raised in a Catholic family and school, always masturbates before she goes to sleep. One day, her school arranges a church camp, in which requires all of its students to pray and spend the night together in a secluded place. A few days before the camp, Maria V. finds out that she has to share her room with a fellow student, Maria P. - the smartest, most beautiful and religious girl in her school. To save her pride, Maria V. struggles to fall asleep that night without having to masturbate.

Driven by childlike curiosity and the desire to get to know his new German home better, 9-year-old Hamid has made it his business to observe his surroundings with his binoculars and to document the actions of other people in his neighborhood. When one day a homeless woman comes into his field of vision, he realizes that the time has come for him to leave his observation post on his balcony at home.