You and I is a 2020 documentary film directed by Fanny Chotimah in her feature directorial debut, based on the photo book Pemenang Kehidupan by Adrian Mulya and Lilik HS. The film had its world premiere at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival on 18 September 2020. It won the Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Indonesian Film Festival.
Premise Kaminah and Kusdalini met while in prison as political prisoners for participating in a youth choir during the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66. After being released from prison, they lived together, having been ostracized by those closest to them due to the stigma of communism.
Production In 2015, photographer Adrian Mulya and writer Lilik HS released the photo book titled Pemenang Kehidupan (), featuring the women political prisoners during the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, including Kaminah and Kusdalini. Yulia Evina Bhara, who also produced the book, offered director Fanny Chotimah to adapt the story into a documentary film. The research and production began in 2016. The project participated in Festival Film Dokumenter Masterclass in 2016, Docs By the Sea and DMZ Docs Fund in 2017.
Release You and I had its world premiere at the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival on 18 September 2020, where it won the Asian Perspective competition. It served as the closing film of 15th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival on 29 November 2020. It had its European premiere at the 2021 CPH:DOX, winning the Next:Wave Award.
Video on demand service Bioskop Online acquired the film's distribution, releasing it on 9 April 2021.
Accolades Award / Film Festival Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 24 September 2020 Asian Perspective AwardFanny Chotimah Indonesian Film Festival 5 December 2020 Best Documentary Feature Maya Awards6–7 March 2021 Best Documentary Feature Film Iqbal Rais Award for Best Directorial Debut Feature CPH:DOX 30 April 2021 Next:Wave Award
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