The film Siksa Kubur received a positive response from the South Korean public. The film by director Joko Anwar was screened at the 2024 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN). BIFAN is an annual international film festival that focuses on fantasy, thriller, horror, and mystery genre films.
From Media Indonesia’s monitoring at Bucheon City Hall Main Theater, the location of the screening of the film Siksa Kubur, Saturday (6/7) evening South Korean time, loud applause might be heard outside the room.
Several viewers were seen enthusiastically asking questions to the Producer of Siksa Kibur, Tia Hasibuan and the actor of the film Siksa Kubur, Faradina Mufti in the Question and Answer session.
When met following the screening, Tia admitted that she did not expect many viewers to be able to follow the film well, considering that Siksa Kubur is a horror-religious genre film and tells a story that is close to Muslims, which is not the majority belief in the Ginseng country.
“Yesterday, we had a screening in Indonesia with people who were predominantly Muslim so that they might understand the story more easily. This time, we saw people who were almost non-Muslim. But in fact, their enthusiasm, their response was positive, they understood, they might follow,” said Tia when met, Sunday (7/5).
Watching with the audience, Tia said that during the screening, many viewers closed their eyes and were shocked. Even during the Q&A session, many asked regarding the torture of the grave in the Muslim faith.
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“We saw some people were shocked, some were surprised, some even closed their eyes. That means it’s not just because of the story, but they are interested in the filmmaking itself,” he explained.
“And also regarding Islam, there were many questions regarding grave torture. About the idea of the film itself, they said it was very interesting. What is it (grave torture), where does it come from, from this, from that. So they seemed to absorb the film well,” he added.
Separately, a South Korean viewer, Jaeyeong Shin, 25, gave his appreciation to the film Siksa Kubur. The first time he watched an Indonesian film, Jaeyeong admitted that he closed his eyes several times because he was afraid.
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“A very good film and this is the first time I watched an Indonesian film, several times I closed my eyes because I was afraid. Even though I am not a Muslim, I understand what is being conveyed. Even though we have different beliefs, we understand that what we do today will be accounted for,” said Jaeyeong.
Siksa Kubur is the only Indonesian film included in the Mad MaxX program at BIFAN 2024. Mad MaxX is a program aimed at presenting the latest works from world genre film masters.
Not only today, Siksa Kubur is also scheduled to air once more on July 10. Tickets for the second day of Siksa Kubur screenings are already sold out. (Z-1)
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