Women's Film Screening: Yuni

Director: Kamila Andini
Country: Indonesia
2021, Feature Film, 95 minutes
Language: Indonesian with English subtitles
Age Suitability: 18+

Yuni is a smart girl with bright dreams, aspiring to enter university. One day she rejects a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows. When she rejects a second proposal, it triggers a concern relating to a local myth: if two proposals are rejected, a person will never marry. Poetry becomes her escape, her means of disappearing and hiding from the world. She finds solace in the verses, if only for a moment.

Reality comes crashing down on her one day, when her literature teacher Pak Damar becomes the third man to propose to her. Yuni faces two options: to run away with Yoga, a shy younger boy from her school, or to get married to Pak Damar. Both sound like a good deal, but does marriage have to be reduced to transactional ‘deals’?

Content Warning: The film may contain content that could cause discomfort for some viewers.

Additional & Accessiblity Info 

Age Suitability: For audiences aged 18 years and above.

Language: The film will be in Indonesian with English subtitles.

Content Warning: The film may contain content that could cause discomfort for some viewers.

Artist Bio

Kamila Andini

Kamila Andini is a mother and filmmaker based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She released her debut feature film The Mirror Never Lies in 2011, and her second feature The Seen and Unseen in 2017. Both films have travelled through more than 50 film festivals around the world, receiving about 30 awards nationally and internationally, including the Grand Prix award for best feature film in Berlinale Generation Kplus in 2018.