For its 36th edition, FIDMarseille remains true to its mission: to spotlight independent cinema that is attentive to the echoes of the contemporary world and to the stories that reveal its fractures, both intimate and collective.

Primate Visions; Macaque Macabre, Primate Visions; Macaque Macabre

Natasha Tontey

Indonesia, Switzerland, 2024, Color, 33’

World Premiere

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A primatologist and his team free a group of black-crested macaques. Somewhere between eco-politics, speculative primatology and ritual performances, this furiously playful film questions the humanist truths that underpin our relationship with non-humans.

Technical sheet

  • Script:
    Natasha Tontey
  • Photography:
    Aditya Krisnawan
  • Editing:
    Arief Budiman
  • Music:
    Harsya Wahono
  • Sound:
    Harsya Wahono
  • Cast:
    Ng Astinovya Etheldreda, Fredy Sreudeman Wowor, Sylvester Presley Setligt, Kezia Alaia, Thereisje Ru’us, Novi Haryono, Aditya Pradipta Wardhana
  • Production:
    Denis Pernet (Audemars Piguet Contemporary), Natasha Tontey (Studio Natasha Tontey)
  • Contact:
    Natasha Tontey (Studio Natasha Tontey), Theodora Agni (New Pessimism Studio)
  • Commission:
    Audemars Piguet Contemporary

Filmography

  • Natasha Tontey

    • Of Other Tomorrows Never Known, 2023, 13'
    • Garden Amidst the Flame, 2022, 27'
    • Wa'anak Witu Watu, 2021, 24'