A Punk Daydream

Belgium/ Indonesia, 2019, 65’
Director: Jimmy Hendrickx
Scripwriters: Jimmy Hendrickx and Kristian van Der Heyden
Cinematographer: Jimmy Hendrickx
Producer: Kristian van Der Heyden
Sound: Dijf Sanders, Paul Chambers
Editor: Jimmy Hendrickx
Production Company: Harald House

Left to fend for themselves on the fringes of a society and family that have stigmatized them, Jakarta’s young punks speak up. The conflict of teen punk Eka with his parents is driven by an intense quest for individual freedom. Meanwhile, not so far away, at one with the land and embracing similar ideals are the local traditional tribes, who have found freedom in perfect tune with nature, but struggle to maintain their identity.

Jimmy Hendrickx

Jimmy Hendrickx taught Film Studies and Mixed Media workshops at the Ghent Academy of Fine arts, while being a guest lecturer at local university colleges in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong.
His short film Semalu about an abandoned construction site with local kids in Malaysia, won several awards. In 2012, he landed in Indonesia and developed his ambitious project “A Punk Daydream”, gaining the following of thousands of local punks online. As a subject, Jimmy reflects on themes such as ecology, culture and politics, often through the eyes of youth and the oppressed. This is expressed in colorful portraits and stories of human characters.

Filmography
304 (1999),
Ill Pensili (2002),
Ode Aan Seagal (2003),
Semalu (2013),
Far West (2013),
A Hong Kong Opera (2018),
A Punk Daydream (2019).