Indonesian Auteur's Edwin and His Short Films

A Very Slow Breakfast (2003) - When a boy is too confused to speak with his non-communicative family, words eventually lose their meaning. He decides to communicate with his dandruff and a cup of cold coffee instead. His father ignores these eccentricities, assuming it is just a ploy to get attention. Meanwhile, the boy's sister likes exercising seductively in front of men and is better able to capture her father's attention than her brother. Their mother is oblivious, perpetually talking to people on her mobile phone and the space the family occupies grows narrower and narrower. RATING: 6

Dajang Soembi - The Woman who Married to A Dog (2004) - Following the examples of silent cinema, Indonesian filmmaker Edwin uses expressionistic sets reminiscent of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and plot overtones of Oedipus Rex to retell an Indonesian folk tale about a beautiful but dull-witted princess who marries a dog. RATING: 7.

Kara, Daughter of A Tree (2005) - Hit by fate. A statue falling from the sky kills the mother of the newly born Kara. As a little girl, she goes to get her own back. Kara is a little girl living in an isolated place. Her father disappeared after Ronald killed her mother. A journalist's invasion of her life makes her decide to seek out Ronald and ask him the ultimate question. Ronald is Ronald MacDonald, and that doesn't give everything away. An exercise in absurdist globalism. RATING: 7

A Very Boring Conversation (2006) - A conversation that starts with music and emails, and ends up possibly changing the relationship between the two people from "mother-son" to "woman-man". RATING: 7

Trip To The Wound (2007) - Shila meets Carlo on a bus one night. Shila is a collector. She collects stories of wounds. Shila is constantly pining for the wound’s existence. This is a trip that Carlo will never forget.

Hulahoop Sounding (2008) - Was it black magic that took him from her? Or the vision of her rival’s swaying hips? Lana works at a phone sex company, and hula-hoops when calling her customers to make moaning sounds. RATING: 7.