My Beloved Atjeh (2006)

The tsunami of late 2004 killed roughly 170.000 residents in Aceh only, and turned thousands of children into orphans. This film tells a few stories from the disaster; about the life of a victim, about activities in Islamic traditional education center, and about a few local artists offering "ubat-ate" (comforting songs and prayers) to the children. In this touching documentary, an Acehnese child shares his vision of his homeland. "When the first day I shot at Ule Lheu coast which years ago it was my playground, I was so devastated, angry, couldn't believe and my tears