House No. 15

Synopsis

Jakarta, Indonesia. Monsoon season. Children are at play in their flooded house, located in the riverside area of Ciliwung, known for its informal housing settlements. What unfolds before the camera is an intimate, playful, and unpredictable scene as local residents carry on with life in the murky waters of their flooded basement accommodation. This single-shot film was recorded in 2014 a few months before the mass eviction of the neighbourhood that was the prelude to the demolition of the entire neighborhood by the local government.