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About the Filmmaker

Leonard Retel Helmrich is a film director at Scarabeefilms (Netherlands) whose critically acclaimed documentaries about Indonesia have won him several international prizes. As the developer of single-shot cinema (a theoretical perspective and practical technique involving long takes with a constantly moving camera) and the SteadyWing (a camera mount that enables greater stability and maneuverability while shooting), Retel Helmrich has taught workshops around the world. During his Radcliffe fellowship year, co-sponsored by the Harvard Film Study Center, he will work on a documentary titled “Position of the Stars,” which reveals the effects of globalization, commercialization, and the interpretation of Islam in Indonesia through the eyes of a 16-year-old girl.

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