Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy
Basri and Salma are a husband and wife who own an Odong-Odong, a carousel for kids. Every day, they go around the neighborhood entertaining and taking care of other people’s children. They have been married for five years, but have not yet been blessed with a child. What might the reason be?
- Indonesia
- 2023, 15 min
- Director: Khozy Rizal
- Director of photography: Andi Moch Palaguna
- Editor: Khozy Rizal
- Screenplay: Khozy Rizal
- Music: Abdul Chaliq DP
- Sound: Sutarjo
- Cast: Arham Rizky Saputra, Rezky Chiki, Hj. Sugiati, Alghifari Jasin, Alif Anggara
- Art Director: Bilal Raviadi
- Producer: John Badalu, Sue Turley
- Production: Hore Pictures, XRM Media
Khozy Rizal
Khozy Rizal is an Indonesian filmmaker. He began his career with Makassar is a City for Football Fans (2021), which was funded by YouTube Creators for Change and the Mobile Film Festival. The film was shown in competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, won the Jury Prize for the Short Film Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival: Asia, and was selected by various other festivals. His second short film, Basri and Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy (2023), premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.