Must Watch! Check out 13 Interesting Facts about the Film 'YUNI', Ready to Represent Indonesia in the 2022 Oscars

Produced by Fourcolours Films, YUNI premiered in Indonesia on December 9th. 

The film YUNI has received much praise and recognition for its ability to immerse viewers into the daily struggles of teenagers, especially girls. 

Although it was just released in December in the country, the success of the film YUNI has been acknowledged worldwide. YUNI itself has won the prestigious Platform Prize at TIFF 2021.

Not only that, the lead actress Arawinda Karina has also won the Citra Award for Best Actress at the 2021 Indonesian Film Festival.

This film, written directly by Kamila Andini, tells the story of women's inspiration and is wrapped in a romance of love. 

YUNI became the first Indonesian film to use the Serang Javanese language. This language was chosen based on the background of filming YUNI in Serang, Banten. 

Through a long and time-consuming process, Kamila Andini started the idea of the YUNI story in December 2016. In the end, after going through various steps, the achievement of the YUNI film can be enjoyed by the public this year. 

Addressing the issue of child marriage, it is still considered very common in Indonesia, especially in areas where child marriage is considered normal and even encouraged for women. Accepting a man's proposal is considered more important than continuing education to a higher level.

The importance of education for women is still a stereotype in society that women are more important to find a partner than to pursue higher education.

The character of Yuni's story is presented simply but touches with the frame of poetry by the famous poet Sapardi Djoko Damono.

Various myths that haunt the lives of Indonesian women are also discussed in this film. The myth of rejecting marriage proposals more than twice is considered to make it difficult to find a partner in the future.

This film highlights many strong stereotypes of women in the eyes of society. Attachment, courage, and hopes of a woman are certainly common in everyday life, but unconsciously everything that is considered normal is still bound by the principles of right and wrong in society.

YUNI will also be Indonesia's representative at the 94th Oscar next year. This film was selected from the Best International Feature Film category selection.