aceh recovers

year 2008
running time: 36 minutes
format HDV
country indonesia
genre documentary

director
claire leona apps

cinematographer
maeve o'connell

after thirty years of conflict, the implementation of sharia law and being at the epicentre of the tsunami, millions of pounds has been pledged to aceh province in indonesia. now that the international NGO’s occupation is ending, will the sorbet-coloured houses and new infrastructure truly secure a bright future?

official selection at the philadelphia documentary & fiction festival