Logline

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A man wakes up in a big house on top of the world, displaced and alone. His finding a way out gradually becoming his journey of self-discovery, while figuring out the essence of his existence.

  

Approach

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Guided by a Javanese narrator, the film is a monologue depicting situations faced by the character, which gradually turned into dialogues between the character and the narrator. Sonically, the film explores different contrasting soundscapes belonging to each individual situation where the character discover a way out, as well as the overall atmosphere of the big house the character is found in. It also explore the indigenous soundscapes that culturally illustrates the character's background and point of views as he progresses in the film.

 

Concept and universal message

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As a human being, we are constantly doubtful of what we do, holding on to objectives to give our life meanings. It is also in our nature to adapt, which often mentally resulted in the feeling of displacement and inquisitive of our own behaviors. This films aims to explore one possibility of dealing or thriving in such situation, within its literal or analogical setting. 

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Production stage 

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Having circulated for a period of time within underground communities in Belgium and Hungary, including several underground festivals, I had to take Hubris out from discreet public viewings due to half a dozen copyright infringements in the form of soundscapes, including the use of samples from bands such as Tool, Michael Vescera Project, Kitaro and Jon Anderson of Yes, Steve Vai and Devin Townsend, Joe Hishaishi, Nick Bartsch's Ronin, Magnus Ostrom, Collin McPhee, as well the complete piece of music from Flaskvartetten, which I have secured synchronization right from. I am currently working to get post production funding and residence to re-interpret and record its own music.