Exhausted? Watching a Film Might Be the Answer
- Ailsa Luthfia Indrasari Laksana Putri
- Ailsa Luthfia Indrasari Laksana Putri
Siklus hidup kita belakangan ini rasanya makin monoton. Pagi sampai sore kuliah, malamnya dikejar tugas sampai larut, lalu ditutup dengan doomscrolling TikTok atau Reels sampai subuh. Niat awal sebenarnya cuma ingin mencari hiburan untuk melepas penat. Namun, alih-alih merasa segar, kepala malah makin pening dan hati makin dirayapi FOMO akibat asupan konten instan yang tidak ada habisnya. Jika kamu juga mulai merasa jenuh dengan lingkaran setan algoritma media sosial yang melelahkan itu, mungkin ini waktu yang tepat untuk mengambil jeda sejenak lewat film.
Di balik keseruannya, meluangkan waktu untuk menikmati sebuah cerita yang utuh sebenarnya menyimpan banyak manfaat tersembunyi yang sangat kita butuhkan saat ini, di antaranya:
- Retraining our focus as a form of digital detox In an era when our brains are constantly forced to digest rapid-fire, ten-second video clips, our attention span has been quietly eroding without us even noticing. Watching a 90-to-120-minute film helps us slow our rhythm back down, savor the storytelling process, appreciate visual detail, and retrain our minds to settle into a complete narrative again.
- A safe space to validate our emotions For a generation constantly facing piles of high expectations and uncertainty, cinema often becomes the most honest safe space available. Watching a character on screen go through an existential crisis, feel lost, or have their heart broken brings a strange sense of relief, a reminder that we’re not alone in this world. Cinema works by lending us someone else’s eyes, helping us untangle complicated emotions we struggle to even define ourselves.
- Communal energy that chips away at loneliness Watching alone on a phone in a boarding room is certainly convenient, but something magical gets lost in that silence. At its core, watching a film is about sharing an emotional experience. There’s an irreplaceable energy in holding your breath together as a conflict reaches its peak, or laughing freely in the dark alongside people who are on the same wavelength. We need physical spaces to gather, exchange perspectives, and talk warmly together once the lights come back on.
It’s exactly this kind of living, organic, and warm collective space that Sewon Screening 12 is trying to weave back together this time around. Amid the exhaustion of campus life and the crush of final assignments, this festival feels like an alternative meeting point, a chance to return to the true essence of cinema.
Through a curation of honest, fresh, and bold works, we’re invited to revisit anxieties that might capture exactly what we’re going through today. In the end, spending time here isn’t just about showing up and watching, it’s a shared way of resting our minds, taking care of stories, and celebrating each other’s presence in front of the same screen.
by Ailsa Luthfia Indrasari Laksana Putri
by Ailsa Luthfia Indrasari Laksana Putri
Editor Arina Chuuriyyah Herawati
Editor Arina Chuuriyyah Herawati
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