'' Prenjak '' was registered to 2016 Cannes Film Festival three days before the closing . The film then won the Leica Cine Discovery Prize . The film is the first Indonesian film to win at the festival in any category . According to '' Femina '' , Charles Tesson praised '' Prenjak '' as " a film with a surprisingly deep poetry " . Tesson , quoted by '' Rappler '' , added that the film is " dark and ornery , about how earning a living is the same as a game of matches . " '' Rappler '' also quoted Marie-Paulline Molaret , one of the jury , said that " Bhanuteja got rid of bad impression of peeking and made it as an entertaining , soft poetry . " After winning the international festival , '' Prenjak '' was screened by Kinosaurus a micro-cinema in Jakarta . The film was also screened at Institut Francais Indonesia Jakarta on 2 June 2016 . Pangerang writing for '' Kompas '' identified '' Prenjak '' as black comedy , showing a sad story of a woman by simple jokes . Ratnaning writing for ''Liputan6.com '' claimed that its simplicity of " the plot , setting , and shooting technique " makes the film as natural and close to viewers
2016 Cannes Film Festival
2016 Cannes Film Festival
Prenjak