Johan Amatsakio
Country: United Kingdom, Indonesia
Language: English, Dutch
Year: 2026
Format: Digital, Color
TRT: 20 min
Synopsis: Girl Mirage is an experimental essay film that collages memories of the past and present as a tribute to the girl who chose otherwise. Created for an extra-credit university programme, it follows the filmmaker’s return to Yogyakarta twenty years after their first trip with their family, including their Oma. By returning to Indonesia as an adult and navigating gender transition, the film explores shifting identity in bodies, place, language, and cultural representation.
《女孩海市蜃樓》是一部實驗散文電影，將過去與現在的記憶拼貼在一起，以此向那位做出不同選擇的女孩致敬。本片最初是為大學的一項加分計畫而創作，記錄了導演在與包括祖母（Oma）在內的家人首次前往日惹（Yogyakarta）二十年後的舊地重遊。透過成年後重返印尼並經歷性別轉變的歷程，影片探索了身體、地方、語言與文化再現中不斷轉移的認同。
Filmmaker’s bio: Johan Amatsakio is a British and Dutch-Surinamese-Javanese writer, performer, game developer, and drag artist. Performing as their masked, extraterrestrial alter ego, Bard The Beholder, their interdisciplinary storytelling explores queerness, fantasy, and colonial legacy through expressive methods such as eco-conscious costuming, interactive live performance, and utilizing horror to explore their lived experience as a fantastical entity. Currently in Taiwan, they are pursuing a master’s degree researching Javanese contract labor in Suriname alongside the politics of identity in Leigh Bowery’s work.
Johan Amatsakio 是一位英國及荷屬蘇利南-爪哇裔（Dutch-Surinamese-Javanese）的作家、表演者、遊戲開發者與變裝藝術家。他們化身為蒙面外星化身「覡星吟士」（Bard The Beholder）進行表演，其跨領域的敘事透過具備環保意識的服裝設計、互動式現場表演，以及利用恐怖美學來探索自身作為幻想生物的生命經驗，進而解構酷兒、奇幻與殖民遺產等議題。他們目前在台灣攻讀碩士學位，其研究範疇橫跨蘇利南的爪哇契約勞工，到雷·鮑威里（Leigh Bowery）作品中的認同政治。