The Clearing
2026, film, 89 min

During the colonial "rubber boom" in Sumatra, the sexual indenturement of women workers was an open secret suppressed until today. Found and new footage synthesize with sonic, narrative and visual fabulation in this essay of recognition and resistance. 
FESTIVALS
FID Marseille International Competition 2026   ​​​​​​​
Credits
writer/director      Sabine Groenewegen
producer              Manon Bovenkerk for near/by film, Sabine Groenewegen for Rebel Research
editor                   Diana Toucedo
composer            Malu Peeters
camera                Sabine Groenewegen, Juan Palacios, Jimged Sendy
sales agent          Kino Rebelde
supported by        Netherlands Film Fund, Amsterdam Art Fund, Cultuurfonds