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      
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Sabine Groenewegen
Manon Bovenkerk for near/by film and Sabine Groenewegen for Rebel Research
Diana Toucedo
Malu Peeters
Sabine Groenewegen, Juan Palacios, Jimged Sendy
Kino Rebelde
Netherlands Film Fund, Amsterdam Art Fund, Cultuurfonds