Is It True That The Original Location Of The KKN In Penari Village Was Revealed By Erick Thohir? This Is What The Director Said

Awi Suryadi (Doc. VOI)

Erick Thohir plans to come to the original location of the KKN film in Penari Village. The real location name of the KKN in Penari Village is known in the video of Erick Thohir's live interview with Sudirman which was uploaded on Instagram @erickthohir on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

"Closing the truth behind the story of KKN in Penari Village directly from the manager and guard of Rowo Bayu, Mr. Sudirman. I haven't had time to watch it yet, but just listening to the story is already goosebumps. You guys have watched it," said Erick Thohir.

Is this location true? Director Awi Suryadi gave an answer when he was a resource person in the FFWI XII Webinar with the theme Changes in the Indonesian Film Trend after Covid-19 Sloping, Friday, May 20.

"As a film, I was told by Simple Man the location. I checked through the google map, I went to the place. What is clear is that the name is not the same as the one mentioned by the Minister," he said.

Awi did not get permission to shoot at the original location. Because of that, the shooting of KKN in Penari Village was carried out in Jogja. "In Jogja we found several houses in the forest that are like stories. Wood houses, electricity lighting is still minimal, close to the story. I myself, or maybe in Indonesian films, I don't think anyone is looking for a location," said the director of this Badoet film. A similar location, he continued, was needed because Awi didn't want to use CGI technology from the start to beautify the KKN film in Penari Village. All the visuals presented were really set. "All the real sets. So some of the residents' houses are already there and match the stories we use. For houses that are not yet available, like a sinden house, we build it, we also build a bath pool," he said.