Agon is a film essay that reflects about the meaning of democracy, and how it is contested. The film combines the aesthetics of the Czech capital Prague with an intercultural dialogue with the Indonesian community (and other communities) living in this city, thus opening up further spaces for democratic inquiry. Inspired by the book “Democracy and Media in Europe”, by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer, the essay merges political and cultural theory with fiction and dance. As an experiment in the reconciliation of academic and artistic approaches, Agon is an invitation to consider what democracy is and what it can be, how it is linked to space, how it is always a location of political struggle, and how it is threatened and always in need of active protection.

CAST

in order of appearance

The Woman with the Balloons (aka Democracy)	Lucie Mahurskyj
The Narrator	Nico Carpentier
Judge I	Mazlum Kemal Dağdelen
Judge II	Vaia Doudaki
The Group Leader	Angga Ariestya
Group Member I	Ali Minanto
Group Member II	Nurul Dinda Latifah
The Family’s Female Member	Dilara Bozdogan
The Family’s Son	Sigi Gereilainge
The Family’s Male Member	Darmanto Simaepa
The Family’s Dog	Celestial Fenix Petrifikus Totalis
The Clown	Nurul Dinda Latifah
The Lost Visitor	Soegeng Soejono
Worker I	Angga Ariestya
Worker II	Eka Ramadhan
Worker III	Fardaniyan
The Masked Dancer I	Agus Prasetyo
The Masked Dancer II	Muhammad Sauqi
The Female Dancer	Fitri
The Man with a Dog	Bakidzanani Dube
The Dog in the Tunnel	Orman Snoopy Levandulovy Sen
The Man with the Crutch	Theo Zefanya Ebenezer
Passer-by I	Jana Rajab Rambova
Passer-by II	Theo Zefanya Ebenezer
Passer-by III	Sadia Zamir
Soldier I	Angga Ariestya
Soldier II	Bakidzanani Dube
Activist I	Rajab Muhamad
Activist II	Lucas Ramba
Activist III	Lucas Tomecka

MUSIC / SOUND