• 63min, Feature Documentary, India/UK (2007)
    Credited as:
    Line Producer | Writer (Research) | 2nd Unit Director / Cinematography

A musical, visual journey, recorded and filmed on location in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Maldives, India, and Myanmar. Laya Project is a personal and collective tribute to the resilience of the human spirit through the music of the coastal communities affected by the 2004 Tsunami.

• Winner of Best Documentary 2007 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, Special Audience Award at 2008 Imaginaria Film Festival Italy, and Best Film 2008 Byron Bay Film Festival Australia

Laya Project is a 2007 world music documentary produced by EarthSync, a world music audio-visual production company based in South India. The project is a "personal and collective musical tribute to the resilience of the human spirit", and is dedicated to the survivors of the 2004 Asian tsunami.

A team of sound engineers and cameramen took a two-year journey through six countries, including India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Maldives, and Myanmar, and recorded film footage and music with the local musicians. 

Laya Project’s musicians are the people of coastal and surrounding communities in the 2004 tsunami-affected regions. The production is based on regional folk music traditions, recorded and brought back to the studio to create a composition that mixes and enhances the original recordings, and embarks on a musical journey crossing borders, while preserving the music of the people.

Laya Project won various awards (Founder's Choice Award at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Best Film Award at the Byron Bay Film Festival, Special Juror's Choice Award at Zanzibar International Film Festival in Tanzania, and the Audience Award at Imaginaria Film Festival in Italy). The documentary has also been broadcast worldwide on the National Geographic Channel.

  • Film Director. Harold Monfils
    Music Director. Patrick Sebag
    Sound Design, Music & Recording. Yotam Agam
    Editor. Arturo Calvete & Henrik Sikstrom

    Director of Photography. Cheong Yuk Hoy, Agung Dewantoro
    2nd Unit Director & Cinematography. Ernest Hariyanto
    Still Photography. Timur Angin & Ernest Hariyanto
    Line Producer & Research. Ernest Hariyanto

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