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Bio

I'm an Indonesian storyteller based in Magelang, the heart of Central Java. I pen novels, short fiction, prose, and children's stories. I also dabble in filmmaking as a scriptwriter and film director.

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Achievements

2024

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2022

2021

2020

2009-2019

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Books

Written Works in English

Written Works in Indonesian

Films

Music Videos

Songs

Children's Book

Ibu Ora Saré

A boy suddenly wakes up from his sleep in the middle of the night. He finds his mother still awake. He then wonders, why isn't his mother asleep yet? The next morning, he decides to shadow his mother all day long. He wants to know if she sleeps or not.

• Tokopedia
• Shopee
• Lynk
• Goodreads
• Karya Karsa
• Short Film

Novel

Bulan Merah

On a visit to care for his elderly grandfather, Bre found a story about Bulan Merah, a mysterious keroncong music group. No one can confirm its existence. Founded by young people in the early 1930s, their musical shows are always held unexpectedly. Rumor has it that some who came to enjoy their music were not ordinary spectators. Namely, the guerrillas who carefully listen to every song lyric that is sung, which apparently contains secret messages. Secret messages will then be replied to with other secret messages. It all happened so fast that people didn't even notice. It had to be done quickly before the Dutch colonial patrols came and broke up the show. Unfortunately, their journey was never written by history.

• Goodreads

Indonesiana Film
2023 | 3rd Best Screenplay

Akatara IP-Market
2019 | Pitching Forum From Book to Screen

Antitesa-Mizan Writing Scolarship
2013 | Winner

Short Film

Dengung Lebah

While Abee is learning to recite the letters of the Quran, annoying buzzing sounds persist around his ears, causing him frustration and making it difficult to spell the letters clearly.

• IMDB
• Letterboxd

Short Film Pitching Project
2022 | 1st Winner

Short Film

Ibu Ora Sare

Gogor (8 years old) is having an assignment from school to write about his father. Gogor then questions his mother. However, his mother is too busy with work. It annoys Gogor that he can’t finish his writing assignment about his father.

• YouTube
• Viddsee
• Children's Book
• Spotify
• IMDB
• Letterboxd

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
2021 | Layar Indonesiana

Indonesian Film Festival Australia
2022 | Grand Winner: Short Film Competition

Viddsee Juree Asia
2022 | in Competition

Maya Award
2022 | Nominated: Best Short Film

Jakarta Film Week
2023 | Official Selection

Minikino Indonesia Raja
2022 | Official Selection

Minikino Film Week
2022 | Guest Program

Kompro Kemendikbud RI
2021 | Selected Project

Feature Film

Aum!

The story of the struggle of Satriya and Adam who fought together with other fellow activists for a common goal: change.

• Netflix
• IMDB
• Letterboxd

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
2021 | Winner:
Honorary Mention in Directing
Best Cinematography

Maya Award
2022 | 7 Nomination:
Best Feature Film, Best Directing Debut
Best Original Screenplay
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Short Film

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
2020 | Community Forum

Sewon Screening
2020 | Official Selection

Short Film

ACFFEST KPK Film Funding
2021 | Selected Project

Short Film

The Boy Over Flowers

Reno Wijaya accepted a job offer out of town to get away from his mother after being refused to continue his family florist. His mother was disappointed and fell ill. As an indecisive person, he is in a dilemma about whether to go ahead with his plan or not. He cannot bear to leave his mother alone.

• YouTube
• Letterboxd

Kartu Prakerja Short Film Competition
2022 | Selected Project