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Kamila Andini

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Kamila Andini
Andini, 2018
Born (1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 38)
Jakarta, Indonesia
CitizenshipIndonesian
Alma materDeakin University
OccupationDirector
Notable workThe Mirror Never Lies
SpouseIfa Isfansyah
ParentGarin Nugroho

Kamila Andini (born 6 May 1986) is an Indonesian film director known for her critically acclaimed debut, The Mirror Never Lies.

Biography

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Andini was born on 6 May 1986 and is the eldest daughter of filmmaker Garin Nugroho.[1] Although uninterested in cinematography for fear that she would be "work[ing] in her father's shadow",[2] she began studying photography while still in junior high school, hoping to "capture people's life and behavior".[1] While in senior high school her classmates often asked her father about film making, questions which Andini later said "ashamed" her because she knew nothing of her father's oeuvre.[1] She later began to become involved with several film committees. Andini completed a degree in sociology at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Career

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Upon her return to Indonesia, Andini began to work as a director. She handled music videos for groups such as Ungu and Slank, as well as documentaries on music and the ocean.[1] One of these, Lagu untuk Tukik (A Song for Tukik), dealt with turtles in the ocean in the Wakatobi Regency – part of the Coral Triangle – and was screened as part of the Goethe Institute's Science Film Festival in 2012.[3] In 2009 she assisted her father in directing Generasi Biru (The Blue Generation), about the band Slank.[4]

Andini began production of her first feature film, The Mirror Never Lies, in 2009. The work took over two years of research[1] and two months of filming to complete,[5] owing to a lack of documentary evidence on the Bajau who are central to the film's narrative.[1] Co-produced by Andini's father and former Miss Indonesia Nadine Chandrawinata and starring Atiqah Hasiholan, Reza Rahadian, and Gita Novalista, the film was based on a young Bajau girl who uses mirrors to try to find her lost father.[6] It received numerous awards both domestically and internationally, including a Best Director nomination at the 2011 Indonesian Film Festival (IFF) before winning in the same category at the 2012's Bandung Film Festival.[7]

In May 2012 she started working on her second feature film, to be about children and nature.[8] This became The Seen and Unseen (2017), a critically acclaimed work about young Balinese twins, one of whom is dying.[9] It won the Adelaide Film Festival's Feature Fiction Award in 2019.[10]

Her 2021 film Yuni premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Platform Prize.[11][12] In 2022 Andini's fourth feature film Before, Now & Then had its world premiere at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.[13]

In 2023 she explored Indonesia's social history through her Netflix original series Cigarette Girl. The story is set within Indonesia's tobacco industry and was directed alongside her partner Ifa Isfansyah.[14]

Personal life

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In March 2012 Andini married fellow director Ifa Isfansyah.[15] The two fell in love with each other after Isfansyah's 2011 film Sang Penari (The Dancer) had provided stiff competition to Andini's The Mirror Never Lies at the IFF.[16]

Filmography

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Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2011 The Mirror Never Lies Yes Yes No
2015 Following Diana Yes Yes No Short film
2016 Chaotic Love Poems No No Yes
2017 The Seen and Unseen Yes Yes No
2018 Sekar Yes No Yes Short film
2019 Mountain Song No No Yes
2021 Yuni Yes Yes No
2022 Before, Now & Then Yes Yes No
2023 Cigarette Girl Yes No No TV series on Netflix

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipients Result
2011 Indonesian Film Festival Best Director The Mirror Never Lies Nominated
2017 The Seen and Unseen Nominated
2021 Yuni Nominated
2022 Before, Now & Then Nominated
2023 Busan International Film Festival
with Marie Claire Asia Star Awards[17] 		Visionary Director Award Cigarette Girl Won

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kurniasari 2011, Kamila Andini.
  2. ^ Siregar 2011, Reflecting.
  3. ^ Mahditama 2011, Making science fun.
  4. ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Kamila Andini.
  5. ^ WWF, FAQ.
  6. ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, The Mirror.
  7. ^ Filmindonesia.or.id, Penghargaan The Mirror.
  8. ^ Tumpak 2012, Kamila Andini.
  9. ^ Kerr, Elizabeth (20 October 2017). "'The Seen and Unseen': Film Review - Busan 2017". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Feature Fiction Award". Adelaide Film Festival. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  11. ^ Mullen, Pat (2021-08-11). "TIFF Unveils Line-up for 'Celebrating Alanis' Retrospective". POV Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  12. ^ Hudson, David (20 September 2021). "Belfast and Yuni Top Toronto Awards". The Criterion Collection. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  13. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (19 January 2022). "Berlin Film Festival Lineup Has New Films from Claire Denis, Hong Sang-soo, and More". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  14. ^ Frater, Patrick (19 October 2023). "As 'Cigarette Girl' Drops Trailer, Kamila Andini Talks Female Empowerment, Indonesia's Troublesome History". Variety. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  15. ^ Webb 2012, Kamila Andini.
  16. ^ Kurniasari 2011, A vibrant year.
  17. ^ Lee, Seo-hyun (October 6, 2023). "마리끌레르 아시아스타어워즈 2023" [Marie Claire Asia Star Awards 2023] (in Korean). Marie Claire. Retrieved October 6, 2023 – via Naver.

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