Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto

Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto (born 1999) is an Indonesian film director.[1] She is most noted for her short film Sawo Matang, which was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2023.[2]

She made a number of student films prior to debuting her short film Srikandi at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] Later the same year she released Brown Enough, a short documentary film co-directed with Kent Donguines.

In 2022 she released Shallots and Garlic (Bawang Merah Bawang Putih), which utilized the body horror genre to tell a story about a young woman with an eating disorder.[3]

  1. ^ a b Vania Evan, "Short film ‘Srikandi’ showcases contemporary take on wayang". The Jakarta Post, August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Pat Mullen, "TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Includes BlackBerry, Solo, Humanist Vampire". That Shelf, December 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Rachel Ho, "WFF 2022: ‘Shallots & Garlic/Bawang Merah Bawang Putih’ Dishes Out A Woman’s Universal Truth". The Asian Cut, December 20, 2022.