Ifa Isfansyah

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Ifa Isfansyah
Sang Penari
SpouseKamila Andini[1]
Awards1 Citra Award

Ifa Isfansyah (born Yogyakarta, 1979) is an Indonesian film director. Initially a maker of short films, his first featured film,

Sang Penari (The Dancer), won four Citra Awards at the 2011 Indonesian Film Festival
.

Biography

Ifa was born in

Indonesian Institute of the Arts.[3]

In 2001, Ifa founded the independent film community Fourcolors Films; the following year, he released his first short film, Air Mata Surga (Heaven's Tears), together with Eddie Cahyono.[2] Mayar, also released in 2002, which was shown in several film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam.[2]

Four years later, Ifa released Harap Tenang, Ada Ujian! (Please Be Quiet, There are Tests!), a short film about the 2006 FIFA World Cup in comparison with the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, which was screened in film festivals in Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan.[2] The same year he received a scholarship to study film at Im Kwon Taek Film School in Dongseo University, South Korea.[2] In 2007 he released Setengah Sendok Teh (Half a Teaspoonful).[2]

Ifa made his feature film debut with Garuda di Dadaku (Garuda on my Chest), which was released on 18 June 2009; the film follows a young boy who dreams of playing in the Indonesian football league.[2][3]

On 10 November 2011, Ifa released his second feature-length film,

Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[4]

Awards

Ifa's film Sang Penari garnered four Citra Awards at the 2011

Best Picture and Best Director.[5]

Personal life

Ifa is married to fellow director Kamila Andini, daughter of director Garin Nugroho.[1]

Filmography

As of 2018, Ifa has been involved in 21 film productions (both theatrical and short) as director, producer, and/or screenwriter.

  • Harap Tenang, Ada Ujian! (2006), as director and screenwriter
  • Setengah Sendok Teh (2007), as director and screenwriter
  • Huan Chen Guang (2008), as producer, director, and screenwriter
  • 9808 Antologi 10 Tahun Reformasi Indonesia (2008), as producer, director, and screenwriter
  • Garuda di Dadaku (2009), as director
  • Belkibolang (2010), as director
  • Sang Penari
     (2011), as director and screenwriter
  • Cewek Saweran (2011), as screenwriter
  • Rindu Purnama (2011), as screenwriter
  • Rumah dan Musim Hujan (2012), as producer, director, and screenwriter
  • Ambilkan Bulan (2012), as director
  • 9 Summers 10 Autumns (2013), as director and screenwriter
  • Isyarat (2013), as producer
  • Masked Monkey - The Evolution of Darwin's Theory (2014), as co-producer
  • Pendekar Tongkat Emas (2014), as director and screenwriter
  • Siti (2014), as producer and executive producer
  • Pesantren Impian (2016), as director
  • Catatan Dodol Calon Dokter (2016), as director
  • Turah (2016), as producer
  • The Seen and Unseen (2017), co-producer
  • Hoax (2018), as producer, director, and screenwriter
  • Memories of My Body (2018), as producer
  • Mountain Song (2019), as producer
  • Abracadabra (2019), as producer
  • Yuni (2021), as producer
  • Before, Now & Then (2022), as producer

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ a b Maullana and Kamil 2011, Sutradara "Sang Penari".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Maryono 2011, Ifa Isfansyah: The man.
  3. ^ a b c Yazid 2009, Ifa Isfansyah: Stepping.
  4. ^ de Leon, Sunshine Lichauco (24 September 2012). "Indonesia introduces Oscar to 'Dancer'". Variety. Reed Business Information. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  5. ^ Kurniasari 2011, A vibrant year.
Bibliography

External links

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