who we are

Celerina Judisari started her creative path from the advertising industry, then changed tracks to work in a TV station for more than a decade. Celerina also worked on film and television contents with the Japanese government and MX Tokyo TV, until she finally became a producer for the film “?” (Tanda Tanya) (2011), Soekarno (2013), Film 2014 (2013), Turis Romantis (2015) and was involved in the film Perahu Kertas (2012) and Gundala (2019). A number of those films received awards in the Film Festival Indonesia, Film Festival Bandung, Osaka International Film Festival, Asiatica Rome Film Festival, and Luang Prabang Film Festival. Celerina entered the Asian Games event in 2018 as Vice Director – Ceremonies Department and Producer for the opening and closing ceremonies. During this time, the head of the Indonesian Film Agency Funding Sector takes office as the Secretary-General of the Association of Indonesian Film Companies for the period 2019-2023. In 2021 Celerina’s name will reappear on the big screen with the long-awaited project, namely: Gatotkaca – the first film in a series of films in the Cinematic Universe of Satria Dewa, Kadet 1947, and Gendut Siapa Takut. The film “Kadet 1947” won Screen Awards for Best Film and Best Directing in the 16th JAFF 2021’s Tenacity.”

Born Winaldo Artaraya Swastia, Aldo has been in the film industry for more than a decade following his study in filmmaking. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from Jakarta Institute of Art (IKJ), where he received a full scholarship and achieved Cum Laude. His final project, Angin (Eng: An Essence of Wind), was critically acclaimed, nominated for Best Short Film at 2010 Festival Film Indonesia, and was screened at both domestic and international film festivals abroad. Since 2021, he is the Head of Creative in Mahaka Pictures.

After working as an assistant director and co-director in Indonesian feature films, he started his career as a director and directed several projects, namely 2 seasons of “Brata,” (season 1 & 2) a HOOQ/Maxstream original crime series, and “Dunia Maya,” a Vision+ original series; co-directed the 2018 Asian Games Opening Ceremony’s President Welcoming Video; and directed “Di Balik Kubikal,” an XL Axiata commercial web series for MyXL channel in Youtube. “Brata” garnered several accolades, “Di Balik Kubikal” won The Breakthrough Content Marketing of the Year in 2019 Marketeers Editor’s Choice Award, while “Dunia Maya” is the National Winner for Best Drama Series in 2021 Asian Academy Creative Award. He also worked as co-producer in a feature film “Preman” which garners several nominations in 2021 Festival Film Indonesia. His feature film debut, “Kadet 1947,” where he acts as both the director and screenwriter, won 2 awards in the Indonesian Screen Awards for Best Film and Best Directing at 16th JAFF 2021 ‘Tenacity.’

He is also a published fiction writer. A collection of his 14 short stories was published by Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2014 called “Memorabilia 8 Februari.

Ilya Aktop is an Indonesian screenwriter. Ever since she was a child, she loves writing and reading Manga. In 2020, She started her career in the film industry as an Assistant to Producer on the feature film “Kadet 1947”. Her first writing work was a web series called “Ustadz Jaga Jarak”. She has also written some advertisement and campaign video scripts for the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (Indonesia). She wrote the short film “Berangkat” which was also produced by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing to celebrate Indonesia’s National Education Day. In 2021, she was selected as a writer for Garin Nugroho and Galeri Indonesia Kaya’s project, “Mencari Siti” which later aired as “Musical Series Nurbaya”. She has also the scriptwriter for the documentary “Road to Pon XX Papua 2021”. Her other work includes a drama series by VIU Original “Write Me a Love Song”. She wrote her debut feature film with the romance comedy “Gendut, Siapa Takut” that is currently in production.

Born in Jakarta, Indonesia, Patricia moved to California for college in November 2014. After a year in Pasadena City College, she transferred to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 2016, her dream school since she was four years old, and earned a BA in Film and Television Production at LMU School of Film and Television in May 2019. While working on OPT in LA, she worked as a filmmaker, creating short films such as Burglary (2019), Lipstick (2020), Jog (2020), Pages (2020), and Hangman (2020). Her short film Burglary (2019) has won a few awards in film festivals; Best Short Drama at Eurovision Palermo Film Festival 2020, Best Mystery at Kyiv Film Festival 2020, and Best Thriller Short at Madrid Art Film Festival 2020. Lipstick (2020) also won a couple of film festivals for Best Historic Feature at Eurovision Palermo Film Festival 2020 and Best Short Film at Madrid Art Film Festival 2020.