Lucky Kuswandi
Lucky KUSWANDI (1980) is one of Indonesia’s most exciting young directors. The Wall Street Journal praises his work as “original and uncharted.” His career started in 2006 when he was invited to the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin, Germany.
In 2008 he directed a documentary short Miss or Mrs? as part of the anthology “At Stake” that screened at the Berlin Film Festival in 2009.
In 2014, his film premiered titled Selamat Pagi Malam / In the Absence of the Sun. The Straits Times praised the film, calling it “dripping with social commentary, the feature illustrates the contradictions that make up the rich mosaic that is one of Asia’s most populous cities”.
In 2015, Kuswandi’s latest short film, The Fox Exploits the Tiger’s Might, competed at the Cannes Film Festival (Semaine de la Critique). The film became the second Indonesian film ever screened in this section, and the first in 26 years. The film won Best Short Film & Best Director at the Silver Screen Awards in Singapore in 2015. It also won Lucky his first Piala Citra Award for Best Short Film.
His film Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens won two Citra Awards in 2021. He is also currently finishing his other Netflix Original film, which is scheduled to be released in late 2022.
Filmography
Black Cherry (2005, short), Still (2005, short), 9808 Antologi 10 tahun Reformasi Indonesia/9808 An Anthology of 10th Year Indonesian Reform (segment A Letter of Unprotected Memories, 2008), In The Absence of The Sun (Selamat Pagi Malam) (2014), The Fox Exploits The Tiger’s Might (2015, short)
Lucky Kuswandi op IFFR
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108 Days
Lucky Kuswandi | 120' | Indonesia |
A mother accuses an expatriate teacher of sexually abusing her son at an international elementary school in Jakarta. The teacher is detained for 108 d -
9808 An Anthology of 10th Year Indonesian Reform
Anggun Priambodo, Ucu Agustin, Ifa Isfansyah, Otty Widasari, Ariani Darmawan, Hafiz, Lucky Kuswandi, Edwin, RICO Surya Pratama, Steve Pillar Setiabudi | 115' | Indonesia | European premiere
Behind a beautiful initiative one occasionally finds important people who remain invisible. In this case that is Prima Rusdi, an experienced scriptwri -
The Anniversary Gift
Paul Agusta | 72' | Indonesia | European premiere
Sadistic film. Rough in its images and rough or even cruel in its theme. A young film critic realised that making real horror is not…