Mentor/Producer
Yulia Evina Bhara
"Yulia Evina Bhara is a producer and co-founder of KawanKawan Media, a production house based in Jakarta and focusing on international co-production.
The films that she has produced since 2015 are: ‘Return to Sender’ directed by Vera Lestafa (Short-short film festival & Asia 2015), “On the origin of Fear” directed by Bayu Prihantoro Filemon (Venice Film Festival 2016), “Solo, Solitude” directed by Yosep Anggi Noen (Locarno FF 2016), “Ballad of Blood and Two White Buckets” directed by Yosep Anggi Noen (Toronto FF 2018), “The Science of Fictions” directed by Yosep Anggi Noen (Special mention Golden Leopard Locarno FF 2019), documentary “You and I” directed by Fanny Chotimah (Best Film Asian DMZ Korea, Next Future CPH DOX Denmark, Piala Citra Dokumenter panjang 2020), ‘Whether The Weather Is Fine’ directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Locarno, Toronto FF 2021), ‘Stone Turtle’ directed by Woo Ming Jin (Fipresci award Locarno FF 2022), “Autobiography” directed by Makbul Mubarak ( The International Critics Prize or FIPRESCI award Venice FF and won best film in Adelaide Film Festival 2022, Grand Prix Tokyo Filmex 2022, Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival), ‘Tiger Stripes’ directed by Amanda Nell Eu (Grand Prix Semaine De la Critique Cannes 2023). She also produces cross-media and theatrical performances: Sandiwara Sastra (2021), Di Tepi Sejarah (2021-2023), Setelah Lewat Djam Malam (2022).
In 2023 she is named as one of the Impactful International Women 2023 by Variety Internasional."