SPEAKERS

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.

Tan Si En is a film & TV producer and founder of film and tv company - Momo Film Co. ‍ An alumnus of Berlinale Talents and Rotterdam Lab, Si En produced Don't Cry, Butterfly by Dương Diệu Linh which is due to premiere at the Venice Critics Week 2024, Dreaming & Dying by Nelson Yeo which won two prestigious Golden Leopards at the Locarno Film Festival 2023, and Wet Season by Anthony Chen which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019, Platform Competition. Wet Season was selected by the Singapore Film Commission as the nation’s Oscars 2021 representative and was lauded critically, receiving 12 awards internationally including the distinguished Golden Horse Awards. Their latest co productions The Year Of The Everlasting Storm premiered in Cannes Film Festival 2021, Arnold Is A Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan premiered in Locarno Film Festival 2022, and Andragogy by Wregas Bhanuteja premiered in Toronto 2023. ‍ Si En was the assistant producer of POP AYE by Kirsten Tan, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2017 and the VPRO Big Screen Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam. They are developing and producing prominent award winning projects such as This City is a Battlefield by Mouly Surya, Some Nights I Feel Like Walking by Petersen Vargas, among others. ‍ They also spearheaded the Objectifs Short Film Incubator and Momo Distribution Grant. Si En’s producing efforts have been featured in publications such as Screendaily, Variety, Channel News Asia and Yahoo. In 2020, they were recognised as one of The Straits Times 30 under 30 - The Arts. In 2021, Si En received the youth inspiration award given by National Youth Council and Scape. In 2023, they were honoured by Tatler's GenT as Leaders of Tomorrow.

Makbul Mubarak is a film director and screenwriter. He made five short films before embarking on his feature debut Autobiography, premiered at Venice Film Festival 2022 and subsequently selected as the Indonesia's submission to the Academy Awards 2023.