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Edwin (born April 24, 1978) is an Indonesian film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer who has received various international awards.
He began his career by making short films, one of which, "Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon" (2005), became the first Indonesian short film to be selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
His feature film debut, "Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly" (2008), received critical acclaim and won several awards at international festivals. The film explores the issue of discrimination against the Chinese-Indonesian community with a unique and symbolic approach.
In 2012, his film "Postcards from the Zoo" competed in the main competition at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), one of the world's three major and oldest film festivals.
Edwin is also known for "Posesif" (2017), a teenage drama highlighting toxic relationships. This film won him the Best Director award at the 2017 Indonesian Film Festival (FFI).
His greatest achievement came with "Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash" (2021), an adaptation of Eka Kurniawan’s novel. The film won the Golden Leopard at the 2021 Locarno International Film Festival, making Edwin the first Indonesian director to receive this prestigious award.
Additionally, Edwin is an active director at Palari Films, continuously contributing to Indonesian cinema with innovative and bold works.
Most Popular Edwin Trailers
Total trailers found: 36
26 October 2017
A student diver risks her scholastic future and relationship with her father when she dates a moody transfer student consumed by their romance.
27 November 2022
On a deserted beach, Urip, a debt collector, visits a food stall run by Ambar. Urip ordered a plate of pecel that reminds him of a tragedy that happened a week ago.
19 October 2003
When a boy is too confused to speak with his non-communicative family, words eventually lose their meaning.
01 January 2008
Was it black magic that took him from her? Or the vision of her rival's swaying hips? Lana works at a phone sex company, and hula-hoops when calling her customers to make moaning sounds.
20 July 2012
Little Lana was 3 years old when she was abandoned alone in the zoo. Raised by a giraffe trainer, the zoo is the only world she knows.
13 July 2005
Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie experiences a political awakening during the tumultuous regimes of Soeharto and Soekarno.
31 July 2024
A big-city detective investigates a series of gruesome murders along the Indonesia-Malaysia border — forcing her to confront ghosts from her past.
04 June 2026
Two sisters deal with the sudden death of their mother at a wig factory. One believes it was suicide while the other is certain it was a result of possession and takes a job at the factory to uncover the truth.
26 April 2013
A couple who have lived under the same roof for years without speaking a word, as if practicing a silent meditation.
27 November 2022
Marsiti is a girl who dreams of winning a bull race. She was trained by her late father and inherited two buffaloes.
27 September 2018
A food-loving epidemiologist Aruna has to go to the countryside to investigate the avian flu outbreak.
20 May 2005
Kara is a little girl living in an isolated place. Her father disappeared after Ronald killed her mother.
11 May 2006
A conversation that starts with music and email, then ends with possibilities that change the relationship between two people from a 'mother-daughter' relationship into a 'female-male' relationship.
17 June 2021
After his father's passing, a teenager sets out for New York in search of his estranged mother and soon finds love and connection in unexpected places.
27 November 2022
A movie about a young mother who’s trying to enjoy her me time by having a picnic in the pine forest.
17 March 2011
A compilation of nine short films and collected scenes created by young, up-and-coming Indonesian directors.
27 November 2022
In a fishing village, The employees of Uma de Raffa, a nearly bankrupt resort, are getting anxious. However, a visit from the resort investor brings new hope.
27 November 2022
Arif and Yati, an old couple who are celebrating their anniversary by trying to make a remake photos when he proposed to her in a specific spot in Borobudur Temple.
20 January 2014
Part of a large installation resulting from a major study into explicitness, repetition, voyeurism and exploitation in colonialism and pornography, for which Edwin received his master's degree in Amsterdam.
13 May 2008
Shila met Carlo one night, on a bus. Shila is a collector. She collects stories of scars. Shila is always longing for the existence of a wound.
26 October 2018
This omnibus film consists of three films made by three directors from three countries. With “Journey” as the theme, each of these films tells about a journey.
02 December 2021
Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence.
13 May 2008
In May 1998 something happened in Indonesia that no one had thought possible. After persistent demonstrations, primarily by students, the repressive era of President Suharto came to an end.
26 April 2013
Mar believes in the mysterious legend of the lovers Halimah and Sukab on the island of Sawai from a hundred years ago.
04 February 2004
Silent short (with music and inter-titles) telling an old Indonesian folk tale of a princess who ends up married to a dog.
27 November 2022
AYA (25), is an influencer who is slowly losing her popularity. She decides to go on a holiday to an exotic coast resort, far from the demands of her work in Jakarta.
16 May 2015
Two preteen boys discover their sexuality and the relation between power and sex.
18 May 2008
Linda is a young woman of Chinese heritage whose mother converted to Christianity after gaining some fame as a badminton player.
25 August 2015
Love Story Not explores the daily lives of two female prositutes, Martha and Ning, focusing on the dynamics of the relationships with the people around them, particularly their relationship with Erik King, their shared lover.
01 September 2015
When Diana’s husband returns home one night with big news—he has taken on a second wife, and expects Diana to live in harmony with the situation—she does what is least expected and plans to make a life on her terms.
27 November 2022
When an earthquake occurs in the prison where Julius (35) has been held for the last few years, the warden receives a word from Julius’s village that a tsunami might be coming to his village, located quite far from the prison.
17 November 2016
Indonesian law stipulates that all films must go through censorship before any public screening in Indonesia.
27 November 2022
Gina and Mutia are two best friends, searching for the whereabouts of Celuluk, a demon commonly known for residing in a papaya tree or Gedang Renteng.
27 November 2022
HERI (55) takes his daughter, FEMI (23) for a vacation to his hometown, the town of Bangka. He wants to show her the city that introduced him to Bakmi Bangka (a type of noodle dish), a dish that they sell in their family owned noodle shop in Jakarta.
23 May 2026
In Loving Memory of “The Katabasis of Acel, Adri, Akbar, Amal, Anggun, Arga, Ari, Bambang, Cessa, Dagienkz, Dedeng, Demas, Dinda, Dwaji, Edwin, Fathan, Hatanto, Iban, Icus, Iin, Ima, Jay, Jim, Kenar, Kenny, Luqman, Mabel, Melani, Olvia, Rakha, Ramones, Rayhan, Rayyan, Ryan, Seiya, Sheesa, Tarra, Theo, Tiffany, and Vanessa”.
