Nan Triveni Achnas

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Nan Triveni Achnas is an Indonesian film director. Born in Singapore in 1963, she grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Achnas graduated from the Faculty of Film and Television at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts. She also completed a master's degree in Film Studies at the University of East Anglia in 1996 where she was a Chevening Scholar. While graduating from the University of East Anglia, she directed a film entitled The Only Day (1988) as her diploma film. It won the Grand Prix at the Asian Young Cinema Film Festival in Tokyo. In 2020, she obtained her PhD degree at Nanyang Technological University Singapore with a doctoral thesis on “Experimenting with the essay form and wayang in contemporary Indonesian filmmaking : when shadows are grey”. Apart from directing films, Achnas' teaches film at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts considered as the main film school in Indonesia.

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Total trailers found: 9

The Photograph Trailer (2007)

05 July 2007

Sita is an escort at a karaoke bar who struggles to raise money to send her daughter out of the city to live with her grandmother and settle her debts with her pimp.

Khalifah Trailer (2011)

06 January 2011

Khalifah works in a beauty parlor. She marries Rasyid to obey her father and support the family. She becomes a devoted wife and wears the veil on Rasyid’s orders.

Whispering Sands Trailer (2001)

18 May 2001

Berlian and her teenage daughter Daya are on the run from political violence. Constantly daydreaming that her absent father will return, young Daya chafes under the stern hand of her mother.

The Flag Trailer (2002)

01 July 2002

Budi and Rosi are assigned by the teacher to raise the flag on Mondays. But when the teacher gives Budi the flag for washing, he falls asleep and forgets that the bucket he is using to soak the flag, is usually used by his neighbour, Bang Ali, to wash his bajaj (motor tricycle).

Kuldesak Trailer (1998)

20 November 1998

Four stories unfold in Jakarta, a big city that feels cold and dehumanizing. Life there strips away meaning, turning people into soulless zombies.

Maya, Raya, Daya Trailer (2006)

05 August 2006

The rise of women from three eras who are persecuted in marriage life.

The Window Trailer (2016)

12 May 2016

Dewi returns to her village in Yogyakarta after ten years of leaving. A letter and newspaper clipping sent by her mother, make her return to her village: Dee’s mysterious pregnancy, her mentally handicapped sister Dewi finds her parents' home situation has not changed.

Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves Trailer (2008)

01 October 2008

Huda, Rian, and Syahid are friends living in Islamic boarding school. They lost someone in their family and aspire to different things in their lives.

Hanya Satu Hari Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

a short film by Nan Achnas