INDAH
AND THE
SPIRITS
2023
Narrative short film
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Producer/PM
In this Indonesian fantasy film, artsy punk Indah is distraught over the loss of her grandmother and ventures to the underworld to see her one more time but Yuda, a fun-loving spirit, won’t get out of her way.
Written and directed by Sophie Mutiara Nova, starring Dewa Ayu Dewi Larassanti and Dylan Djoenadi.
Coming soon.
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“A LOVE LETTER TO MY GRANDMOTHER”
by Sophie Mutiara Nova
“My grandmother, Katerina Endang Sriwiduri, passed away just a year ago of pneumonia. She grew up in Jogja, but then moved to Jakarta to raise her five kids on her own after she was made a young widow. I’d visit her almost every holiday as a kid. The last time I saw her in my 20s, I showed her that I’d learned Tari Jawa and Tari Bali (traditional Indonesian dance) just for her. I taught myself Indonesian through Duolingo because none of my schools ever had a program for it. Despite my childhood in America, I wanted to stay connected to her and to my culture. I knew even then, that my culture was love.”
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Sophie Mutiara Nova on Indah and the Spirits
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︎
“A LOVE LETTER TO MY GRANDMOTHER”
by Sophie Mutiara Nova
“My grandmother, Katerina Endang Sriwiduri, passed away just a year ago of pneumonia. She grew up in Jogja, but then moved to Jakarta to raise her five kids on her own after she was made a young widow. I’d visit her almost every holiday as a kid. The last time I saw her in my 20s, I showed her that I’d learned Tari Jawa and Tari Bali (traditional Indonesian dance) just for her. I taught myself Indonesian through Duolingo because none of my schools ever had a program for it. Despite my childhood in America, I wanted to stay connected to her and to my culture. I knew even then, that my culture was love.”
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Sophie Mutiara Nova on Indah and the Spirits
Behind the Scenes
CAST:
Dewa Ayu Dewi Larassanti
Dylan Djoenadi
Tristan Samson
Justin Henriksen
Dewa Ayu Dewi Larassanti
Dylan Djoenadi
Tristan Samson
Justin Henriksen
CREW:
Writer/Directer/EP: Sophie Mutiara Nova
DP: Yusef Ferguson
Producers: Brooke Harbaugh, Linx Selby, Jeffrey Martín
1st ADs: Jeffrey Martín, Yuhan Wang, Brooke Harbaugh
1st ACs: EJ Yeh, Rashed Qurwash Anastasia Chen Schas
2nd AC: Abbi Page
Production Designer: Linx Fong Selby
Production Design Assist: Chaska Jurado
Makeup Artist: Abbi Page
Food Designer: Hal Roeser
Food Caterer: Resy Ismail
Gaffer: Nicola Li, Ibon Immanuel
Sound Mixer/Boom: Lety Vargas, Julie Fackler
Script Supervisor: Miranda Stewart, Phily Oey
PA/Grip - Finnian Griffin, Rowland Smith
Costume Designer: V @kin6v, @tranceslate.tv
Ryland’s T-Shirt Designer: BUG @bug.mtl
Sketches: Ayu Larassanti
Indonesian Food Caterer: Resy Ismail
Ornaments (spirit world tree scene): Weny Michelstein
BTS: Arianne Ayu Alizio, Anastasia Chen Schas, Brooke Harbaugh
BROOKE HARBAUGH
CREATIVE PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
CREATIVE PRODUCER LOS ANGELES, CALIF.