Collaborators

Joko Anwar

BASE Entertainment is set to produce a slate of director Joko Anwar’s movies in collaboration with Ivanhoe Pictures, CJ Entertainment, and Rapi Films. BASE and the other companies will co-develop, co-finance and co-produce the project. There are three movies in the project, all written and directed by Joko Anwar. The three Indonesian-language features are Perempuan Tanah Jahanam (Woman of the Cursed Land) or Impetigore, Ghost in the Cell, and The Vow. All will be written and directed by Joko Anwar.

Dian Sastrowardoyo

BASE Entertainment collaborates with Dian Sastrowardoyo. Dian has signed on as a creative producer where she would be involved in three films over the course of three years. Her first movie with BASE is Guru-Guru Gokil (GGG), a comedy written by 2017 Piala Citra awards winner for Best Adapted Screenplay, Rahabi Mandra. Guru-Guru Gokil is set to go into production in 2019.

Mira Lesmana

Mira Lesmana, founder of Miles Films, is an independent film producer notable for her role in reviving Indonesian cinema audiences in the early 2000s. Mira Lesmana was also the initiator of Indonesia’s first independent omnibus film, KULDESAK (1998). Mira and Miles then broke the sluggishness of the Indonesian film industry by releasing the films PETUALANGAN SHERINA (2000) and ADA APA DENGAN CINTA? (2002) which won millions of viewers at a time when cinemas were still dominated by Hollywood films at that time. With her creative passion and love for film, 3 Miles Films productions occupy the top 15 highest-grossing Indonesian films of all time: LASKAR PELANGI (2008), ADA APA DENGAN CINTA 2 (2016), and ADA APA DENGAN CINTA? (2002). While 2 films won the Citra Award for Best FFI Film, namely GIE (2005) and ATHIRAH (2016).

Not many people know that apart from being a producer, Mira Lesmana is also the author of more than a hundred song lyrics, among which are songs that had topped the Indonesian music hit charts in her time, such as Expression (Titi DJ – 1988), Aku Ingin (Indra Lesmana – 1990), and Sendiri Lagi (Chrisye – 1993) and the most popular are all the song lyrics in the film PETUALANGAN SHERINA (2000). She co-wrote scenarios for her films, including LASKAR PELANGI (2008), SANG PEMIMPI (2009), ADA APA DENGAN CINTA 2 (2016), KULARI KE PANTAI (2018) and BEBAS (2019). She also wrote the script as well as re-wrote all the song lyrics for MUSIKAL LASKAR PELANGI (2010-2011). Now, Mira Lesmana and Miles Films are collaborating with BASE Entertainment for PETUALANGAN SHERINA 2, a film to launch in 2023 only on Cinemas.

Jason Iskandar

Jason Iskandar, who is already a household name in the short film circuit, collaborates with BASE Entertainment for his first feature film, a romance fantasy set in contemporary Jakarta, Akhirat: A Love Story. Jason founded Studio Antelope, who will also co-produced the Akhirat: A Love Story, with fellow producer Florence Giovani. Jason Iskandar has won Best Short Film at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2010, and nominated for Best Short Film at 2018 Festival Film Indonesia. This collaboration marks the commitment of BASE Entertainment to work with up and coming young directors with exciting vision.

Kamila Andini

With a string of festival prizes for her four films, 36-year old writer-director Kamila Andini has established herself as a key Indonesian filmmaker to look out for. Her repertoire is made up of intimately-carved narratives driven by strong female characters, providing an expression and voice for their inner lives amid harsh sociopolitical circumstances. One of her works, Nana (also known by its English title, Before, Now & Then) had its world premiere at the Berlinale this year, where Indonesian actress Laura Basuki won the Best Supporting Performance prize. The film also picked up the Jury Award at the Brussels International Film Festival. Nana is Andini’s fourth feature and she has previously helmed The Mirror Never Lies (2011), The Seen and Unseen (2017) and Yuni (2021). Last year, Yuni won the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. And now, Kamila is helming as one of the directors for the new Indonesia series, Gadis Kretek (it’s English title, Cigarette Girl). Gadis Kretek is based on a novel of the same name by Ratih Kumala. Gadis Kretek is produced by BASE Entertainment, with Shanty Harmayn and Tanya Yuson serving as showrunners. Gadis Kretek is slated to launch in 2023 only on Netflix.

Ifa Isfansyah

Ifa Isfansyah graduated from the Television Department of Indonesian Institute of Art Jogjakarta. He began his career in cinema as Producer and Director of several short films, including BE QUIET, EXAM IS IN PROGRESS! (Tokyo ShortShort, Competition, 2006) and HALF TEASPOON (Grand Prize Hong Kong Independent Film Video Award & competition, IFFR 2008). In 2001, he started his company Fourcolours Films with other local filmmakers in order to produce and support Indonesian filmmakers. He was selected by the Asian Film Academy BUSAN in 2006 and got a scholarship to attend the Im Kwon Taek College of Film & Performing Arts, KOREA. Then back to Indonesia, he directed his first feature film, GARUDA DI DADAKU (2009), which encountered a great commercial success. His second film, THE DANCER (2011) was awarded Best Director and Best Picture at the Indonesian Film Festival. Since then he has produced SITI (Eddie CAHYONO, TELLURIDE 2015), TURAH (Wicaksono Wisnu LEGOWO, Indonesian Official Entry for OSCAR 2018), THE SEEN AND UNSEEN (Kamila ANDINI, TORONTO IFF 2017) and MEMORIES OF MY BODY (Garin NUGROHO, Venice Orizzonti 2018). ISFANSYAH is also a founder of JOGJA-NETPAC Asian Film Festival that started in 2006 and a founder of the JOGJA FILM ACADEMY, which was established in 2014. Now, Ifa Isfansyah with his wife, Kamila Andini are collaborating with BASE Entertainment as the directors for Gadis Kretek (it’s English title, Cigarette Girl), a series based on a novel of the same name by Ratih Kumala. Gadis Kretek is slated to launch in 2023 only on Netflix.

SIDHARTA TATA

Sidharta Tata is a director and screenwriter from Indonesia. His name is widely known when he directed a short film entitled Natalan, was nominated for the Best Short Film category at the 2015 Indonesian Film Festival. His filmography are ‘The Protocols’ in anthology ‘Quarantine Tales’ (2020), ‘Hitam’ (2021), ‘Write Me a Love Song’ (2021), and Pertaruhan The Series (2022). He debut feature-length film entitled Waktu Magrib (2023) and reached two million admissions.

Aco Tenriyagelli

Aco Tenriyagelli was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is a writer & director. He studied film at Jakarta Institute of Arts majoring in directing. His participation in CinemadaMare Film Festival (Italy) in 2016 led to a scholarship at the Academy of the Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU), Slovakia. His collaboration with BASE Entertainment started in 2020. He wrote and directed Happy Girls Don’t Cry, one of five short films in Quarantine Tales, an anthology streamed on Bioskop Online and Netflix. In 2022, he directed Drama Ratu Drama, an original series streamed on Vidio. Now, he is developing his first feature project with BASE Entertainment.

BAYU SKAK

Bayu Eko Moektito, known as Bayu Skak, started his career as one of the top YouTubers in Indonesia. Bayu pursues the digital world as a creator of Javanese or Malangan language content through his YouTube channel with more than 3 million subscribers. Bayu penetrated the world of cinema by making his first film entitled Yowis Ben. This film became the first Javanese-language film to reach 1 million viewers in theaters. In collaboration with BASE Entertainment, Bayu Skak developed Lara Ati, an IP that successfully produced Lara Ati the movie, and Lokadrama Lara Ati the series.

Jay Oliva

Jay Oliva is an American storyboard artist and Director. He resides in Los Angeles, California where he began his career in animation working on Fox’s animated series “Spider-Man” in 1996. An animation industry veteran since 996, jay’s crafted storyboards for Spider-Man, Winnie the Pooh, and everything in between. Je’s directed a dozen animated films for both Marvel and DC as well as the acclaimed Young Justice series, in addition to teaching the “Cinematic Storyboard” class at Loyola Marymount University that ushered in a generation of talent to the industry. In 2012, Jay was recruited by Zack Snyder to storyboard the DC Cinematic Universe beginning with Man of Steel. With decades of experience under his belt, Jay founded Lex and Otis, LLC in 2018 to share his unique passion and vision for the world. His directing efforts are where he is best known for. He has directed a total of 8 animated films as well as was the series director for the hugely popular “Young Justice” (2010) for Warner Brothers Animation. Starting with co-directing “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights” (2011) and then finally solo directing on the two part critically and commercially acclaimed “The Dark Knight Returns part 1 and 2” (2012-2013) he has since directed most of the animated films set in the New 52 animated reboot for WBA. “Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013), Justice League: War (2014), Batman: Assault on Arkham (2014), Batman Vs. Robin (2015), and Batman Bad Blood (2016). It was while he was directing “The Dark Knight Returns Part 1″ that he was contacted by Zack Snyder to storyboard on ‘Man of Steel” (2013 that began his second career in live action films. Since then, Jay has worked on films such as “300: Rise of an Empire (2014), Batman V Superman (2016), Ant-man (2015), Deadpool (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), and “Justice League” (2017).

Jim Taihuttu

Jim Taihuttu (1981) is a writer-director and part of the DJ-act Yellow Claw. He is also the co-founder of production company Habbekrats (later New Amsterdam Film Company). Taihuttu directed the feature films RABAT (2011) and WOLF (2013), in addition to numerous short films, music videos, documentaries and commercials. His previous films RABAT and WOLF were awarded multiple Golden Calves. WOLF was further nominated for Best Feature at the Austin Fantastic Fest 2013 and the San Sebastián International Film Festival 2013. At the latter festival in Spain it was awarded the Youth Jury Award, and the film also won the Special Jury Prize at the Taipei Film Festival 2014.

GINA S NOER

Gina S. Noer is an Indonesian filmmaker, book writer, and creativepreneur. Her career as a filmmaker includes screenwriter, producer, and director. She is also the Co-Founder and Head of IP Initiative of Wahana Kreator Nusantara. His directorial debut through the film Dua Garis Biru managed to become a box office with more than 2.5 million viewers. Dua Garis Biru has also been commercially screened in ASEAN countries and won awards at the Bandung Film Festival 2019, JAFF-ISA (Indonesian Screen Awards) 2019 and Indonesian Film Festival 2019.