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AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Rakib is a male housekeeper who works in an aristocratic mansion belongs to Purna, a retired military general who is running for a mayoral election. When Purna’s election poster is vandalized, Rakib doesn’t hesitate to track down the culprit, kicking off an increasingly violent chain of events.

Director & Screenwriter: Makbul Mubarak
Producer: Yulia Evina Bhara
Country of Production: Indonesia
Language: Indonesia
Total Budget: 362,932 USD
Production Company: KawanKawan Media

Awards

Film Philippines Incentive Award 2019
Open SEA Fund Award Co-winner 2019

Official Selection

Berlinale Talent Co-production Market 2019
Locarno Open Doors Hub 2019
Locarno Open Doors Production Grant 2019
Film Development Council of the Philippines Project Market 2019
Purin Pictures Autumn Grant 2019
World Cinema Fund Grantee 2019
IMDA Southeast Asia Co-Production Grant 2019
Polish Film Institute Fund 2020
Aide aux Cinemas du Monde Film Fund 2020
Film Development Council of the Philippines ASEAN Co-Production Fund (ACOF) 2021
Talents Tokyo International Promotion Fund 2021
Doha Film Institute Post-production Grant Fall 2021

Completed principal photography 2021

FIRRESCI Prize and World Premiere at Venice Film Festival 2022 (Orizzonti Section)
North American Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2022
Asian Premiere at Busan International Film Festival 2022

Featured
Director Makbul MUBARAK Makbul MUBARAK is an Indonesian film critic-turned-filmmaker. A Berlinale Talents and Asian Film Academy alumni, he made award-winning shorts THE DOG’S LULLABY (2016) and THE MALEDICTION (2017). His feature project AUTOBIO

Director
Makbul MUBARAK

Makbul MUBARAK is an Indonesian film critic-turned-filmmaker. A Berlinale Talents and Asian Film Academy alumni, he made award-winning shorts THE DOG’S LULLABY (2016) and THE MALEDICTION (2017). His feature project AUTOBIOGRAPHY has been selected at Berlinale Talent Project Market, TorinoFilmLab and others.

Producer Yulia Evina BHARA Yulia Evina BHARA, a Berlinale Talents alumni, founded KawanKawan Media and has since produced the short ON THE ORIGIN OF FEAR (Venice Orizzonti 2016) and feature SOLO, SOLITUDE (Locarno 2016). Her project with Makbul M

Producer
Yulia Evina BHARA

Yulia Evina BHARA, a Berlinale Talents alumni, founded KawanKawan Media and has since produced the short ON THE ORIGIN OF FEAR (Venice Orizzonti 2016) and feature SOLO, SOLITUDE (Locarno 2016). Her project with Makbul Mubarak AUTOBIOGRAPHY has been selected at Berlinale Talent Project Market, TorinoFilmLab, Ties That Bind and others.