Profile
Nirartha Bas Diwangkara is an independent filmmaker based in Indonesia. Nirartha holds a degree from Udayana University, and in his practice, he is interested in talking about his own island and its people, especially about gender, sexuality, toxic masculinity, and mental health topics that society often avoids discussing. For him, film is a powerful tool for telling the truth and a subtle weapon to open a discussion about difficult subjects and local communities.
Nirartha has actively volunteered in film screening communities and local film festivals in Bali. In 2018, he co-founded Film Sarad, a film production community. His debut film, “Insanely Infatuated with Someone at the Most Inappropriate Time” won the 2019 Bali Jani Festival and was featured in the 2019 S-Express Indonesia exchange program. The film has been screened at various film festivals across Southeast Asia, such as the Thai Film and Video Festival, SEA Short, and Minikino Film Week, as well as the 2022 Bogoshorts film festival in Bogota, Colombia. In addition to making fiction films, Nirartha has also worked on animations and documentary films.
