Gisela Levy
Directing
Biography
Gisela Levy is an independent filmmaker, graduated with a bachelor's degree in film and television. She was involved in a feature film, The Science of Fictions (2019), as the second assistant director. She was selected to be one out of two Indonesian representatives for ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY, which was held in Brunei Darussalam in 2019.
Known For

2008, the Indonesian city of Parepare. Together with his best friends, 14-year-old Doddy tries to recreate an iconic scene from a zombie movie and record it with the video camera that belongs to his sad and angry emo brother, Anji.
Little Rebels Cinema Club

Indi, a young architect living in Kyoto, Japan, leads an independent life while working at a bakery shop. When an unexpected encounter and childhood memories resurface, Indi must choose to let go or make peace with her past.
{02} PINK LAUNDRY

Depicting the dynamics of a location that conventionally connects two points that are often crowded with people. Through the action of commotion, intimate conversations, and meeting new people, all of which are captured from one point of view and rolling without cuts.
Difraction

Stranded on an isolated road with a broken-down car, a girl reconnects with her father over a phone call.
Passing

Upon the death of his wife, Yohan keeps a coffin in his bedroom and insists on being left alone, leaving his children baffled by their father’s behavior.
Marta, I'm Home

A girl is still dealing with the death of her father. In the midst of her relationship with a detached mother and her own struggle to find peace, she must confront an old wound she deeply buried.
A Daughter's Lullaby

Ayu, a Javanese waitress whose tragedy was adapted into a film, faces Susan, the Indo-Dutch actress portraying her, in a promotional segment titled Food Wars: Indonesia vs. the Netherlands where power balances are tested and contested.