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Jonathan Gradiyan

Jonathan Gradiyan

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Biography

Jonathan Gradiyan is a Film and Television student at IKJ (Jakarta Institute of the Arts) from Yogyakarta (indonesia), focusing on both fiction and documentary filmmaking. For the past three years, he has been part of the Film Traffic Team at JAFF (Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival) alongside Andi F. Yahya, strengthening his involvement in the festival ecosystem. As a director, his hybrid documentary Celebration: A Bliss Parade has screened at various festivals, including the Kota Kinabalu International Film Festival Malaysia 2024. His film Constructed became an Official Selection at Festival Film Dokumenter 2025 (Student Competition), and Mercy Me was selected for the 45th VGIK International Student Film Festival in Russia.He is the 3rd Prize winner of the Europe on Screen Short Film Pitching Project 2025 and a finalist of the Sewon Short Film Fund 2025 as producer of In The Name of Me.

Known For

In The Name of Me
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inside a strict all girls Catholic dormitory, Kristy struggles with a recurring nightmare and hidden feelings for her best friend,Merry. As the Easter Tableau performance nears, she must face her own denial by playing as “Peter” the disciple who denied Jesus.

In The Name of Me

2026
Kicep
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Hara, an office worker who has an excessive fear of Ondel - Ondel

Kicep

2024
Between Above and Below
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Gian, a street clown performer who get wrongly accused by society for kidnapping a little girl named Lia.

Between Above and Below

2024
Constructed
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After 12 years of documentary courses being absent as a form of Integrated Practicum in the Film Department at IKJ, Bikeska, Paul, Arrivo, and Raihanul chose to break the tradition. Amidst the dominance of fiction films, which are considered more prestigious, they chose documentaries due to budget constraints and a desire to respond to the world in a more honest and intimate way. Their poetic documentary film captures two layers of reality: a man who draws architectural spaces, and the laborers who build them. However, the process led to a creative crisis and the images were too structured as the treatment felt like fiction filmmaking. The question arose: were they recording reality or constructing it? The camera turned around, highlighting the team’s process and confusion. Ultimately, the film not only captures space and labor, but also reflects that documentaries, like buildings, are the result of construction and choice.

Constructed

2025
Mercy Me
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Kefas, a Catholic school student, struggles with his faith while living in a Muslim-majority neighborhood. His inner conflict leads him on a journey toward true forgiveness.

Mercy Me

2025