Rafi Eka
Writing
Biography
Rafi is an Indonesian filmmaker with a deep obsession for cinema as a visual and psychological experience. His works often explore silence, loneliness, and social spaces through restrained storytelling and deliberate imagery. Deeply influenced by Stanley Kubrick, his favorite director, alongside Christopher Nolan and Wregas Bhanuteja, Rafi approaches filmmaking with strong attention to form, atmosphere, and subtext. His debut short film Lost Boy was screened on Vidsee, and he continues to develop narrative and documentary projects while studying Broadcasting at Multimedia Training Centre Yogyakarta.
Known For
After losing his job during the pandemic, 18-year-old Gilang continues to try to survive his lonely life. Life crises, trauma from work, and the loss of those closest to him force Gilang to make peace with himself. Finally Gilang dared to look for work again, but all he got was a feeling of trauma which made him even more depressed.
Lost Boy
Bayu is an emigrating from Java to Jakarta. Bayu wants to be an actor. One day, he got the opportunity to play a character in short filmmaking project from one of famous director named Bang Romli who has a background from Betawi Culture. Bayu is a Javanese and speaking Java so fluent, and he must act and speaks look like Betawinese.
Husband is Home
The peaceful KutuPatran boarding house changed instantly when the new person came. Udin and Jajang want to reveal the strangeness they are experiencing. Can they uncover the truth of what is happening?
The Untold Story of Kost
A writer returns to Yogyakarta and visits a photography exhibition in search of a photographer she once immortalized in her book.