Featured Filmmakers
We're always on the lookout for interesting filmmakers from the Asia Pacific to inspire our community. Collected here is a list of all the creative individuals we've previously interviewed. If there's someone who you think should be featured by us, write to us today!
Featured Filmmaker: Thet Oo Muang
Thet Oo Maung (Tom) is a documentary filmmaker and photographer from Myanmar whose works have been acclaimed internationally. This is our exclusive interview with him.
Featured Filmmaker: Joseph Israel Laban
Joseph Laban, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker from the Philippines talks to us about the successes and obstacles in his journey so far.
Featured Filmmaker: Asrida Elisabeth
Asrida Elisabeth, an alumni of Papuan Voices, recently won the award for Best Documentary Film at Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD 2015) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This is EngageMedia's exclusive interview with her.
Featured Filmmaker: Thet Paing Kha
Kha is co-founder and animator at JOOSK Illustration, a team run by talented young digital artists in Myanmar. Kha is also part of the creative team at Democratic Voice of Burma's TV channel, and attended Camp Chindwin, our Southeast Asia Video Camp in Yangon earlier this year.
Featured Filmmaker: Yang Chuan Ju
Yang Chuan Ju co-founded Civilmedia@Taiwan, an independent media outlet focused on documenting social movements in the country.
Featured Filmmaker: Yusfik
We interview Yusfik, producer of 'Bekasi Begerak', a film on the Indonesian workers resistance movement.
Featured Filmmaker: FFD & Alia Damaihati
We talk to Alia Damaihati, board member of Film Festival Dokumenter (FFD) about their experiences and challenges.
Featured Filmmaker: Chairun Nissa
Chairun Nissa speaks to us on being a woman and a filmmaker.
Featured Filmmaker: Al Mundir
An interview with Al Mundir, a migrant activist in Malaysia and participant of our Crossroads project.
Featured Filmmaker: Charlie Hill-Smith
Frengky Making from Papuan Voices chats with Charlie Hill-Smith, producer of 'Strange Birds of Paradise', a new film on the story of West Papua.
Featured Filmmaker: Fluxcup
This month, our guest editors Azizah Hanum and Arief 'Kutil' Permana interviewed Ucup, a video artist from Bandung (West Java) who is known for his video parodies. Hanum met up with Ucup at a video slam at Common Room.
Featured Filmmaker: Ozair Rao
This month we are featuring Ozair Rao, a filmmaker from Pakistan who has combined his passion for travel and filmmaking into a mission to inspire change.
Featured Filmmaker: JL Burgos
JL Burgos shares with us his journey, process, and views as a video activist from the Philippines.
Featured Filmmaker: Arvind Raj
We interview Arvind Raj, a video journalist working with Free Malaysia Today, one of the country's most popular independent online news portals.
Featured Filmmaker: Adithio Noviello
This month we chat with London-based filmmaker/photographer Adithio, who is in Indonesia to work and play hard.
Featured Filmmaker: Ho Choon Hiong
We interview Ho Choon Hiong, a filmmaker from Singapore who has braved the country's restrictive media laws to present the other side of its story.
Featured Filmmaker: Shafie Dris
EngageMedia interviews Shafie Dris, an activist and filmmaker who is at the forefront of the indigenous (Orang Asli) rights movement in Malaysia.
Featured Filmmaker: King Catoy
King Catoy is a prolific and award-winning human rights filmmaker from the Philippines. He was one of the founding members of Southern Tagalog Exposure, an independent multimedia collective, and later the Executive Director of Mayday Multimedia. He was also the cinematographer and editor of various documentaries tackling the issues of migrants and the urban poor, and is currently part of the video program of PinoyMedia Center. We present to you an interesting insight into his journey and experiences.
Featured Filmmaker: Cyntia Warwe (Papuan Voices)
Cyntia is one of Papuan Voices filmmakers based in Jayapura. While she spends most of her time facilitating indegenous Papuan women traders, she still manages to make some videos to help achieve her goals.
Featured Filmmaker: Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor is a filmmaker based in Sydney, Australia. He has worked in East Timor, Indonesia and Latin America. He works as a media educator for CuriousWorks, a Sydney based non-profit organisation that assists communities to tell their stories using accessible digital technologies.
