Aaron Pratama

Aaron Pratama

Director · Producer · Writer

Biography

Aaron Pratama is a young writer and director based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He studied film at Jakarta Institute of Arts where his graduation short film, Throughout These Cages (2025), had its World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival 2025 and was also selected In Competition at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2025. His previous short film, Mikrokosmos (2024), received several awards at national film festivals across Indonesia. He is currently developing his next short film project, which was selected at Minikino Shorts Up! 2025, a short film development lab powered by Minikino, Purin Film Fund, and MTN Seni Budaya Indonesia. At the same time, he is writing debut feature screenplay, which was selected for the Netflix Screenwriting Fellowship by Soda Machine Films.

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Representative Works

Ghostwriter Of My Thesis
Ghostwriter Of My Thesis
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A Date with the Death
A Date with the Death
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Mikrokosmos
Mikrokosmos
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CIAK, CIAK, CIAK!
CIAK, CIAK, CIAK!
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Mita Syndicate
Mita Syndicate
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Throughout These Cages
Throughout These Cages
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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Ghostwriter Of My Thesis
2022Nominee

Best Director

Ghostwriter Of My Thesis

A Date with the Death
2024Nominee

Career Highlight

A Date with the Death

Mikrokosmos
2024Nominee

Career Highlight

Mikrokosmos

Career Highlights

CIAK, CIAK, CIAK!
2025Highlight

Best Writing

CIAK, CIAK, CIAK!

Will Today Be a Happy Day
2025Highlight

Best Picture

Will Today Be a Happy Day