Ifa Isfansyah

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Ifa Isfansyah

Born December 16, 1979 · Jogjakarta, Indonesia (age 46)

Ifa Isfansyah was born in Jogjakarta, Indonesia 1979. Graduated from Television Department Indonesian Institute of the Art Jogjakarta. In 2001, with his several friends founding an independent film community, named Fourcolours Films and has been active producing short films. Ifa was selected at Asian Film Academy Pusan Int'l Film festival 2006 and won a scholarship award in Im Kwon Taek Film Colle…

Known For

Falling in Love Like in MoviesFalling in Love Like in Movies · 2023
Falling in Love Like in Movies
★ 8.82023
MovieComedyDrama
Bagus, a screenwriter, reunites with his high school friend and crush, Hana, who is still grieving from the loss of her husband. He wants to convince her to fall in love once again, just like in the movies.
Garuda Di DadakuGaruda Di Dadaku · 2026
Garuda Di Dadaku
★ 8.72026
MovieAnimationComedy
A thirteen-year-old boy battling severe chronic asthma refuses to abandon his ambitions of joining the Indonesian National Youth Football Team, finding an extraordinary path to athletic rehabilitation through the intervention of a mystical Garuda entity and the strategic support of the head coach's daughter.
Four Seasons in JavaFour Seasons in Java · 2026
Four Seasons in Java
★ 8.32026
MovieDramaThriller
Pertiwi returns to her hometown after spending two decades in prison to rebuild her life. There, she finds power in things that have been abandoned: discarded electronic devices that mysteriously light up and a community of outcasts living on the fringes of society. But coming home also means confronting the four men who sent her to prison and now rule the village. Together with the outcasts, Pertiwi begins to uncover the darkness that still haunts the place - and the past she thought she had left behind.
YuniYuni · 2021
Yuni
★ 6.82021
MovieDrama
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
Before, Now & ThenBefore, Now & Then · 2022
Before, Now & Then
★ 6.82022
MovieDrama
Set against Indonesia’s turbulent post-independence years in the 1960s, the story revolves around the domestic life of a woman whose personal life has been completely overturned by the political turmoil.
Gratuity GirlGratuity Girl · 2011
Gratuity Girl
2011
MovieDrama
Ayu, a girl from a village outside Yogyakarta, wants to become a famous dangdut singer. So in Yogya, Ayu stays with Ningsih, her aunt, who owns a beauty salon. Dimas, her friend, accompanies Ayu, as a street musician, to get musical exposure. Ayu starts to get noticed when she sings. Men are mesmerised, especially by her moves and voice. They throw money at her every time she performs for gratuity, thus she earns the nickname, cewek saweran or gratuity girl.
SekarSekar · 2018
Sekar
2018
MovieDrama
Sekar is a blind woman who makes her mother's batik her whole world. Until Sekar met a silversmith who made batik motifs for her. The man brought batik to life in another way.
The Golden Cane WarriorThe Golden Cane Warrior · 2014
The Golden Cane Warrior
★ 6.52014
MovieActionDrama
A martial arts master angers two of her protégés when she selects a third to take her post and the legendary weapon that comes with it.

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9 Summers 10 Autumns9 Summers 10 Autumns · 2013
9 Summers 10 Autumns
2013
MovieDrama
At the foot of Mount Panderman, in a house of 6 x 7 m, Iwan dreams to build a bedroom. Living with six other people in the cramped little house, a bedroom is truly a luxury. His father is a public car driver who can’t remember his own birthday, while her mother didn’t finish elementary school. Iwan grows up together with his four sisters. It is education that grants a way out. With tenacity, the Apple Town boy can work in the Big Apple, New York. Ten years of his exploration in that most cosmopolitan city makes him able to raise his family’s dignity. He manages to hold an important position in one of the biggest multinational corporations. However the bright lights of New York can’t heal a bitter memory. A shocking event brought forth someone who takes him to revisit the past. It is family love that saves all.

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Cado Cado: Doctor 101Cado Cado: Doctor 101 · 2016
Cado Cado: Doctor 101
2016
MovieComedyDrama
The most popular three reasons to enter the Faculty of Medicine are: income security, the prestigious diploma, or facilitating to get mate. Riva’s enter to the Faculty of Medicine is not for the three reasons above, but just goes along his friend named Evi, the girl he called best friend since high school. When co-ass or pre-med program begins, the proximity of the Riva and Vena, pretty co-ass and the girlo of the shareholder of the hospital, making the relationship between Riva and Evi cracked, because each reluctant to admit that they are more than just friends. As a result of a series of silly mistakes due to his own negligence, Riva blacklisted by the Professor. He began to doubt and question his choice to become a doctor. After the death of a patient, Riva aware of the real meaning of the vocation and the responsibility for his choice to become a doctor. Ahead of Evi’s departure, Riva realizes that what all this time they have is love.

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