Swastika Nohara S.Psi, M.A.
Swastika Nohara S.Psi, M.A.
Profile & Qualification
“Swastika Nohara is an award winning scriptwriter who wrote the script for Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku (Best Film, FFI 2014), Tiga Srikandi, Sepeda Presiden and many more. She also won Best Original Screenplay in the prestigious Piala Maya award 2013 and 2014.
After graduating from Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, she worked as a TV journalist and documentary filmmaker. Then she was awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship to pursue her master degree in Goldsmiths University of London, where she learnt filmmaking and scriptwriting.”
Research & Publication
Swastika Nohara won Best Original Screenplay in Piala Maya award 2013 and 2014. Her screenplay was also nominated in the best adapted screenplay category in Festival Film Indonesia 2014.
Professional Engagement
“Swastika is currently writing movie scripts for the cinema, documentaries and TV series, while actively involved in PILAR, Penulis Indonesia untuk Layar Lebar. Swastika also wrote & directed numerous documentary series shot across Indonesia.
Teaching and knowledge sharing is her passion. In the past eight years, Swastika has been giving filmmaking training to high school students across Indonesia, and encouraged them to make short films to express their voices.
Reward & Grands
Filmography:
• Sampai Nanti, Hanna! (cinema release: September 2024). Sutradara: Agung Sentausa. Produser: Dewi Umaya. Pemeran: Febby Rastanty, Juan Bio One, Ibrahim Risyad. Film ini mengangkat kisah romansa dalam hubungan toxic yang traumatis, diwarnai dengan nuansa aktivisme kampus di era 90-an. Lokasi: Bandung, Leiden, Jakarta.
• Jendela Seribu Sungai (cinema release: 20 Juli 2023). Drama petualangan dan persahabatan antara tiga anak beda etnis dan beda nasib di Banjarmasin, Kalimantan Selatan. Arian, anak Banjar bersahabat dengan Kejora, anak Dayak yang sekolahnya terbakar dan karena sebuah sebab mereka sepakat untuk membantu Bunga, anak dengan cerebral palsy (otot kaku) yang ingin ikut lomba menari.
• Sepeda Presiden (cinema release: 23 December 2021). Sutradara: Garin Nogroho. Sepeda Presiden adalah film drama musikal keluarga Indonesia tahun 2021. Proses syuting film ini diselesaikan selama 19 hari di Sorong dan Raja Ampat dengan tokoh yang diperankan oleh anak-anak asli Papua
• Tiga Srikandi (cinema release: 4 Agustus 2016). Pemeran: Reza Rahadian, Bunga Citra Lestari, Tara Basro & Chelsea Islan. Terinspirasi oleh kisah nyata dengan konflik tajam perjuangan 3 atlet panahan Indonesia dalam dunia yang didominasi atlet pria, dalam membawa medali olimpiade pertama bagi Indonesia.
• Cahaya Dari Timur: Beta Maluku (cinema release: 17 Juni 2014). Pemeran: Chicco Jericho, Glenn Fredly. Film ini memenangkan Piala Citra sebagai Film Terbaik tahun 2014. Terinspirasi dari kisah nyata dalam konflik Ambon dimana seorang pemuda di desa Tulehu bertekad mengalihkan perhatian anak-anak desanya dari perang yang meletus dengan cara melatih mereka sepak bola. Ternyata latihan ini mengeluarkan bakat anak-anak itu hingga mau ikut kompetisi nasional.
• GARUDA19 (cinema release: 9 Oktober 2014), True story of finding and uniting the Indonesia national under-19 football team to win the 2013 AFF U-19 Youth Championship. Inspired by the story of Coach Indra Sjafrie. Further information please click here.
• Hari Ini Pasti Menang (cinema release: 11 April 2013), a sport drama revealing the dark side of Indonesia football gambling and score fixing. It was released on Indonesian cinema in April 2013, produced by Bogalakon Pictures. I am the script writer and won Piala Maya (Maya award 2013) for The Best Original Screenplay.