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 graduated from Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia and got her Master’s Degree in Screen Documentary, Goldsmiths College University of London under the British Chevening Scholarship award.
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
She is currently writing movies for the cinema, documentaries and television series. Swastika also wrote & directed numerous documentary series shot across Indonesia. In the past six years, in collaboration with Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme (BNPT), Swastika has been giving filmmaking training to high school students in 32 provinces across Indonesia, and encouraged them to make short films to express their voices in relation with tolerance practices..
Reward & Grands
Together with Titis Sapto Raharjo, they won PEN awards in 2021, a film script development grants conducted by Kemdikbudristek.