KEVIN RAHARDJO

FILM/DESIGN

Kevin Rahardjo (b. 1999) currently works as a writer at Come and See Pictures, a studio founded by Joko Anwar & Tia Hasibuan.

Kevin is producing a feature film project titled "Parasomnia," which won the NAFF Award at BIFAN It Project 2023 and the Platform Busan Prize at Producers Lab Jakarta Film Week 2023. 

He is the co-writer of "Maiden Home," a folk-horror feature film project by Sinn Kirin that won the VIPO Award at BIFAN It Project 2023 and was selected for Talent Tokyo 2023.

His short film, "Accidentally Intentional (2023)," premiered at Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023 and competed at Red Sea, Nashville, LAAPFF, and Beijing ISFF. 

His latest short film, "In The Name of Love I Will Punish You," premiered at Fantasia International Film Festival 2024 in Canada.

His upcoming short "Drama, Dance & Men" and "Followers" each received funding from Layar Indonesiana and Jakarta Film Week 2024.

Kevin is currently in pre-production of his first feature film.

Kevin Rahardjo co-founded SORE SORE,  Jakarta based multidisciplinary platform through prints and publications from idea to the finished object. SORE SORE has participated in both local and international fairs such as Bangkok Art Book Fair, KL Art Book Fair and Fotobook DUMMIES Day 2023 to name a few.




NECESSITY OF LIFE (2021) - SHORT FILMWritten & Directed by Kevin Rahardjo

Synopsis:
At midnight, a middle-aged taxi driver must drive his female passenger home but his intentions are unclear.

Festivals:
- HBO Urbanworld Film Festival 2021
- Houston Asian American Pacific Islander Film Festival 2022
- Jakarta Film Week 2022
- Jakarta Independent Film Festival 2022, Nominated for Best Indonesian Short
- Kinosaurus Jakarta August 2022
- Festival Film Indonesia 2022, Shortlisted
- Dam Short Film Festival 2023
- First Cut Youth Film Festival 2023