Eden Junjung

Biography:

Eden Junjung is an Indonesian Director who graduated from the Film and Television Department at the Indonesia Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta. He made his debut in the film industry as an Editor for several short films. His first short film as Director, ‘Flowers In The Wall’, was an official selection at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2016 in the ‘Lights of Asia’ category, Bogotá Short Film Festival 2016 in the International Competition program and Busan International Short Film Festival 2017. His second short film, ‘Happy Family’, was an official selection at the Valletta International Film Festival 2017 for the International Competition program, Taipei International Film Festival 2018, and Hanoi Film Festival 2018. Currently, he is developing his directorial debut feature film ‘Mayday’ with Producer Siska Raharja. In his films, he likes to explore topics such as human rights issues using motifs including; blurred history, fact and metaphors which contextually depict the current condition in Indonesia.