Tonny Trimarsanto

Directing

Tonny Trimarsanto

Born

1970-10-21 (56)

Place of birth

Klaten, Indonesia

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Tonny Trimarsanto is a film director, producer, lecture and film workshop facilitator. Many of his documentaries were shown in film festivals across the globe and have also won several award. “The Dream Land”, “Serambi”, “Renita Renita”, “Its A Beautiful Day”, and “Someday”.

Known for

Under The Moonlight poster
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At an Islamic school in Yogyakarta, all the adult students are transgender. Here, they can live the way they choose to—it’s a stark contrast with the hostile world outside. Despite the threats, they cheerfully go on with their work.

Under The Moonlight

2023

Smong poster
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This documentary film will follow Juman and Zahrina’s journey in the process of healing from the trauma of the Aceh Tsunami, 20 years ago.

Smong

2024

No artwork available
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The political crisis in 1965 is a trauma, terror, and violence inflicting tragedy. Most victims were murdered without trial. Rivers are stages of the massacre, which holds the tragedy.

River

2021

One Big Sumba Family poster
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Martha is the daughter-in-law of MD Raya. Her Husband is the first son of MD Raya's twelfth wife. When Adi, Martha's husband, was studying at the University in Malang, Martha worked for MD Raya while waiting for her husband to come home. In the meantime, MD Raya is waiting for Adi to graduate with hope that he can get back his family's pride that was lost since he's not the head of the village anymore.

One Big Sumba Family

2023

Eyelashes poster
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A film about the life of Transgenders living in Aceh Indonesia, near the northern end of Sumatra. There are 10 indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people. Aceh is thought to have been the place where the spread of Islam in Indonesia began. The Transgenders have their own personal hopes and dreams for a fulfilled and satisfying life. However, people in Aceh often label LGBT as criminals, mentally ill and prostitutes.

Eyelashes

2015

Serambi poster
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A college student, a young female dancer, an orphaned adolescent, a rickshaw driver, and an eternal optimist all discuss the manner in which the 2004 tsunami set into motion by an Indian Ocean earthquake dramatically altered their lives in filmmaker Garin Nugroho's reflective documentary.

Serambi

2005

Behind the camera

Under The Moonlight poster
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At an Islamic school in Yogyakarta, all the adult students are transgender. Here, they can live the way they choose to—it’s a stark contrast with the hostile world outside. Despite the threats, they cheerfully go on with their work.

Under The Moonlight

2023

Under The Moonlight poster
NR

At an Islamic school in Yogyakarta, all the adult students are transgender. Here, they can live the way they choose to—it’s a stark contrast with the hostile world outside. Despite the threats, they cheerfully go on with their work.

Under The Moonlight

2023

Smong poster
NR

This documentary film will follow Juman and Zahrina’s journey in the process of healing from the trauma of the Aceh Tsunami, 20 years ago.

Smong

2024

Smong poster
NR

This documentary film will follow Juman and Zahrina’s journey in the process of healing from the trauma of the Aceh Tsunami, 20 years ago.

Smong

2024

Smong poster
NR

This documentary film will follow Juman and Zahrina’s journey in the process of healing from the trauma of the Aceh Tsunami, 20 years ago.

Smong

2024

No artwork available
NR

The political crisis in 1965 is a trauma, terror, and violence inflicting tragedy. Most victims were murdered without trial. Rivers are stages of the massacre, which holds the tragedy.

River

2021

No artwork available
NR

The political crisis in 1965 is a trauma, terror, and violence inflicting tragedy. Most victims were murdered without trial. Rivers are stages of the massacre, which holds the tragedy.

River

2021

One Big Sumba Family poster
NR

Martha is the daughter-in-law of MD Raya. Her Husband is the first son of MD Raya's twelfth wife. When Adi, Martha's husband, was studying at the University in Malang, Martha worked for MD Raya while waiting for her husband to come home. In the meantime, MD Raya is waiting for Adi to graduate with hope that he can get back his family's pride that was lost since he's not the head of the village anymore.

One Big Sumba Family

2023

Eyelashes poster
NR

A film about the life of Transgenders living in Aceh Indonesia, near the northern end of Sumatra. There are 10 indigenous ethnic groups in this region, the largest being the Acehnese people. Aceh is thought to have been the place where the spread of Islam in Indonesia began. The Transgenders have their own personal hopes and dreams for a fulfilled and satisfying life. However, people in Aceh often label LGBT as criminals, mentally ill and prostitutes.

Eyelashes

2015

Serambi poster
NR

A college student, a young female dancer, an orphaned adolescent, a rickshaw driver, and an eternal optimist all discuss the manner in which the 2004 tsunami set into motion by an Indian Ocean earthquake dramatically altered their lives in filmmaker Garin Nugroho's reflective documentary.

Serambi

2005

Renita, Renita poster
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Renita, a trans-prostitute, who speaks her truth. She would prefer not to be trans...

Renita, Renita

2007

The Mangoes poster
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Renita lives in a tiny space that doubles as her hairdressing salon, a place where her many transgender friends come to relax and discuss politics, the latest fashions, and being transgender in Jakarta. But Renita, or Reni, used to be Mohammad Zein, back when she lived with her parents in Palu. Twenty years earlier, her father had given her an ultimatum – if you're not a man you're not my son – and Reni has not seen her family or birthplace since. Now she wants to return. The film's director and Reni engage in occasional conversation as they create an intimate peek into the complicated life of a transgender person.

The Mangoes

2012