
Directing
Viva Westi
Born
1972-09-21 (54)
Place of birth
Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia
Known for
Directing
Credits
30 titles
Viva Westi is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Known for
7.0A devoted mother trapped in an abusive marriage finds hope through a courageous women's rights lawyer as her daughter's worsening condition forces her to fight for freedom and her child's survival.
My Husband, My Wound
2026
5.5It follows the story of Anwar's fight against corruption while in government between the years of 1993 and 1998, which led to his eventual imprisonment and the birth of the reformasi movement.
Anwar: The Untold Story
2023
3.5A complex in the middle of the village panicked when it appears that there are Pocong that arise every night, knocking on every door.
Pocong Keliling
2010
NRPia, a Chinese-Indonesian girl raised in a Minang community, falls in love with Yusril, a young doctor. Their relationship faces cultural and traditional barriers when Yusril’s family tries to arrange his marriage to his cousin. Amid family pressure and financial hardship, the two fight to keep their love alive.
Jangan Panggil Aku Cina
2002
NRRayya is a great artist, diverse talents. She's an actress, musician, singer, and even a model. The glamorous world that many people dream of is already in the grip. The arrogance that usually comes with success was embraced. But, the success of weakening Rayya was 'dumped', the momentum was the trigger that turned Rayya's confusion into a plan to stop his own life. about him with the hope that in the end there will be nothing left. Arya is a middle-aged photographer who also has her own problems. The man who found a way out of his problem thanks to Rayya. Both of them proceed together to find light above light
Rayya, Cahaya Di Atas Cahaya
2012
3.5Topan and Raka are two friends. Topan has a lover named Chanisa who turns out to be suffering from lung cancer.
18+ : True Love Never Dies
2010
Film credits
Behind the camera
7.0A devoted mother trapped in an abusive marriage finds hope through a courageous women's rights lawyer as her daughter's worsening condition forces her to fight for freedom and her child's survival.
My Husband, My Wound
2026
5.5It follows the story of Anwar's fight against corruption while in government between the years of 1993 and 1998, which led to his eventual imprisonment and the birth of the reformasi movement.
Anwar: The Untold Story
2023
5.5It follows the story of Anwar's fight against corruption while in government between the years of 1993 and 1998, which led to his eventual imprisonment and the birth of the reformasi movement.
Anwar: The Untold Story
2023
3.5A complex in the middle of the village panicked when it appears that there are Pocong that arise every night, knocking on every door.
Pocong Keliling
2010
NRPia, a Chinese-Indonesian girl raised in a Minang community, falls in love with Yusril, a young doctor. Their relationship faces cultural and traditional barriers when Yusril’s family tries to arrange his marriage to his cousin. Amid family pressure and financial hardship, the two fight to keep their love alive.
Jangan Panggil Aku Cina
2002
NRRayya is a great artist, diverse talents. She's an actress, musician, singer, and even a model. The glamorous world that many people dream of is already in the grip. The arrogance that usually comes with success was embraced. But, the success of weakening Rayya was 'dumped', the momentum was the trigger that turned Rayya's confusion into a plan to stop his own life. about him with the hope that in the end there will be nothing left. Arya is a middle-aged photographer who also has her own problems. The man who found a way out of his problem thanks to Rayya. Both of them proceed together to find light above light
Rayya, Cahaya Di Atas Cahaya
2012
NRRayya is a great artist, diverse talents. She's an actress, musician, singer, and even a model. The glamorous world that many people dream of is already in the grip. The arrogance that usually comes with success was embraced. But, the success of weakening Rayya was 'dumped', the momentum was the trigger that turned Rayya's confusion into a plan to stop his own life. about him with the hope that in the end there will be nothing left. Arya is a middle-aged photographer who also has her own problems. The man who found a way out of his problem thanks to Rayya. Both of them proceed together to find light above light
Rayya, Cahaya Di Atas Cahaya
2012
3.5Topan and Raka are two friends. Topan has a lover named Chanisa who turns out to be suffering from lung cancer.
18+ : True Love Never Dies
2010
NRIt tells the story of a conflict between two families, one in Yogyakarta and one in Kuala Lumpur, which has resurfaced before the wife and children who were abandoned for 30 years in Yogyakarta. The secret kept from the knowledge of the family members in Malaysia is finally revealed when Fariz, the eldest son of Rahman and Farida, flies to Yogyakarta to seek certainty.
Sepenggal Puisi
2020
4.6Reta and Santi are childhood friends. Reta falls in love with David, who Santi has had an affair with. Since Reta has a serious illness, Santi decides to keep her love affair a secret. A love triangle turns into a nightmare between three friends.
Affair
2010
6.0When a group of kid chefs find out that their beloved cooking camp is closed, they try to raise enough money to reopen it using their culinary skills.
Koki-Koki Cilik 2
2019
NRBecause of his political activities, Sukarno was exiled to Ende in 1934. He went with his wife Inggit Garnasih, daughter Ratna Djuami alias Omi, and mother-in-law Amsi. The initial period in exile was difficult. The most painful thing is that no local people dare to speak to him and everywhere he is always followed by the police.
Ketika Bung di Ende
2013
NRBecause of his political activities, Sukarno was exiled to Ende in 1934. He went with his wife Inggit Garnasih, daughter Ratna Djuami alias Omi, and mother-in-law Amsi. The initial period in exile was difficult. The most painful thing is that no local people dare to speak to him and everywhere he is always followed by the police.
Ketika Bung di Ende
2013
2.0Antares and May, a couple from different ethnic groups, are separated during the May 1998 riots in Jakarta. While Antares is busy as a filmmaker documenting the historic moment, May is kidnapped and raped. May is also separated from her mother, who takes refuge in a hotel. In despair, May’s mother exchanges her house deeds for an airplane ticket to Malaysia with a lowly laundryman, Gandang. Ten years after, Antares finds May in Malaysia. She now has a child from a foreign reporter who saved her on that unfortunate day. The reunion reveals the tragic past of May and her mother.
May
2008
4.0Three 14-year-old friends, Flory, Kemala and Icha, get close to Dea, who attempted suicide. Dea is depressed when her boyfriend, Adit, distributes their intimate sex scene through the Internet and mobile phones. Flory is crushed when her parents divorce after her mother comes out as a lesbian. Meanwhile, Kemala is the first one to have a boyfriend. She is different from Icha who feels incomplete because she hasn’t had her period yet.
Putih Abu-Abu dan Sepatu Kets
2009
NRAya, Ares, and Brenda are high school friends. When Ares makes Aya pregnant, they find themselves not ready for marriage. They then stay at Brenda's house, before they begin to find a place to perform an abortion. During the search, their friendship is tested. Eventually they decide to go home with Aya insisting on taking all the responsibilities together with Ares, no matter what.
Belum Cukup Umur
2010
NRMay runs away from home and lives on the streets. When she meets Sashi, she is allowed to stay in a rented house with another girl, Andhara, a bartender at a nightclub. Although Sashi works as a pimp who sells her high-school-virgin friends, she still appreciates May and even supports her intention to pay for her mother’s medical bills. So Sashi introduces May to Dessy, a striptease dancer. Later, when May is sexually harassed, Andhara and Rangga come to her aid. After the incident, May’s relationship with Rangga grows closer. But Andhara learns that Rangga only wants May’s body. Andhara then beats up Rangga, who in retaliation, reports her to the police for drug possession. May’s situation deteriorates and she asks Sashi to sell her body.
Not for Sale
2010
NRSet between 1993 and 1998. Based on a true story, the narrative is about Anwar's firm and consistent refusal of various forms of allowances and cash from certain parties while serving in the government as Minister of Finance. It also depicts how Anwar was reluctant to use public funds to bail out companies owned by the children of certain leaders that suffered losses of billions of ringgit. Because of this, he was slandered through a massive conspiracy, dismissed, brutally beaten in prison and left without medical treatment for several days. From a respected finance minister who successfully freed Malaysia from the shackles of debt, he ultimately ended up languishing in prison.
Sinopsis filem Anwar The Untold Story
2023
NRGitta, Agnes, Angel, and Nando are members of a band led by Popo. When Gitta quits the band, Popo offers the vocalist position to Gaby. Then Gaby and Popo fall in love but Gitta unexpectedly reappears. Gitta breaks the news to Gaby that Popo is her ex-boyfriend. This unsettles Gaby especially when Popo treats Gitta with great concern when she has an accident. Then Nando suggests that they participate in a band competition to secure a recording contract. But the competition becomes very fierce and dirty tricks start being used.
Gaby dan Lagunya
2010
5.8A pawnshop owner who buys and sells mementos of broken relationships must deal with old wounds when his ex-girlfriend becomes his new customer.
Toko Barang Mantan
2020
6.0The Dutch declare unilaterally that they are not longer bound by the Renville Treaty, and to stop the ceasefire. On December 19, 1948, Army Commander General Spoor Noord Simons leads military aggression II to attack Yogyakarta, the capital of the Republic of Indonesia at the time. The Dutch arrested Soekarno-Hatta and exiled them to the island of Bangka. General Soedirman who suffered from tuberculosis leads the guerrilla war for seven months against the Dutch.
Jenderal Soedirman
2015
6.0The Dutch declare unilaterally that they are not longer bound by the Renville Treaty, and to stop the ceasefire. On December 19, 1948, Army Commander General Spoor Noord Simons leads military aggression II to attack Yogyakarta, the capital of the Republic of Indonesia at the time. The Dutch arrested Soekarno-Hatta and exiled them to the island of Bangka. General Soedirman who suffered from tuberculosis leads the guerrilla war for seven months against the Dutch.
Jenderal Soedirman
2015
NRAnggiat Simbolon migrated from his village, Sorkam Tapantiur Tengah, to Jakarta. He is successful as a lawyer and his parents are proud of him, but he is not perfect because his mother expects Anggiat to marry his pariban (cousin).
Mursala
2013
NRSarah and Joe, newly married, decide to reopen a nursing home in an old villa owned by Sarah’s belated grandmother. They do not expect that the villa carries certain burdens from the past that haunt the couple, along with its newly appointed caretaker, nurse Wulan, and Joe’s eccentric sister, Maya.
Suster N
2007
NRSarah and Joe, newly married, decide to reopen a nursing home in an old villa owned by Sarah’s belated grandmother. They do not expect that the villa carries certain burdens from the past that haunt the couple, along with its newly appointed caretaker, nurse Wulan, and Joe’s eccentric sister, Maya.
Suster N
2007
NRKuntoro, aka Kun, is friends with Junaidi, aka Jun. They share their daily lives in a rented room where they obsess about becoming famous film stars, though they only have cameo roles. Kun fancies Mona who is rich and kind, but he does not have the courage to confess his love. One day at the shoot, Kun meets a film star, Sheila. Slowly they become friends and Sheila starts to like Kun. One day, when they have no work as extras, Sheila comes bringing food. Sheila also offers them work as extras in a film with Chyntiara Alona. Sheila also offers them a job as salesmen for sex related products supplied by Koh Acun. Kun becomes the seller and Jun acts as a transvestite and they manage to sell some products. From then on, using the same strategy, they manage to become successful in selling aphrodisiacs.
Merem Melek
2008
NRVania, a student, is an illegitimate child whose father is unknown. His mother died when he was eighteen years old.
True Love
2011
NRA 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

