Mauliya Maila

Directing

Mauliya Maila

Known for

Directing

Credits

8 titles

Mauliya Maila (born January 30, 2002) is a writer and director from Indonesia whose work focuses on themes of identity, personal choice, and social pressure.

Known for

Distraction from Heaven poster
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Abu (20), a band musician who was expelled from his old boarding house due to problems with payments that were in arrears, armed with information from social media, he was forced to move to an attic room with a cheap rental price with damp and dark conditions

Distraction from Heaven

2021

Loenpia Bites poster
NR

By selling spring rolls using a recipe she created, a teenage girl increased the sales of her family's spring roll shop but was opposed by her mother who wanted to maintain the taste of her family's heritage recipe

Loenpia Bites

2023

Babad Wingking Griya poster
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Barokah (42) and Minah (47) have adjoining yards that they use as a shared space for drying laundry and keeping chickens. Minah's chickens often wander into Barokah's yard, causing a mess, especially when Barokah is preparing for her child's engagement event. Frustrated, Barokah decides to put up a fence to separate her backyard from Minah's.

Babad Wingking Griya

2022

If You're Happy, I'm Happy poster
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Hesti feels bored and lonely while caring for her daughter, Safa. They are both alone in a small apartment on the outskirts of Jakarta, because her husband Yudi comes home late due to work commitments. A misunderstanding between the couple leads them to reveal their respective efforts to maintain harmony. Yudi is busy pursuing a promotion to secure the promise of a better family holiday, while Hesti is disappointed that her pleas for family time are perceived as impatience with Yudi.

If You're Happy, I'm Happy

2024

Layla Want It poster
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Layla (14) and Ana (14), two students from a Madrasah, skipped school and went to a secluded spot overlooking the sea. Layla asked Ana to take a portrait of her without her hijab. Ana was hesitant, concerned about the potential consequences if the photo were to be shared.

Layla Want It

2024

Behind the camera

Distraction from Heaven poster
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Abu (20), a band musician who was expelled from his old boarding house due to problems with payments that were in arrears, armed with information from social media, he was forced to move to an attic room with a cheap rental price with damp and dark conditions

Distraction from Heaven

2021

Distraction from Heaven poster
NR

Abu (20), a band musician who was expelled from his old boarding house due to problems with payments that were in arrears, armed with information from social media, he was forced to move to an attic room with a cheap rental price with damp and dark conditions

Distraction from Heaven

2021

Loenpia Bites poster
NR

By selling spring rolls using a recipe she created, a teenage girl increased the sales of her family's spring roll shop but was opposed by her mother who wanted to maintain the taste of her family's heritage recipe

Loenpia Bites

2023

Babad Wingking Griya poster
NR

Barokah (42) and Minah (47) have adjoining yards that they use as a shared space for drying laundry and keeping chickens. Minah's chickens often wander into Barokah's yard, causing a mess, especially when Barokah is preparing for her child's engagement event. Frustrated, Barokah decides to put up a fence to separate her backyard from Minah's.

Babad Wingking Griya

2022

If You're Happy, I'm Happy poster
NR

Hesti feels bored and lonely while caring for her daughter, Safa. They are both alone in a small apartment on the outskirts of Jakarta, because her husband Yudi comes home late due to work commitments. A misunderstanding between the couple leads them to reveal their respective efforts to maintain harmony. Yudi is busy pursuing a promotion to secure the promise of a better family holiday, while Hesti is disappointed that her pleas for family time are perceived as impatience with Yudi.

If You're Happy, I'm Happy

2024

If You're Happy, I'm Happy poster
NR

Hesti feels bored and lonely while caring for her daughter, Safa. They are both alone in a small apartment on the outskirts of Jakarta, because her husband Yudi comes home late due to work commitments. A misunderstanding between the couple leads them to reveal their respective efforts to maintain harmony. Yudi is busy pursuing a promotion to secure the promise of a better family holiday, while Hesti is disappointed that her pleas for family time are perceived as impatience with Yudi.

If You're Happy, I'm Happy

2024

Layla Want It poster
NR

Layla (14) and Ana (14), two students from a Madrasah, skipped school and went to a secluded spot overlooking the sea. Layla asked Ana to take a portrait of her without her hijab. Ana was hesitant, concerned about the potential consequences if the photo were to be shared.

Layla Want It

2024

Layla Want It poster
NR

Layla (14) and Ana (14), two students from a Madrasah, skipped school and went to a secluded spot overlooking the sea. Layla asked Ana to take a portrait of her without her hijab. Ana was hesitant, concerned about the potential consequences if the photo were to be shared.

Layla Want It

2024