Khozy Rizal

Directing

Khozy Rizal

Place of birth

Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Known for

Directing

Credits

16 titles

Khozy Rizal is an Indonesian filmmaker based in Makassar. He made his directorial debut in 2021 with the short film 'Makassar is a City for Football Fans', which was included in the official selection of Sundance Film Festival, BFI Flare, among others. His third short film 'Basri & Salma in a Never-ending Comedy' (2023) made history as the first Indonesian short film ever to compete at the Cannes Film Festival.

Known for

Behind the camera

Mothers Are Mothering poster
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Nia, 50, in an abusive marriage navigates a fragmented inner world where desire, memory, and ritual intertwine. A reunion with a former lover reawakens intimacy but exposes the persistence of violence and entrapment. As reality dissolves into hallucination, she reaches for a final, elusive escape.

Mothers Are Mothering

2026

Mothers Are Mothering poster
NR

Nia, 50, in an abusive marriage navigates a fragmented inner world where desire, memory, and ritual intertwine. A reunion with a former lover reawakens intimacy but exposes the persistence of violence and entrapment. As reality dissolves into hallucination, she reaches for a final, elusive escape.

Mothers Are Mothering

2026

Ride To Nowhere poster
NR

Ade is struggling with debt, so she decides to work as a motorcycle taxi driver and looks for ways to prevent customers from canceling rides.

Ride To Nowhere

2022

Ride To Nowhere poster
NR

Ade is struggling with debt, so she decides to work as a motorcycle taxi driver and looks for ways to prevent customers from canceling rides.

Ride To Nowhere

2022

Ride To Nowhere poster
NR

Ade is struggling with debt, so she decides to work as a motorcycle taxi driver and looks for ways to prevent customers from canceling rides.

Ride To Nowhere

2022

No artwork available
NR

Farhan, feminine Indonesian teen who is a K-Pop cover dancer in Makassar struggles to maintain his true identity and expression after a catastrophe occurs to his family business.

I Wanna Dance With Myself

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No artwork available
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Farhan, feminine Indonesian teen who is a K-Pop cover dancer in Makassar struggles to maintain his true identity and expression after a catastrophe occurs to his family business.

I Wanna Dance With Myself

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Little Rebels Cinema Club poster
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2008, the Indonesian city of Parepare. Together with his best friends, 14-year-old Doddy tries to recreate an iconic scene from a zombie movie and record it with the video camera that belongs to his sad and angry emo brother, Anji.

Little Rebels Cinema Club

2025

Little Rebels Cinema Club poster
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2008, the Indonesian city of Parepare. Together with his best friends, 14-year-old Doddy tries to recreate an iconic scene from a zombie movie and record it with the video camera that belongs to his sad and angry emo brother, Anji.

Little Rebels Cinema Club

2025

Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy poster
8.2

Basri and Salma, a childless couple who run an Odong-Odong at the carnival, face mounting pressure at a family reunion that leads to the revelation of why they haven’t had a child.

Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy

2023

Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy poster
8.2

Basri and Salma, a childless couple who run an Odong-Odong at the carnival, face mounting pressure at a family reunion that leads to the revelation of why they haven’t had a child.

Basri & Salma in a Never-Ending Comedy

2023

Makassar Is a City for Football Fans poster
5.0

In a city when the ‘men’ have to go crazy about football, Akbar has to pretend to love football in order to prevent rejection.

Makassar Is a City for Football Fans

2021

Makassar Is a City for Football Fans poster
5.0

In a city when the ‘men’ have to go crazy about football, Akbar has to pretend to love football in order to prevent rejection.

Makassar Is a City for Football Fans

2021

Makassar Is a City for Football Fans poster
5.0

In a city when the ‘men’ have to go crazy about football, Akbar has to pretend to love football in order to prevent rejection.

Makassar Is a City for Football Fans

2021

{02} PINK LAUNDRY poster
NR

Indi, a young architect living in Kyoto, Japan, leads an independent life while working at a bakery shop. When an unexpected encounter and childhood memories resurface, Indi must choose to let go or make peace with her past.

{02} PINK LAUNDRY

2025

{02} PINK LAUNDRY poster
NR

Indi, a young architect living in Kyoto, Japan, leads an independent life while working at a bakery shop. When an unexpected encounter and childhood memories resurface, Indi must choose to let go or make peace with her past.

{02} PINK LAUNDRY

2025