Directing
Maarij Reka
Born
2003-08-25 (23)
Place of birth
Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia
Known for
Directing
Credits
3 titles
Maarij Reka (Cirebon, 2003) is an Indonesian film student at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta. Growing up in a suburban area shaped his interest in social and personal experiences, which he explores through a realist approach sensitive to people and their emotions, often combining archival materials with mixed-media filmmaking. His short film Erased from the Map (2025) won the Nest Award at the 74th San Sebastián International Film Festival and was selected for INTERFILM Berlin, Tehran ISFF, Jakarta Film Week, the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, and other international film festivals. He is currently developing his debut feature, The Boy with His Mother’s Statue, winner of …
Known for
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRA man tells a journalist about the photos and memories from his childhood in home and village that will soon disappear for the new national capital city. With his brother, he returns to the places they once played, taking pictures and recreating stories as if the land was still the same.
Erased from the Map
2026
NRA man tells a journalist about the photos and memories from his childhood in home and village that will soon disappear for the new national capital city. With his brother, he returns to the places they once played, taking pictures and recreating stories as if the land was still the same.
Erased from the Map
2026