Directing
Daffa Mangussara
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Directing
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Daffa Mangussara is a Jakarta-based filmmaker whose work blends spectacle with sincerity and challenges societal norms. He sees cinema not just as a reflection of reality, but a tool to expand it. Crafting new worlds, exploring possibilities, and amplifying unheard voices. His short film Tarian Terakhir (2023) won Grand Winner at the 18th Indonesian Film Festival in Australia. In 2024, he delved deeper into surrealism with Setan Bercelana (2025), a mystery set within a theater play where fiction unravels as a real corpse appears on stage.
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Behind the camera
NRWhen a real murder disrupts the play, Dharma, the actor cast as the killer, is blamed. As he exposes his fellow actors’ hidden truths, he begins to question whether he’s the villain after all.
The Devil Wears Pants
2025
NRWhen a real murder disrupts the play, Dharma, the actor cast as the killer, is blamed. As he exposes his fellow actors’ hidden truths, he begins to question whether he’s the villain after all.
The Devil Wears Pants
2025