Red is My Blood, White is Your Seed

Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto (b. 1999) is an Indonesian film writer/director based between Toronto and Jakarta. Her works utilize genre films as a medium to dissect sociopolitical, cultural, and environmental grievances through a female gaze. Often drawing from personal experiences and her interests in displacement and geographical boundaries, she is in pursuit of exploring her own brand of Indonesian futurism—a mix of mythology, occult elements, and technological advancements in a (post-)colonial setting. Since 2020, Andrea has been writing and directing films, starting with "Srikandi", a fantasy drama that premiered at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival: Asia, and the 40th Vancouver International Film Festival, among other international festivals. Following her debut, "Bawang Merah Bawang Putih" is a body horror food film produced as a 2022 Get Reel Filmmakers Scholarship recipient and premiered at Sundance Asia 2022. Then she premiered "Sawo Matang", a political futurism short at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival and was selected as part of TIFF Canada’s Top Ten 2023. More recently, she completed production for "Red is My Blood, White is Your Seed". Other than fiction, she co-directed a short documentary called “Brown Enough”, now available in TELUS Optik. She is an alumna of the 2020 Experimental Forest Writing is Rewriting Workshop, 2021 VIFF Catalyst Mentorship Program, 2023 BIFAN NAFF Fantastic Film School, 2023 DISFF Pitching Lab, 2023 Objectifs Short Film Incubator, 2024 Berlinale Talents: Short Form Station, and the 2024 ArtWorksTO: Skills for a Creative Future. In 2024, she was awarded the Newcomer Artist Award by the Toronto Arts Foundation. Andrea is currently in development for her first feature film, anthology TV series, and other shorts.