Ifa Isfansyah
Ifa Isfansyah Ifa Isfansyah is an Indonesian film director. Initially a maker of short films, his 1st featured film, Garuda di Dadaku (Garuda on my Chest), was released in 2009. His following film, Sang Penari (The Dancer), won four Citra Awards at the 2011 Indonesian Film Festival. Ifa was born in Yogyakarta in 1979. He grew up in a small village and enjoyed soccer in his youth; 1st playing with a Muhammadiyah-sponsored team, he was a reserve in junior high school. After high school, where he dabbled in basketball and playing the bass, he enrolled at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts. In 2001, Ifa founded the independent film community Fourcolors Films; the following year, he released his 1st short film, Air Mata Surga, together with Eddie Cahyono. Mayar, also released in 2002, which was shown in several film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam. Four years later, Ifa released Harap Tenang, Ada Ujian!, a short film about the 2006 FIFA World Cup in compariso...