Aditya Ahmad

Aditya Ahmad (born 29 May 1989) is an Indonesian filmmaker. His graduation short film On Stopping the Rain received a Special Mention at the Children's Jury Generation Kplus section of 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014. His 2018 short film A Gift had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and won the Orizzonti Prize for Best Short.

Aditya Ahmad
Born	Adityahmad Mahmuddin (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 36) Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Occupations	Director writer producer cinematographer
Years active	2013–present

Career

In 2006, Ahmad participated in a workshop held by the British Council and directed a video diary titled Pagar. He then studied Film and Television at the Institut Kesenian Makassar.^[1] His graduation film, On Stopping the Rain competed at the Short Film section of the 2013 Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival and won the Special Mention.^[2] It had its international premiere at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival at the Generation Kplus section, where it won the Special Mention selected by the Children's Jury.^[3] It was also nominated for the Citra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2014 Indonesian Film Festival.^[4] In 2014, he was selected to participate at the Asian Film Academy, held during the 19th Busan International Film Festival.^[5] He was also selected to participate in Berlinale Talents in 2015.^[6]

In 2018, his short film A Gift, produced by Mira Lesmana and Riri Riza, had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.^[7] It won the Orizzonti Prize for Best Short.^[8] It also won the Citra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 2018 Indonesian Film Festival.^[9]

In 2024, Ahmad was selected to develop his directorial debut film Goldfish during the Cinéfondation La Résidence program in Cannes, France.^[10] He also participated at the 2025 TorinoFilmLab Script Lab to develop the screenplay.^[11]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2013	On Stopping the Rain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short	[12]
	The Jungle School	No	No	No	As behind the scene director	[13]
2014	The Golden Cane Warrior	No	No	No
2015	Save Our Forest Giants	Yes	Yes	No	Documentary short	[14]
2016	Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? 2	No	No	No	As second assistant director	[13]
	Athirah	No	No	No
2018	A Gift	Yes	Yes	No	Short	[15]
2019	Semesta	No	No	No	As cinematographer	[16]
2022	Piknik Pesona	Yes	No	No	Segment: "I"	[17]
TBA	Goldfish	Yes	Yes	No	In development	[18]

Television

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2020	Saiyo Sakato	GoPlay	9 episodes	[19]

Music videos

Year	Song	Artist	Ref.
2013	"Sokola Rimba"	Bubugiri	[13]
2016	"Ruang Bahagia"	Endah N Rhesa	[20]
2020	"Reflection"	Yura Yunita, SIVIA, Agatha Pricilla, and Nadin Amizah	[21]