- Winner, Award of Merit, Accolades Competition, 2009
- Winner, Award of Excellence, Indie Fest, 2009
- Nominee, Most Innovative Production, History Makers Awards, 2011
- Winner, Best Foreign Feature, Oregon Film Awards, 2012
- Winner, Award of Excellence, Canada International Film Awards, 2013
- Nominee, Best Editing in a Documentary Film, St. Tropez International Film Festival, 2013
- Winner, Best Asian Documentary, Endeavours Documentary Film Festival, Singapore, Singapore, 2014
Awards +
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
Over half a million people killed. Four families tell their stories (96 min)
Awards
Film Festivals
- Boston International Film Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, 2009
- Amnesty International “Films That Matter,” Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2009
- Globians World + Culture Documentary Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2009
- International Film Festival of Thailand, Phuket, Thailand, 2009
- Taiwan International Documentary Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 2010
- XIX International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade, Serbia, 2010
Psychocinema Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2010 - Kingston New York Film Festival, New York, New York, 2012
- International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2012
- Canada International Film Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2013
- St Tropez International Film Festivals, Nice, France, 2013
- Endeavours Documentary Film Festival, Singapore, Singapore, 2013
Screenings
- UCLA Medicine, Mind and Culture, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
- Hampshire College, Division of Social Science, Amherst, MA, 2007
- Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, 2007
- UCLA Medicine, Mind and Culture Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2008
- McGill University Summer Institute on Cultural Psychiatry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2008
- The British Museum, London, GB, UK, 2008
- UCLA Culture, Brain and Development Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
- UCLA Southeast Asian Studies Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2009
- UCSD, Department of Anthropology, San Diego, CA, 2009
- Columbia University, Genocide Prevention Program, New York, NY, 2009
- CSUS History Department Screening, Sacramento, CA, 2009
- Yale University, Council on Southeast Asian Studies, Indonesian Forum, New Haven, CT, 2009
- Goethe Institute, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2009
- Hampshire College, Division of Social Science, Amherst, MA, 2009
- Harvard University, Division of Social Science, Cambridge, MA, 2009
- Kean University, Human Rights Institute, Union, NJ, 2009
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Division of Social Science, Boston, MA, 2009
- UCLA, James Bridges Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- Duarte Inn Indonesian Community, Duarte, CA, 2011
- Kine Forum, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2011
- Lembaga Indonesia Perancis, Yogyakarta French Cultural Center, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2011
- UC Riverside, Center for Ideas and Society, Riverside, CA, 2012
- Washington Indonesian Community Screening, Washington, DC, 2012
- Los Angeles Indonesian Consulate Screening, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Kineforum, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2015
- Atmajaya University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2015
Conferences
- International Association of Genocide Scholars Bi-Annual Meeting, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 2007
- McGill University “Peace, Conflict and Reconciliation: Contributions from Cultural Psychiatry” Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2008.
Emory University “What’s at Stake in the Ethnography of Human Experience? Phenomenological and Psychoanalytic Perspectives” Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2009 - Seton Hill University, National Catholic Center for the Study of Genocide, Greensburg, PA, 2009
- International Society for Study of Trauma and Dissociation, Washington, D.C., 2009
- Seton Hill University, Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference, Greensburg, PA, 2009
- Rutgers University Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights “Legacies of Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom and Response” Conference, Newark, NJ, 2009
- University of Sydney “Indonesia Council Open Conference,” Sydney, Australia, 2009
- Northern Illinois University Summer Institute, “Genocide and Human Rights in Southeast Asia Conference”, DeKalb, IL, 2009
National University of Singapore Asia Research Institute, “1965–66 Indonesian Killings Revisited Conference”, Singapore, Singapore, 2009 - Indonesian Council Open Conference on the Events of 1965, Sydney, Australia, 2009
- International Association for Genocide Scholars Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, 2009
- Case Western University: Conference “New Directions in Policy Relevant Research on Adolescence: Perspectives from Psychological Anthropology,” Cleveland, OH, 2009
- International Human Rights Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- UC Berkeley, Medical Anthropology Colloquium, Berkeley, CA, 2011
- Central Michigan University “Human Rights, Literature, the Arts, and
- Social Sciences International Conference,” Mount Pleasant, MI, 2011
- 3rd World Congress of Cultural Psychiatry, London, UK, 2012
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2013
- The National Consortium of Torture Treatment Program, Portland, Oregon, 2013
- The National Consortium of Torture Treatment Program’s 5th Annual Research Symposium: “Torture Treatment,
- Clinical, Community and Policy Interventions and Outcomes”, Washington, D.C., 2013
- The 18th International Conference and Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, San Diego, CA, 2013
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (2010)
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (2010)
Shadows and Illuminations, The Bird Dancer, Family Victim
Awards
- Nominee, Best Limited Series, International Documentary Association Awards, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Winner, Special Jury Prize, California Film Awards, San Diego, CA, 2013
- Winner, Award of Excellence, International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2010
- Winner, Cine Golden Eagle Award, 2011
- Winner, Special Jury Prize, California Film Awards, San Diego, CA, 2012
- Winner, Award of Excellence, Accolades Film, Television, New Media and Videography Awards, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Winner, Award of Excellence, International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2013
Film Festivals
- Winner, Silver Screen Award, Nevada Film Festival, Las Vegas, NV, 2010
- Gig Harbor Film Festival, Gig Harbor, WA, 2010
- Society for Visual Anthropology Media Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2010
- Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, Ithaca, NY, 2011
- Globians world+culture Documentary Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2011
- Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 2011
- Society for Visual Anthropology Media Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2011
- Awareness Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Cincinnati Film Festival, Cincinnati, OH, 2012
Screenings
- Cal State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2011
- University of Chicago, Clinical Ethnography Workshop, Chicago, IL, 2011
Conferences
- Society for Psychological Anthropology Meeting, Santa Monica, CA, 2011
- Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2011
- Clinical Ethnographic Seminar: university of Chicago Clinical Ethnography, The Committee on Southern Asian Afflictions 2010, Studies and the Comparative Human Development Workshop on Culture, Chicago, IL, 2011
- World Psychiatric Association Thematic Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
Shadows and Illuminations
Awards
- Winner, Award of Excellence, Best Shorts Competition, La Jolla, CA, 2012
- Honorable Mention, Sunset Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Film Festivals
- Jean Rouch International Ethnographic Film Festival, Paris, France, 2011
- Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, VA, 2012
- Winner, Best Documentary Feature, Los Angeles Shadows and Illuminations, International Underground Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Winner, 1st Place Documentary Feature, Los Angeles Reel Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Nominee, Honorable Mention, Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, VA, 2012
Screenings
- USC Masters of Visual Anthropology Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Rutgers University, Comparative Religion Class, Newark, NJ, 2012
- Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2012
- Brunel University Seminar, London, UK, 2012
Conferences
- University of Michigan, Culture, Mind and the Brain Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, 2012
The Bird Dancer
The Bird Dancer
A Balinese woman with Tourette’s Syndrome struggles for acceptance (40 min)
Awards
- Winner, Award of Excellence, Best Shorts Competition, 2011
Film Festivals
- Offshoot Film Festival, Fayetteville, AK, 2012
- Fallbrook Film Festival, Fallbrook, CA 2013
Screenings
- USC Masters of Visual Anthropology Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Rutgers University, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Class, Newark, NJ, 2012
- CSULA Tea & Sex Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
Conferences
- International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings: “Psychology in Changing Global Contexts”, Surabaya, Indonesia, 2013
Family Victim
Awards
Film Festivals
- Sun & Sand Film Festival, Biloxi, MS, 2012
Screenings
- Family Victim, UCLA Mind, Medicine and Culture Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
- Family Victim, USC Masters of Visual Anthropology Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2010
Conferences
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (2011)
Afflictions: Culture and Mental Illness in Indonesia (2011)
Memory of My Face, Ritual Burdens, Kites and Monsters
Awards
- Winner, Award of Excellence, The Indie Fest, 2011
Film Festivals
- Third World Indie Film Festival, Milpitas, CA, 2011
- Cinesol Film Festival, Harlingen, TX, 2012
- Moondance Film Festival, Boulder, CO, 2012
- Cinesol Film Festival, Harlingen, TX, 2012
- Semi-Finalist, Moondance Film Festival, Boulder, CO, 2012
Screenings
- McGill University Global Mental Health Research Workshop, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2011
- Cal State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2011
- University of Chicago, Clinical Ethnography Workshop, Chicago, IL, 2011
Conferences
- Society for Psychological Anthropology Meeting. San Diego, CA, 2013
- Afflictions Media Workshop, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York City, 2014
Memory of My Face
Awards
Film Festivals
- San Francisco Shorts Film Festival, San Francisco, CA, 2012
- Special Mention, Caserta Ethnographic Film Festival, Caserta, Italy, 2012
- Northern California International Film Festival, Modesto, CA, 2013
- Amoroso Teatro Film Festival, Italy, 2013
Screenings
- USC, Masters of Visual Anthropology Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- Rutgers University, Comparative Religion Class, Newark, NJ, 2012
Conferences
- World Congress of Cultural Psychiatry “Mental capital, mental disorders, resilience and wellbeing through the life-course” Conference, London, UK, 2012
- UCLA Indonesian Studies Conference 2012 “Indonesia in Memory of My Face, Global and Transnational Perspective”, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- University of Michigan, Culture, Mind and the Brain Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, 2012
- World Mental Health Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013
- Asian Conference on Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences: “Connectedness and Alienation: The 21st Century Enigma,” Osaka, Japan, 2013
- International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings: “Psychology in Changing Global Contexts”, Surabaya, Indonesia, 2013
Ritual Burdens
Ritual Burdens
A Balinese woman’s ceremonial obligations trigger her bipolar disorder (25 min)
Awards
- Winner, Bronze Award for Short Documentary, Prestige Film Awards, 2012
Film Festivals
Screenings
- University of Chicago, Clinical Ethnography Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- Rutgers University, Comparative Religion Class, Newark, NJ, 2012
Conferences
- World Mental Health Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013
Kites and Monsters
Kites and Monsters
A Balinese boy’s imaginative journey towards recovery from Tourette’s (25 min)
Awards
- Winner, 2nd Place Short Documentary Competition, “Best Editing,” “Best Sound Design,” Los Angeles New Wave Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
Film Festivals
- WorldKids International Film Festival, Mumbai, india, 2012
- Winner, 2nd Place Short Documentary Competition, Best Editing, Best Sound Design, Los Angeles New Wave Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA 2013
- Humboldt Film Festival, Humboldt, CA 2013
Screenings
- UCLA Mind, Medicine and Culture Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
- Rutgers University, Comparative Religion Class, Newark, NJ, 2012
Conferences
- American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2011
- 111th American Anthropological Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2012
- UCLA Indonesian Studies Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java
Awards
Film Festivals
- Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Parnu, Estonia, 2012
- Days of Ethnographic Cinema, Ljublijana, Russia, 2012
- International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts (Shorts and Micro Cinema) Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Sunscreen Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida, 2013
Screenings
- UCLA Mind, Medicine and Culture Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
Conferences
- 111th American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012
- Personhood, Possession and Place Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 2013
Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart
Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart
Nyoman has waited ten years to cremate his father (16 min)
Awards
- Winner, Honorable Mention for Documentary Short, International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2012
Film Festivals
- Sarasota Film Festival, Sarasota, Florida, 2013
- Russian Anthropological Film Festival, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 2013
- Winner, Honorable Mention for Documentary Short, International Film Festival for Environment, Health and Culture, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2013
- Frozen River Film Festival, Winona, MN, 2013
- International Festival of Ethological Film Belgrade, Serbia, 2013
- Ethnografilm, Paris, France, 2014
- Ethnocineca, Vienna, Austria, 2014
- Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Quebec (FIFEQ), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2014
- Rural Route Film Festival, New York, 2014
- Espiello International Ethnographic and Documentary Film Festival of
- Sobrarbe, Aragon, Spain, 2014
Screenings
- USC Masters of Visual Anthropology Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- US Embassy Screening, Washington, DC, 2012
- UCLA Linda Garro Class Screening, Los Angeles, CA 2013
Conferences
- 111th American Anthropological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012
- Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference Film Expo Conference, San Diego, CA, 2012
- 8th International Convention of Asia Scholars, Macau, China, 2013
Standing on the Edge of a Thorn
Standing on the Edge of a Thorn
A family grapples with poverty, mental illness, and the sex trade (34 min)
Awards
- Nominee, Best Documentary-style Reality Production, Impact Media Awards, New York, NY, 2013
- Winner, Student Choice Award, Frozen River Film Festival, Winona, MI 2014
Film Festivals
- Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport, CA, 2013
- 10th “Eyes and Lenses” Ethnographic Film Review, Warsaw, Poland, 2013
- Parnu International Film Festival, Parnu, Estonia, 2013
- United Nations Association Film Festival, Stanford, CA, 2013
- Aperture Film Festival, Australia, 2013
- Ethnografilm, Paris, France, 2014
- 6th International Festival of Anthropology Film Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2014
- Frozen River Film Festival, Winona, MN, 2014
- 6th International Festival of Anthropology Film Festival, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2014
Screenings
- CSULA Tea & Sex Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- UCLA Indonesian Studies Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- UCLA Mind, Medicine and Culture Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- USC Masters of Visual Anthropology Seminar, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- Women in Film International Committee presents, ‘Through the Lens of an Anthropologist’, Culver City, CA, 2013
Conferences
- Foundation for Psychocultural Research, “Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications” Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
- National Consortium of Torture Treatment Program, 5th Annual Conference, “Torture Treatment: Clinical, Community & Policy Interventions & Outcomes” Conference, George Washington University, Washington, DC 2013
- Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, San Diego, CA, 2014
Bitter Honey
Awards
Film Festivals
- Days of Ethnographic Film, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2015
- FIFEQ, Montreal, Quebec, 2015
- AAS Film Expo, Chicago, 2015
- ETNOFILM, Croatia, 2015
- RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Bristol, UK, 2015
- Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015
- Tiburon Film Society, Sausalito, CA, 2015
- RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film at USC, Los Angeles, USA, 2016
Screenings
- UCLA Mind, Medicine and Culture Group, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
Conferences
- Society for Psychological Anthropology Biennial Conference, San Diego, CA, 2013
- Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, 2013
- Future of Monogamy and Nonmonogamy Conference, Berkeley, CA, 2015
Tajen
Awards
Film Festivals
- Society of Visual Anthropology Film & Media Festival, Minneapolis, MN, 2016
- International Ethnographic Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia, 2016
Screenings
Conferences
Tajen: Interactive
Tajen: Interactive
An interactive web documentary exploring the Balinese cockfight