Makbul Mubarak is an Indonesian film critic-turned-filmmaker. A Berlinale Talents and Asian Film Academy alum, his short films have been shown and won awards at festivals worldwide, among them the Thai Short Film and Video Festival, the Singapore International Film Festival, and the Indonesian Film Festival, which hands out the Citra Awards. Autobiography (2022) is his debut feature-length film.
With his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakib works as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna, a retired general whose family Rakibâs clan has served for centuries in a rural Indonesian town. After Purna returns home to start his mayoral election campaign, Rakib bonds with the older manâwho becomes a close mentor and father figureâ and finds his calling as Purnaâs assistant in work and life. When Purnaâs election poster is found vandalised one day, Rakib doesnât hesitate to track down the culprit, thereby kicking off an escalating chain of violence.
Director: Makbul Mubarak
Producer: Yulia Evina Bhara
Screenwriter: Makbul Mubarak
Cinematographer: Wojciech StaroÅ
Production Designer: Sigit D. Pratama
Editor : Carlo Francisco Manatad
Sound: L.H. Aim Adinegara, Waldir Xavier, Rémi Crouzet, Jean-Guy Veran, Hadrianus Eko
Music : Bani Haykal
Production Company : KawanKawan Media
International Sales: Alpha Violet