Fanny Chotimah

Fanny Chotimah

Birth : , Bandung, Indonesia

History

Born in Bandung and currently based in Surakarta, Central Java, Fanny Chotimah works as a freelance writer. She is involved in women’s issues as well as the literary and film communities. You and I is her directorial debut and first foray into filmmaking.

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Fanny Chotimah

Movies

Solo Love Story
Director
The latest film by "You and I" director, Fanny Chotimah, which tries to find the connection between the city and the romance of its citizens through the story of three different generations of couples.
Basiyat
Producer's Assistant
Tawi (49), a squirrel in charge of the will of Sarmadin (45). Sarmadin is a retired saronèn artist who now sells homemade wine. He always told Tawi that if he died, he would bathe his body with wine and be accompanied by the beating of saronèn from the time he was bathed until he was taken to the grave. Sarmadin also asked that his sape sono' be slaughtered to celebrate his death. Sumrani (36), Sarmadin's wife, refused to carry out the will. Ke Dikram (52) who is a kyai also argues that this will is against tradition and shari'ah.
You and I
Director
Kaminah and Kusdalini, met as Indonesian political detainees in 1965, when both were on the cusp of adulthood. After being rejected by her hometown, Kaminah went to live with Kusdalini. Since then, they have been inseparable, living together in Surakarta, Central Java. Now, in their 70s, they survive on the kindness of their neighbours, and the crackers that they sell. Growing old hand in hand, You and I charts a delicate moment in time when the pair are faced with the heartbreaking realities of growing old.