Monica Vanesa Tedja

Directing

September 8, 1991

Jakarta, Indonesia

2 movies

Biography

Born September 8, 1991 in Jakarta, Monica Vanesa Tedja (they/she) is a Chinese-Indonesian filmmaker based between Berlin and Jakarta, whose films pose questions around minority identity issues through intimate character work, while also exploring the tensions of black and white morality: ranging from religion and sexuality to the non-binary identity.

🎬 Monica Vanesa Tedja's Filmography

2 movies sorted by popularity

7.3

A tender, melancholic night is experienced through the eyes of three women as they struggle to find themselves in this ever-changing jungle of Jakarta.

In the Absence of the Sun

2014

Monica scours archive material for answers to the question of how queer life in Berlin and the wish to be accepted by their Christian-Indonesian parents can be reconciled.

My Therapist Said, I am Full of Sadness

2024