A is for Andra
A is for Andra is an experimental documentary film following a queer, revisionist narrative, taking as its core the story of Andra, a former MTV VJ and TV host in Indonesia from 2007-2011. Using humour, performance, and poetry, Andra tracks their evolution from a young, rising star in Bandung to a non-binary transmasculine adult living a private life as a kindergarten teacher in Berlin. Through the framing device of an entertainment variety show, the film uses found footage, movement sequences, and interview material to map the limits of expression in the early 2010s media imaginary and the gendered constraints that Andra often found themselves in, as well as the slow unlearning of their identity.
Director: Charmaine Poh
Writer: Charmaine Poh, Dirandra Sandyakala
Country: Indonesia, 2025
Language: English, Indonesian
Subtitle: English
Duration: 16:02 min