VIDEO: Exclusive Hadrah Daeng Ratu Rejects Gender Bias In The Director's Chair

JAKARTA - Hadrah Daeng Ratu has been involved in Indonesian cinema for 13 years. Since debuting with a short film titled Sabotase in 2009, Hadrah established himself to be a director. His first step was very steady, Sabotage won the award as Best Short Film at the Indonesian Film Festival (FFI) in 2009. However, that doesn't mean that Hadrah immediately got a red carpet when he decided to become a director. A graduate of the 2005 Angkatan Jakarta Arts Institute with an interest in this directing could not immediately get the opportunity to direct director a wide screen film.