Yulia Evina Bhara
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Yulia Evina Bhara | |
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 Bhara in 2025 | |
| Born | Yulia Evina Bhara 1 July 1982 |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
Yulia Evina Bhara (born 1 July 1982) is an Indonesian film and theatre producer. She founded production company KawanKawan Media in 2016, which focuses on film production and international co-production.[1]
Bhara began her career by self-teaching herself to produce theater performances, mostly focusing on historical and humanitarian themes.[2] In 2016, her feature producing debut, Solo, Solitude, had its world premiere at the 69th Locarno Film Festival during the Filmmakers of the Present section.[3] In 2019, she produced Yosep Anggi Noen's third feature film The Science of Fictions, which she was nominated for Citra Award for Best Picture at the 2020 Indonesian Film Festival.[4] She produced her first documentary feature film, You and I in 2020, which premiered at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival.[5] In 2021, Bhara made her international co-producing debut for Filipino disaster drama film Whether the Weather Is Fine.[6]
In 2022, she produced Makbul Mubarak's directorial debut film, Autobiography, which had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.[7] The film was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 96th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[8] In 2023, Bhara was picked as one of Variety's Impactful International Women of the year.[9] She co-produced Amanda Nell Eu's directorial debut film Tiger Stripes, which won the Critics' Week Grand Prize.[10]
In 2025, she served as a jury for the Critics' Week at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and for the Proxima Competition at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[11][12] In September, Bhara also served as a member of the Competition Jury at the 30th Busan International Film Festival.[13]