Makbul Mubarak

Makbul Mubarak adalah seorang kritikus film Indonesia yang beralih menjadi pembuat film. Alumni Berlinale Talent Campus tahun 2012 ini mendirikan dan menulis untuk Cinema Poetica, yang kini merupakan kumpulan kritikus film, jurnalis, akademisi, peneliti, dan aktivis terkenal di Indonesia. Kontribusinya diakui secara nasional ketika Kementerian Pendidikan Indonesia menobatkannya sebagai Kritikus Film Terbaik tahun 2015. Makbul membangun filmografi film pendek. Film pendek debutnya SUGIH/DOG'S LULABY (2015) memenangkan Film Terbaik di Festival Film Pendek XXI 2016, festival film pendek terbesar di tanah air. Film pendeknya THE MALEDICTION memenangkan Penghargaan Nasional Indonesia untuk Film Pendek Terbaik dan mendapat perhatian khusus di Festival Film Internasional Singapura, keduanya pada tahun 2018. Ia saat ini sedang mempersiapkan debut film panjangnya, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, terpilih untuk Program FeatureLab di TorinoFilmLab.

Makbul Mubarak is an Indonesian film critic turned filmmaker. The 2012 Berlinale Talent Campus alum co-founded and writes for Cinema Poetica, now an acclaimed collective of film critics, journalists, academics, researchers, and activists in Indonesia. His contributions are nationally recognized when Indonesia’s Ministry of Education hailed him Best Film Critic in 2015. Makbul built a filmography of short films. His debut short film SUGIH/DOG'S LULABY (2015) won Best Film in XXI Short Film Festival 2016, the biggest festival for short films in the country. His short film THE MALEDICTION won the Indonesian National Award for Best Short Film and receives special mention at the Singapore International Film Festival, both are in 2018. He is currently preparing for his feature film debut, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, selected to FeatureLab Program at TorinoFilmLab.