Nan Triveni Achnas was born in 1963 in Singapore. She holds a masters degree in Film Studies from the University of East Anglia, UK. She directed a great number of documentaries. In 1996, she directs Kudelsak, followed by Whispering Sands (2001), The Flag (2002) and The Photograph (2007), which claimed the Grand Prize at Karlovy Vary Film Festival. She also coproduced Pesantren: 3 Wishes 3 Loves and Khalifah, both rewarded by Vesoul’s Audience Award at FICA Vesoul. She currently teaches cinema and new medias at Jakarta Arts Institute.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
