Biography:

Gladhys Elliona is an Indonesian multidisciplinary writer/artist and Brazilian literature translator. Her past experiences in film were as an actress, namely in Pria (2017). Mom Minding the Mosque (2024) is her directorial debut. Her other short documentary project Muddy Tales (2025) is in development as a part of Ritus Liyan-Biennale Jatim 2025. Her interests are in feminine narratives, decoloniality, community-based arts, documentary filmmaking, and theatre-making, along with Southeast Asian-Latin American artistic and cultural relations.