Mandy Marahimin

Mandy Marahimin is an Indonesian film producer. In 2013, she co-founded a production company Talamedia (formerly known as Tanakhir Films), alongside actor Nicholas Saputra. She won the Citra Award for Best Live Action Short Film for producing Tumpal Tampubolon's short film The Sea Calls for Me at the 2021 ceremony.

Career Marahimin graduated from University of Indonesia, majoring in communication studies. She began her career in the film industry in 1999 by organizing filmmaking workshops with Yayasan PopCorner Indonesia, where she met producer Mira Lesmana. She later worked as a film publicist on Petualangan Sherina and What's Up with Love?, both produced under Lesmana's production company Miles Films. In 2007, she served as a line producer on Riri Riza's 3 Days to Forever. In 2012, she founded Wujudkan, a crowdfunding website for Indonesian artists and creators.

In 2013, she co-founded a production company Talamedia (formerly known as Tanakhir Films) with actor Nicholas Saputra. The company's first film, Cinta dari Wamena, which tackles the issue of HIV/AIDS in Papua, was released in Indonesian theatres on 13 June 2013. She produced Chairun Nissa's feature documentary film, Islands of Faith. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2018 Indonesian Film Festival. In 2021, she produced Tumpal Tampubolon's short film The Sea Calls for Me. It won the Citra Award for Best Live Action Short Film. She served as a jury for the Mecenat Award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival.

In 2023, she produced documentary film One Big Sumba Family, which follows the life of a man with twelve wives and hundreds grandchildren. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2023 Indonesian Film Festival. In the same year, she co-produced Ena Sendijarević's drama film Sweet Dreams. It had its world premiere at the 76th Locarno Film Festival and was selected as Dutch entry in Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards.

In 2024, she was selected as one of the Producers Under the Spotlight in Marché du Film along with four other Indonesian producers, Yulia Evina Bhara, Ifa Isfansyah, Gita Fara, and Muhammad Zaidy. She produced Tampubolon's directorial debut feature film Crocodile Tears, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. It received five nominations at the 2024 Indonesian Film Festival, including Best Picture. In 2025, she co-produced Yihwen Chen's documentary film Queer as Punk, which follows Shh...Diam!, Malaysian queer punk band. It had its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography Marahimin was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Year Film Credit 2000 Petualangan Sherina Film publicist 2002 What's Up with Love? Film publicist 2002 Eliana, Eliana Film publicist 2005 Gie Production coordinator 2006 Garasi Film publicist 2007 Three Days to Forever Line producer 2008 Takut: Faces of Fear Segment: "Titisan Naya"Line producer 2013 Cinta dari Wamena 2016 Ada Apa Dengan Cinta? 2 Associate producer 2018 Islands of Faith 2023 One Big Sumba Family 2023 Sweet Dreams Co-producer 2023 Petualangan Sherina 2 Co-producer 2024 Crocodile Tears 2025 Queer as Punk Co-producer

Short films Year Film Credit 2007 Tak Kau Kunanti Line producer 2011 No One Is Illegal 2015 Rock N Roll 2015 Rojer 2016 Save Our Forest Giants 2017 A Man with 12 Wives 2019 Women of Sumba Land 2020 The Woven Path 2021 The Sea Calls for Me