Curator Voices

Cinemata Features: Aghniadi

Cinemata spotlights Aghniadi, a filmmaker and human rights campaigner from Indonesia who currently serves as Regional Communications Coordinator at Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR). With a background in media and human rights advocacy, he has crafted stories in both written and audiovisual forms for organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International. Read more. 

Cinemata spotlights Aghniadi, a filmmaker and human rights campaigner from Indonesia who currently serves as Regional Communications Coordinator at Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR). With a background in media and human rights advocacy, he has crafted stories in both written and audiovisual forms for organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International.

Aghniadi is also part of the first batch of the Cinemata Community Curator Residency Program, which supports curators from the Asia-Pacific in organizing film programs that address pressing social and environmental issues. The residency aims to strengthen regional solidarity, expand access to underrepresented works, and reimagine film curation as a tool for civic engagement. Read more. 

Cinemata Features: Patrick Campos

Cinemata highlights the work of Patrick F. Campos, a film scholar, programmer, and critic from the Philippines. An associate professor at the University of the Philippines Film Institute, his work explores the intersections of politics, aesthetics, and regional cinema in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. He has been involved in programming, curating, jury work, and selection committees for a wide range of film festivals, art institutions, and advocacy organizations across Asia and beyond on local, national, and international scales.

Patrick is also part of the first batch of the Cinemata Community Curator Residency Program, which supports curators from the Asia-Pacific in organizing film programs that address pressing social and environmental issues. The residency aims to strengthen regional solidarity, expand access to underrepresented works, and reimagine film curation as a tool for civic engagement. Read more.

Call for Applications: Cinemata Community Curator Residency Program in Film and Human Rights Advocacy