GUGI GUMILANG

Executive Director, In-Docs, Indonesia


Gugi is a native Indonesian currently splitting his residence between Jakarta and Berlin. Since early 2021, he has been the Executive Director of an award-winning organisation: In-Docs, the non-profit organisation behind Docs by the Sea, Good Pitch Indonesia and VitaminDocs. Alongside this, Gugi serves as an Executive Board Member of the Documentary Association of Europe.

Gugi’s professional interests centre primarily around film projects that focus on societal impacts. He has been a consultant on many impact campaign strategies and often gives talks advocating for sustainable practice within international co-production.

He also actively involves himself in the international documentary film industry as a selection committee member, reviewer and juror for several established regional and international film festivals and film funds, including BKK Doc, International Documentary Association, Purin Pictures, DOK Leipzig, Sunny Side of the Doc, Cannes Docs, IDFA Forum and RIDM.

Gugi’s academic merits include a Master's degree in Global Studies from Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany, in partnership with the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales FLACSO Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand.

Institute/ Organization Profile
In-Docs is a non-profit institution that is committed to cultivating a culture of openness through documentary films. Through its program, Docs by the Sea Lab and Forum and Good Pitch Indonesia the institution strive to strengthen the documentary filmmaking ecosystem in Southeast Asia through capacity building and industry connection. In Docs also look for impactful project for their educational documentary platform.