Indonesia
Pre-Jury

Fransiska Wahyu Ari Susilawati is an educator who has been on the field since 2002. Currently serving as an Academic Director of Sekolah Bogor Raya, Fransiska believes that learning should be fun. It is a way to invoke students‘ inquisitiveness and thirst to learn.
Fransiska is also an author and reviewer. Today, with Erlangga publishing company, she has published 27 titles of TEMATIK TERPADU textbooks under Indonesia’s 2013 Curriculum. As a reviewer, she has reviewed science textbooks for grades 2, 3, 8, and 9 for Oxford publisher. She also has speaking experience in international education fora, such as the Southeast Asia Education Leaders and ACT in Bangkok, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Brunei Darussalam. Moreover, she hosted a YouTube talk titled „Biru“ short for „Bincang Guru“ (Teachers‘ Talk), a space for teachers to share their stories and strategies.
Fransiska finds the opportunity to be part of the Science Film Festival valuable. Held by the Goethe-Institut, the Science Film Festival also partners with PGRI, the Indonesian teachers association, where Fransiska sits as one of its board members. Fransiska believes that being a part of the Festival allows her to inspire and share novel ideas to teachers she engage with in Indonesia and abroad.

As a teacher, Ragil Dimas Pamungkas‘ mission is to create impacts not only for his students in the classroom, but also his other ‚students‘ on social media. He is endearingly called as Bapak Ragil in the classroom, but on social media his viewers would recognize him as „Kang Guru IPA“. Ragil is actively using digital platform to share science education, the same subject that he teaches at school.
His diligence in creating science contents that are contextual and palatable for viewers, regardless of their background, arises from his concerns of the limited access among Indonesians to sciene knowledge. His contents would also highlight current scientific issues, technology, and the environment to raises awareness among his followers. Additionally, Ragil is a passionate videographer. This hobby made him a Finalist in the Literacy and Numeracy Video Competition 2021, organized by the Directorate General of Teachers and Education Personnel under the Indonesian Ministry of Education. Ragil believes that quality video or science films, shared with as many Indonesians as possible, will raise sicence awareness and engagement of communities, including in environmental preservation and development of science technologies locally. With the Science Film Festival, Ragil has been involved in this program since 2017 through film screenings at his school.

Fuad Mahbub Siraj is a scholar who graduated with a PhD degree in Philosophy, Ethics and Contemporary Issues from the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia (ISTAC-IIUM). Now a lecturer in Philosophy and Theology at Universitas Paramadina, Fuad’s expertise spans from Islamic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Greek Philosophy and Scholasticism, Hermeneutics, to Islamic Thoughts. He is also a researcher at the Paramadina Institute of Ethics and Civilization and a published author whose writing can be found in national and international titles and journals. Currently, Fuad serves as the Director of Student Affairs and Business Incubator of Paramadina. Fuad is honored to have the opportunity to be a new judge on the Science Film Festival 2023 panel.

Muhammad Afif Abqori is in grade 12 of Public Vocational High School (SMKN) 2 in Banda Aceh, majoring in Building Construction, Sanitation, and Maintenance. Born in Lhokseumawe on September 11, 2005, Afif moved to Palembang and stayed there until he completed junior high school. He returned to Lamsayeun, Banda Aceh, where he now lives with his parents and a younger sister. In addition to his regular subjects, Afif is taking an intensive German language class in school. Twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8.30 PM, he also attends an online course with Goethe-Institute. His busy schedule can feel exhausting sometimes, but Afif enjoys learning German.  He won first place in the Stadt der Kinder competition and second place in the provincial-level German Olympiad in 2021. Afif is also taking up archery and in 2022 he won second place in an archery tournament. He likes listening to music, photography, and reading fiction. His love for reading brought him a second place win in e-book writing in the School Literacy Festival, also in 2022. For Afif, his accomplishments reflect not his hardwork alone, but also the hardwork of his excellent teachers who are ready to help whenever he needs it. Afif is excited to be one of the young judges of the Science Film Festival 2023 and hopes that his selection will be enjoyed by all audience of the Science Film Festival in Indonesia!

Naila Rafida Nasrun, or Naila for short, was born in 2007. She is currently a 9th grader in public junior secondary SMPN 1 Anggeraja in Enrekang, South Sulawesi. She loves writing short stories about every day life and photography. Naila is keen to taking pictures of daily objects, especially animals and plants. Naila is also an anime fan, especially the One Piece story. Of all the charaters, Nila adores Luffy, the protagonist in the anime, for his positive outlook, bold confidence, dreams as high as the stars, humility, and courage to take risk, such as when he has to fight the strongest pirate in the story. Moreover, Naila is passionate about science. She is determined to make the most out of the opportunity of being one of the Science Film Festival’s young judges. Not only she gets to express her passion, Naila also hopes this event will further her interest in science.

Estrella Frances Armelle was born in Jakarta, December 20, 20212. She currently sits in grade 5 of Sekolah Terpadu Pahoa in Tangerang. Estrella has always been an active child both in and outside of school. In her school, she excels particularly in Mandarin and Science. She has been competing in Mandarin competitions since kindergarten, such as reciting Mandarin poems and singing songs in the language. Most recently, she won third place in the national level Chinese Brdige (Chinese Proficiency Comptetition). In science, Estrella is a top-10 student in the sub-district level in Tangerang.
Other things that she loves are singing and dancing, and she has been in competitions since she was young. During her spare time, she likes reading short stories and watching movies. Thanks to her books, she has also started writing her own short stories. Estrella is proud to be involved in the Science Film Festival as a young judge. This is an opportunity that will certainly broaden her horizon and experience in the journey of realizing her dreams, something that echoes her belief: I am  a litle girl with a big dream.