Sandy Widyanata is a filmmaker, born and raised in Germany to Indonesian parents. She has been living in Sydney Australia for almost a decade. Trained in animation and visual effects, she loves her craft as they help bring imagination and dreams to life. In her short film Plastic she combines visual effects and animation with live-action to serve the central idea of the story, a woman who discovers that she can sculpt her body like clay to any shape she desires. Plastic is currently on the festival circuit.

NOMINEE - 2009 AFI Visual Effects Award

WINNER – 2009 Visual Effects Society Award, LA, USA

FINALIST – 2008 Best Tertiary Short Fiction, Enhance TV ATOM Awards, Australia

WINNER – 2008 Best Short Sharp Short, In The Bin Festival, Australia

SILVER – 2008 ACS Victoria/Tasmania, Short Fictional Drama Australia,

2008: Palm Springs, USA; Groundbreakers HATCHfest, USA; 
Cinema Antipodes, St. Tropez, France; Henri Langlois, Portier, France;
In the Bin - National Tour, Australia

2009: Flickerfest, Bondi, Australia; Omaha Int. Film Festival, USA; San Francisco Women’s Film Fest., USA; Cleveland Int. Film Festival, USA; Int. Video Festival Bochum, Germany; Lunafest Traveling Film Festival, USA/Canada; L.A International Shortfest, USA; Anchorage Int.Film Fest, USA;

2010: New York Childrens Film Fest, USA; Byron Bay Film Fest, Australia; World Wide Short Film Fest, Toronto, Canada;

Other Screenings: Cafe FX, Santa Maria, CA, USA; Dreamworks Animation, L.A. USA

TV Broadcast: Flickerfest On Movie Extra, Foxtel; Broadcast on SBS TV Channel