Ifa Isfansyah (born Yogyakarta, 1979) is an Indonesian film director.
Initially a maker of short films, his first featured film, Garuda di
Dadaku (Garuda on my Chest), was released in 2009. His following film,
Sang Penari (The Dancer), won four Citra Awards at the 2011 Indonesian
Film Festival.Ifa was born in Yogyakarta in 1979. He grew up in a
small village and enjoyed soccer in his youth; first playing with a
Muhammadiyah-sponsored team, he was a reserve in junior high school.
After high school, where he dabbled in basketball and playing the
bass, he enrolled at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts.In 2001, Ifa
founded the independent film community Fourcolors Films; the following
year, he released his first short film, Air Mata Surga (Heaven's
Tears), together with Eddie Cahyono. Mayar, also released in 2002,
which was shown in several film festivals, including International
Film Festival Rotterdam.Four years later, Ifa released Harap Tenang,
Ada Ujian), a short film about the 2006 FIFA World Cup in comparison
with the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake, which was screened in film
festivals in Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, and Indonesia. The same
year he received a scholarship to study film at Im Kwon Taek Film
School in Dongseo University, South Korea. In 2007 he released
Setengah Sendok Teh (Half a Teaspoonful). Ifa Isfansyah Top Movies & Young Movies