Born in Indonesia in 1986, Kamila Andini studied sociology and media arts at Deakin University. Her feature debut, The Mirror Never Lies (2011), was invited to over forty film festivals worldwide, including the Busan International Film Festival. She subsequently directed The Seen and Unseen (2017), which won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Yuni (2021), which received the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Four Seasons in Java is her fifth feature film.