Ineza Roussille

Malaysia

Ineza Roussille is a filmmaker based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and a co-founder of Srikandi Seni, a creative outfit that focuses on uplifting marginalized communities through the arts, events and media. A majority of Ineza’s work has been documentaries focusing on highlighting social issues including on LGBTQ, Women and Children’s rights. This has involved working with groups like UNICEF, the Joint Action Group on Gender Equality (JAG) and SEED Malaysia. She believes marginalized communities in Malaysia deserve to be heard and aims to enhance their voices in whatever way she can.

Ineza is also the co-founder of Songsang Studios, a participatory filmmaking program for the LGBTQ community in Malaysia to build capacity for the community to create content that positively reflects their lives.

In 2019, Ineza co-Produced and Directed M for Malaysia, her first feature documentary that went on to screen at film festivals all over the world including CAAMfest in the US, DocEdge in New Zealand, and Busan International Film Festival, South Korea. M for Malaysia also had a theatrical release in Malaysia and was Malaysia’s official entry for the 2020 Academy Awards for Best International Film.

Since M for Malaysia, Ineza has broadened her scope of work to include directing and producing a number of short films, music videos and video art. She is currently producing her first feature film entitled Karpet.