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Joshua Matthew

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Joshua Matthew

EN, FR cinema · 8 credits

Born

14 January 2002 (age 24)

Joshua Matthew is an Indonesian-born writer and director based in London, Ontario. Having lived in the aforementioned country of Indonesia, as well as Singapore and Canada, his films often reflect themes of cultural displacement and identity. In 2024, his debut short film, Do You Fit In With The West: A Poetry (2024), was screened at the Forest City Film Festival, exhibited at Museum London, and won Best Short Film at the Western Undergraduate Film Society's film festival, hosted at the University of Western Ontario. His third short, Bouche Sèche (2025), was the runner-up at the same festival the following year. In 2025, he co-founded the production company MenWhoSold alongside fellow filmmaker Jorin Liu.

Known for

Filmography

Cherry poster

Cherry

ENNot rated

Director of Photography, Editor, Storyboard

Sons of Machines

Sons of Machines

ENNot rated

Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography

White Nirvana poster

White Nirvana

EN · 2026Not rated

Writer, Director, Editor

EVIL poster

EVIL

EN · 2026Not rated

Writer, Director, Editor

Man and Infinity poster

Man and Infinity

EN · 2025Not rated

Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Color Grading

Bouche Sèche poster

Bouche Sèche

FR · 2025Not rated

Director, Writer, Casting, Editor, Color Grading

Do You Fit In With The West?: A Poetry poster

Do You Fit In With The West?: A Poetry

EN · 2024Not rated

Director, Writer, Editor

Ladybug poster

Ladybug

EN · 2023Not rated

Colorist