Nia diNata’s film debut was the semi-colossal epic, [Cabaukan], which won her an award for Best Promising New Director in the 2002 Asia Pacific Film Festival. [The Gathering] is her second feature film and was the first Indonesian film to deal with the issue of being a homosexual in a predominantly Moslem country. diNata has a background in mass-communication and received her film training from New York University.