Indrani Kopal's role as a fulltime video journalist in Malaysiakini.tv has made her realize the importance of using media in a more meaningful approach.

The Kuala Lumpur born producer lands herself as a self-taught independent documentary filmmaker. She had honed her skills while working as a Film and Television Lab Assistant in LimKokWing 10 years ago.

She eventually joined now defunct second pay tv operator MITV in 2004 as a television program producer before moving on to Malaysiakini.

The documentaries that she has produced so far, have its appeal towards the responsible masses. For years Indra and her team have been experimenting with various types of documentaries and videos production and postproduction methodologies -- in the industry they are categorised today as cinematic-journalism, poetic reflection of storytelling and photo-essay.

"I actually like the idea behind the fundamentals and techniques of short documentaries or even compelling photographs that are capable of persuading and convincing the viewer to act upon the message in the films that I make," says Indrani who is also currently completing her Bachelor's degree at Open University of Malaysia in Multimedia Communication and Broadcast Journalism.

Indra is a recipient of the 2007 Komas Freedom Film Fest Award for her short documentary titled "She's My Son" and also one of the recipient of Most Outstanding Asian Youth Ambassador (AYA) Award 2008.

In July 2010 she participated in the George Washington University 2010 International Emerging Documentary Filmmakers Fellowship.