[4] In 2020, she obtained her PhD degree at Nanyang Technological University Singapore with a doctoral thesis on “Experimenting with the essay form and wayang in contemporary Indonesian filmmaking : when shadows are grey”.

[8] The movement began through the experimental film, Kuldesak (1998), which they collectively produced near the beginning of Achnas' career.

"[9] (2013)When speaking about the difficulties in filmmaking, Achnas claims: “You just have to have staying power and obsession, almost a fixation.”[3] She also has spoken about government funding and the lack thereof in Indonesia.

Achnas says: “In countries like South Korea, like Iran, there’s always some money from the government to make films that are not really for the mainstream market.

She states that, “It was the romantic teenage drama and then the horror genre came and now it's the comedies, and I predict it's probably the erotic films next because history repeats it- self.”[3] Achnas' admits being against anti-pornography law.

[9] Achnas is often regarded as the first woman filmmaker from Indonesia to have a feminist perspective,[7] while many of her films concentrate on the problems of women in Indonesian society.