To anyone looking for a workaround for this, here is what I did:
{
var (func: uid(0x80d60)) {
aftername as name@en
}
me(func: uid(0x54812)) {
uid
name@en
director.film (orderdesc: name@en) (first:6) @filter(lt(name@en, val(aftername))) {
uid
name@en
}
}
}