Tumpal Tampubolon is a filmmaker, based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He graduated from Bandung Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in Math. In 2005, his first screenplay, The Last Believer, won the Jakarta International Film Festival (JiFFest) Script Development Competition for Best Short Fiction category. It was a chance for him to have first- hand filmmaking experience. Since then, he has written and directed several short films, which were screened in various domestic and international film festivals. In 2021, his short film The Sea Calls for Me received Sonje Award for Best Asian Short Film in Busan International Film Festival and Piala Citra for Best Short Film in Festival Film Indonesia.