Tumpal Tampubolon

Tebet Barat Dalam IX C No. B 9

BIOGRAPHIE

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 2009, he was selected to attend the Berlinale Talents in Berlin. In 2010, he was selected to attend the Asian Film Academy in Busan. He is also one of the nine directors that participate in Belkibolang omnibus film; a feature length film consists of nine short films that showcase the new and promising talents in Indonesian cinema. In 2011, Belkibolang was screened at Rotterdam International Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Jeonju International Film Festival, and Udine Far East Film Festival. In 2014, he won the Citra Award, Indonesia's most prestigious film awards, for Best Original Screenplay, for Tabula Rasa. In 2021, his short film, Laut Memanggilku (The Sea Calls for Me) received the Sonje Award for best Asian Short Film in Busan International Film Festival and won the Citra Award for best short film in Festival Film Indonesia.

FILMOGRAPHIE