Loeloe Hendra pursued a Bachelor’s degree majoring in Film and Television and a Master’s Degree at the Indonesian Art Institute Yogyakarta. His short film “Onomastika” (2014) was screened at multiple international film festivals including Berlinale and Singapore and won Best Short film at the Festival Film Indonesia. “Tale of the Land” is his first feature film.

Tale of the Land is screening at Busan International Film Festival

The story takes place in Kalimantan, Indonesia. A conflict over indigenous land traumatized a Dayak girl, Maya, who was separated by her family. At that time, an old man named Tuha saved her from slaughter, and brought her to live on a floating house in the waters. As the story begins, she has been living afloat for over a decade and every time she tries to even step on land, she experiences a shock that makes it evident she cannot set foot on it.