MOSES PARLINDUNGAN OMPUSUNGGU is an Indonesian documentarian and multimedia journalist who likes to explore experimental approaches in nonfiction filmmaking.
As a Chevening Scholar, he graduated with an MA in Ethnographic and Documentary Film from University College London in 2020.
His long documentary debut, “Tano Na Uli, Hagodanganki” (Motherland Memories), was awarded the Best Indonesian Feature-Length Documentary by Yogyakarta Documentary Film Festival (Festival Film Dokumenter) in 2022.
He founded Atmakanta Studio, a documentary production house, in early 2022. Since 2018, he has also been involved in digital investigation works, delving into the world of online propaganda in Indonesia.
This intimate and personal documentary pays homage to an indigenous agrarian culture in Indonesia that centers on a traditional palm wine and blends with a centuries-long religious devotion in the only predominantly Catholic region within the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.