"Vaterland" or A Bule Named Yanto

When German-Indonesian Yanto (in his mid 20s) visits his younger sister in Yogyakarta, he expects a simple reunion – until he realises she seems to fit in and feel at home there more effortlessly than he ever has. As envy and dissonance between siblings surface, Yanto’s journey becomes a bittersweet exploration of mixed-race identity.

Berthold Wahjudi is a German-Indonesian filmmaker. His shorts Summer Hit and Baby Brother screened at festivals like SXSW and won awards at Palm Springs ShortFest, Premiers Plans, and Brussels SFF. Berthold is currently developing his first feature A Summer Tale with producers Ingo Fliess and Jonas Egert at if…Productions. The project was awarded the Comedy Lab Award at the Torino Film Lab.