Aftersun

A story about an MMA fighter who finds himself in another fight on the way home. — with his father and younger brother by his side, finding the true meaning of family along the way.

Set in the 1960s, the story highlights a Chinese community that was labeled as communist and became victims of violence; they fled and took refuge in a tobacco warehouse in North Sumatra. Amid the cramped and stressful conditions of their refuge, a strange phenomenon occurred in which thousands of locusts fell from the sky. These locusts were no ordinary insects, but aggressive mutant pests that devoured everything in their path—including humans.

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