Samni was born with the peculiar ability to detach parts of his body. Throughout his life, he shared those parts with the people he loved. By the day he died, all that remained of him was a torso with a faceless head. His mother now tries to gather his body parts once more.
Imagination has always been his escape. Through his work, he can express his own voice, screaming on family, social and political issues beneath the reality bending stories.Rein Maychaelson is an Indonesian writer and director, made his early voice through Udin Telekomsel, a film about a boy who can text God with his phone, the film have been screened at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival.In 2018, his short film, Errorist of Seasons, won the Viddsee Juree Awards. The short film explores a father who tries to pay his son tuition by investing in a rubber boat business relying on the annual flood in Jakarta and finally puts faith on black magic to call the rain. Maychaelson was awarded as Rising Filmmaker in Popcon Asia 2018.After his mother passed away in 2020, he continues to share his stories through a short film called The Rootless Bloom that explores the theme of lost and separation. The short competed in the Wide Angle section of 28th Busan International Film Festival, 2023. In 2022, his feature debut project with title, The Burning Land also won fellowship prize from South East Asia Film LAB.
