Fri 27 March 2026
Q&A with director Pieter van Huystee
After the screening, there will be an in-depth discussion with director Pieter van Huystee about the film and its central themes, such as silence about war experiences, intergenerational trauma, and the impact of the colonial past. Moderation by Cristian Mauricio Rouwenhorst.
The Q&A will be in Dutch.
This programme is supported by Fonds 1818.
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Indische Tafel, jongens van de Japanse Kampen
Pieter van Huystee, 68 minutes
Dutch Focus
International premiere
A group of men in their nineties gather weekly for an Indonesian lunch. They look back on their Indonesian childhood, something they’ve never spoken about. Several of them were imprisoned in Japanese internment camps in Indonesia during World War II, and they share their memories and their parents’ diary entries. After...