Waves of War

Daan van Citters and Joenoes Polnaija retrace the footsteps of their grandfathers in Indonesia. They both fought for the Netherlands against Indonesian independence: Daan’s grandfather went voluntarily from the Netherlands, Joenoes’s as a Moluccan soldier in the Dutch colonial army, KNIL. Their poignant journey forces them to ask themselves some difficult questions about guilt, shame and transgenerational transmission.

Director: Daan van Citters

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Daan van Citters, Joenoes Polnaija

• Release date: 2023-03-24
• Runtime: 74
• Country: Indonesia, Netherlands