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12 Ships from Indonesia

This animation tells the story about former KNIL-soldiers and their Moluccan families that came to camp Vught in 1951. Louise Parihala was four years old when she moved to the Netherlands. She shares with us her first memories about living in a former concentration camp. Food is an important aspect of the Moluccan culture, which made the food from the Dutch soup kitchen an extra challenge. The family of Louise came up with all sorts of ways to make living and eating in the camp more bearable.

  • Matteo Bal
    Director
  • Geerte van Beers
    Director
  • Matteo Bal
    Writer
  • Geerte van Beers
    Writer
  • Matteo Bal
    Producer
  • Geerte van Beers
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    12 boten naar Nederland
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Short, Television
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 2, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    Dutch
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
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Director Biography - Matteo Bal, Geerte van Beers

Matteo Bal, born in 1997 in Wageningen, studied at ArtEZ in Arnhem. During the study Fine Art and Design in Education, a fascination for animation arose. After graduating with the Same Sex Ecstasy video, he immediately got a job at de Volkskrant, a national Newspaper in the Netherlands. That together with his own company Studio Balrus, he also makes autonomous films, in which he discusses the uncomfortable parts of life: dementia, death, sexual orientation, etc. Because of the cheerful slant, the borders between autonomous films and music videos are brought down. His films are to be seen in movie theatres as well as in art galleries.

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Director Statement

In my animations, I try to grasp the themes that affect me and – as it sometimes seems – grasp all of humanity. I do not provoke, and I do not force, I try to make the viewer considerate of its own opinion. In a world where you are either with us or against us, where there is no middle ground, I try to find no man’s land.