Statues Rule the Waves

Docs Docs: Short!
202435 min13+
Statues Rule the Waves

Synopsis

Statues Rule the Waves (2024) brings together two young female symbols of a history of oppression: Anne Frank and Martha Christina Tiahahu. Despite originating from disparate places, they are connected by the same land, history, and one person in particular. Through the personal journey of the filmmaker, who visits both the place where she grew up and the place her grandparents were forced to leave, the film forms a collage of encounters that challenge our contemporary memory culture and how we construct our narratives.

Schedule

FFD 2025
  • 26 November 2025, 15:15 WIB

    Pascasarjana ISI
  • 28 November 2025, 19:00 WIB

    Langgeng Art Foundation

Credits

Director & Producer
  • Noah Berhitu

    Noah Isa Berhitu (b. 1996) is a Dutch-Moluccan filmmaker whose work explores the intersections of social identity, memory culture, and diaspora. With decoloniality at the core of her practice, she seeks to craft counter-narratives that challenge incomplete (hi)stories.

Details

Country of ProductionBelgium, Indonesia, Netherlands
Spoken LanguagesDutch, English, Indonesian
SubtitleEnglish
ColorColor
Previous Festival2025 FestIFIS Cinéma Bénin | International Selection

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