Movies

Johan van der Keuken: 'We kept the ends of a lot of shots in Amsterdam Global Village: the camera leaves the subject and pans to the sound woman, who...

A musical comedy. One God creates the world, the other destroys the creation and hopes to make a better job of it.

Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

A short TV documentary about the making of Straub-Huillet's 'Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'

The point of departure for this film is the 1981 composition De Tijd by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. Van der Keuken leaves the music undisturbed...

This film is a playful and experimental film object. The images of several films by Johan van der Keuken are mounted in a rhythmic and circular way...

Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...

In 1984–85, Johan van der Keuken took his camera across the globe, from Amsterdam to New York to Hong Kong, ending in Geneva. The object of his...

In his very first ‘independent film’, Dutch master filmmaker Johan Van der Keuken presents an image of Amsterdam in the sixties. He set...

Shot in Lebanon in 1975 just before the civil war. The director delivers a nuanced account of the complexities surrounding the Palestinian issue.

Rare fictional short, written by Remco Campert, in the veins of existentialism. About a young man who is in love with the girlfriend of his best pal.

Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.

Detective Beauty undertakes an investigation into reality. He tries to understand a world he cannot grasp, to capture the things that escape him.

Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second of four in a series for the VPRO.

Part of Johan van der Keuken's North/South series, The White Castle focuses on the impact of the West on the underclass: on the concrete realities of...

The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.

A spew of images swarm the screen; appearing before no answers-man and his machinery, denuded wholly of its grace and beauty.

Following in the footsteps of his uncle, this film documents the last days of Johan van der Keuken.

A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.