Dutch film history

This database contains information about film in the Netherlands, and is gradually being expanded. At this moment, you can find information about early films (from ca. 1900-1930) and about experimental films.

Note: Many records provide information about a film, but do not show the film itself (due to copyright restrictions, or because the film has been lost over the course of time). Click here to see a list of films that can actually be viewed.

 

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    Afstra 4 - 1973/74

    For the films Afstra 1-4, the visual artist made use of computer-generated images. The films show a number of points that move in certain patterns across the film screen.

    At the beginning of the films, we see the same text, which...

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    Afterparty

    A group slowly comes to life on the morning after a party.

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    After the Colours

    For After the Colours, Mattijn Seip filmed abstract collages of strips. The first part of the film consists of footage shot by using rotating objects that were located between the camera and the collage. The image is thus split, causing...

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    Along the Road 5: No Rush

    In a number of long shots, a two-masted ship is filmed from unexpected angles as it sails along the Rhine-Schie canal.

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    Anamnesis

    A film in three parts in which a man and a woman (Zwartjes’ wife Trix and his regular actor Louis de Boer) circle around each other, move towards and away from each other, both in a house and along the water.

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    Ancientry

    Ancientry is an early film by Paul de Mol. He films a vase that is on the edge of a pond in a park. While filming, Mole makes frequent use of the ‘single frame shot’ – an extremely short shot that consists of only of one frame, which is...

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    Another Shot

    A structuralist film in which the filmmakers uses the capabilities of the optical printer. The processing of the image surface emphasizes the materiality of the medium, and turns the medium of film itself into a subject. This film even undermines...

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    Antipode

    In a comical way, this short story shows how a young man and a woman challenge each other in their daily lives.

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    Antroa

    A man is busy with his own image in an empty building, and in a cinema.

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    Appearances / Verschijningen

    From a collage of family photos and landscapes, a picture emerges of early 20th-century Germany. Meter made use of the photo albums of her parents, who fled from Nazi Germany. The shots alternate between warmth and a sense of distance.

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