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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    The Expression of the Square

    A hand draws a square on a white sheet of paper. This operation is repeated four times.

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    A Fan

    Lodewijk, in drag, cools himself by waving a fan.

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    Der Feldzug

    A film poem in which archival material, featuring images of wartime events displayed in an abstract way, refers to Armando’s theme of ‘the guilty landscape’.

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    Fiction

    A man who works at a nuclear power plant, experiences an accident that was due to the gross negligence of the management. He decides to go into hiding and to cause a radioactive accident so as to set an example, and to show what can happen when...

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    Film als beeldend medium (compilatiefilm)

    Film als beeldend medium is a compilation assembled by the former museum director Wim Beeren (Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Stedeljk Museum), consisting of short experimental films made ​​by visual artists.

    Most of these films...

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    A Fleeting Dream

    A collage of film footage; the film spans almost the entire cinematic oeuvre of Henri Plaat. A cinematic testament, and a final ode to his films.

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    Forest-Views

    Using an algorithm to process noise creates moving structures: automatons. These are used as a starting point for creating ‘phrases’ of varying length. The phrases are created by colour modulation, and by the constantly changing edits of the...

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    A Fortified City

    A number of artists, including filmmakers, explain how they have come to make films, and how they chose a particular form of filmmaking. They also discuss the extent to which film is an art form. The talks are conducted in an unconventional,...

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    Four Moves

    An abstract animation. The film consists of four parts that each show a different variation on the theme of colour and movement. By moving and superimposing coloured squares, distinct patterns in colour and shape are created.

    Bart...

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    Fragments of Decay

    Unusual places sometimes deliver shocking images, but can sometimes also come across as disarming: a moronic Greek boy on a chair, a dead horse in a dry riverbed somewhere in Turkey, a seated 94-year-old woman with her head leaning on a cane....

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