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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    De kopjesdans

    High stacks of cups wobble unsteadily on a running washing machine.

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    Kowloon City One

    Kowloon City One is a short black and white film that shows how a 747 squirms in all different directions while landing on the now defunct airport in Kowloon City. The film is part of a longer film about this district of Hong Kong.

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    Labyrint

    Labyrint begins with an announcement for ‘total theatre’ at the Holland Festival in 1966. It then announces that the film came out in 1971, and that this is a selection from the film of 1966, with new sound added.

    What follows is a...

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    Level

    A woman plays a piano in a penthouse above highways and flyovers. Her hand repeatedly moves like a spider-like animal across the same keys, as the cars pass by underneath.

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    Lichtjaren

    An abstract game of light that slowly reveals its secret. The film consists of three layers: an animation of street lighting, a film strip that has been processed with bleach, and a performance filmed using slow shutter speeds. The electronic...

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    Life & Death

    In Life & Death, the viewer flies backwards through the universe of cartoonist Prof. Roelofsz. Is it a dream of a few minutes, or a perpetual reality? A vicious film, without an ending or a beginning.

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    Limited Blue

    Due to the constant temptation of a filmmaker/writer to express himself, he creates a rarefied and abstract world. He alienates himself from what is happening outside, until he realizes the vulnerability of his physical presence.

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    De liquidatie

    Short film about two prisoners who are to be executed. Fate determines which of the two will go first, but the second one will be set free after the first has been executed.

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    Living

    Living is part of the five-part series Home, Sweet Home that Frans Zwartjes made ​​from 1969-1971. Zwartjes had just moved to The Hague from Heeze in Brabant, and with this five-part series he made a group of films about the...

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    Maas Observations

    The Maasbruggen begins with an overview shot from the Koninginnebrug. The film shows bridges being raised and lowered, as well as pedestrians, cyclists, cars, trams, and trains. The viewer gets the impression of a continuous, chaotic...

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