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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    Modelling

    On the edge of a piece of reclaimed nature, a model poses for an artist. He sketches her portrait, and then take pictures of the model in different creations. Eventually she poses nude for him.

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    Moroccan Lights

    A search for the original Morocco. From sharply outlined deserts, unpredictable and dry, to a market where slaughtered animals are for sale, to people and camels, houses and rural areas, and finally back to that same desert.

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    Movimenti cantabili

    An experimental dance film in which a young homeless woman, a saxophonist, and a businesswoman stage a silent choreography amid a labyrinth of illuminated tiles. In the process, they are watched by three Graces.

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    Moving Paintings

    Every shot is a static tripod shot, with experimental colour filtering and associative music and sound mixing. The moving landscape paintings were filmed in northern France, Belgium, and Groningen. Originally the Moving Paintings were...

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    Moving Stills

    Pictures of a girl taking off her sweater suggest movement. The film is a collaboration between Frans Zwartjes and his student Paul de Nooijer, two of the Netherlands’ leading experimental filmmakers.

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    Nature Trail

    Short nature film in which alternating short movements are interspersed with a still image. Due to the rapid succession of images, the changing camera position, and the threatening sky above, the recurring static image gives the film something...

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    Negative

    The film begins with negative images of the destruction or etching plates. In the following scenes, we see images of construction workers, (dance) performances, and the daily life of Luyken. Along the way we see positive colored images that...

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    N.E.W.S.

    A music clip by the rock band Golden Earring.

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    Niemandsland

    A short, improvised feature film. A man and a woman visit a dilapidated farm. She poses, and he photographs her. When he begins to paw, she brushes him off: he can look at her, but cannot possess her.

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    El niño perverso y el tío

    A frightening film in which a boy and an uncle try to outdo each other in terms of perversity, with a giant Côte d’Or toffee. By means of enlargements and reductions in size, which are enhanced in black and white images, the film becomes...

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