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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    Spurs of Tango

    Documentary images from the daily life of Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Uruguay, and Argentina. The camera films what happens on the street. The binding element between the emaciated dogs, colourful and crumbling buildings, cemeteries, and Inca faces...

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    State of Town

    A short film about an American businessman who is aimlessly driven around by a taxi though night-time Rotterdam. The next morning, he arrives at his destination on time.

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    De Steeg

    An impression of the daily lives of people on the street in a shabby alleyway in the centre of Rotterdam, without narration or dialogue. There is dramatic and disturbing music made by piano, violins, and wind instruments, interrupted by the sound...

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    Still Life

    Still Life is the first of a series of one’-shot movies’, films that consist of a single shot. This is the ideal combination of the opening shot and the final shot, without any editing being pushed on the viewer. In Still life, ...

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    Stony Skin

    An empty room in a dilapidated house. A nervously moving camera films the area. These shots are interspersed with the observations of a young woman in the house. The texture of the wall and close-up shots of the woman engage in a cinematic...

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    Stretto

    A rhythmic montage of old photos in which past and present are associatively linked.

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    Studies Door/Piano

    Accompanied by improvised piano music, a number of repeating images are shown: the opening of a door, a man walking through it, and the playing of a piano.

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    Studies Photographing a Model

    A model is photographed, but the film camera also comes close to her skin.

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    Un sueno coloreado

    The many shades that dominate the colour of the streets of Mexico create a vivid, almost abstract decor, against which everyday life takes place.

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    Summer in the Fields

    Sad Movie: all of the good things that life in the country has to offer, especially in the summer.

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