Johan van der Keuken Movies

A short TV documentary about the making of Straub-Huillet's Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach.

Three-part film about the Dutch painter and poet Lucebert who died in 1994. Director Johan van der Keuken made three short films about his friend and...

Collage film in which Van der Keuken makes use of Eddy Posthuma de Boer's source material.

Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

An adaptation of a story by Remco Campert. The long and silent image of a boy during the morning hours, in front of a mirror.

Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

Shot in Lebanon in 1975 just before the civil war. The director delivers a nuanced account of the complexities surrounding the Palestinian issue.

Johan van der Keuken's film was made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of De Melkweg (The Milky Way). De Melkweg is a multimedia venue in Amsterdam,...

A 1958 French language short film written and directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Guy Mairesse, Paniaras and Jean Patrick.

A compilation of six standalone short films, each inspired by a contemporary Dutch music composition and created as part of a collaboration between...

Part of Johan van der Keuken's North/South series, The White Castle focuses on the impact of the West on the underclass: on the concrete realities of...

Memories of World War II are evoked by images of the then current events of 1970.

A spew of images swarm the screen; appearing before no answers-man and his machinery, denuded wholly of its grace and beauty.

The film consists of two basic components: the music of Charles Ives, 'The unanswered question', from 1907, and a letter written by an old woman who...

Sarajevo in the twentieth month of its besiegement. The situation is critical, but the city chooses to organise an international film festival. Dutch...

The final part of Keuken's 'North-South' trilogy, which examines the complex and unequal relationships between industrialized and developing nations....

Johan van der Keuken explains, "Some fifteen filmmakers were asked to make a film series in a relay style for a very popular variety program on Dutch...

Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.

Short documentary about Yrrah, the ruthless illustrator who was always giggling. First of four in a series for the VPRO.

Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second of four in a series for the VPRO.