Frans Zwartjes Movies

Zwartjes made many films without dialogue or sound. The music can however be very important. Zwartjes composes it himself, sometimes together with...

First full-length experimental feature by filmmaker Zwartjes about an actress, played by Willeke van Ammelrooy, who during the whole film, in...

Frans Zwartjes and his wife explore their new home, and the sexual tension they've brought with them to it.

A man and his female helper lather a blindfolded woman's naked body with various foodstuffs.

In a monumental building a group of scientists submit women to obscure experiments in which sexuality and cruelty constantly merge into one another....

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

Frans Zwartjes' adaptation of Euripides' tragedy, originally produced for stage by the actresses Josée Ruiter and Çanci Geraerdts.

A woman plays with a bird as the camera's gaze is drawn to her legs.

"The Great Magician" - A portrait of Frans Zwartjes (1927-2017), sometimes called 'the most important experimental filmmaker of his time' by the...

An experimental film by Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

Short, abstract film of a woman in a toilet. Black and white film with some tinted shots.

A strangely-dressed man reaches for some sorbet and then eats it; A playful, expertly-edited excercise from Zwartjes.

A man in drag sits on a couch holding a fan. The wallpaper behind him is floral patterned. Although the man does little more than looking around and...

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

The central element in this film is formed by the preparation for and execution of a performance. The performance, a parachute jump, is carried out...

An experimental look at the sexual life of a couple.

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

In this experimental film we see people in varying combinations walking and crawling through sand and grass and along the waterfront in a very quick...

Frans Zwartjes' two visions of womanhood in Behind Your Walls have all the febrile frustration associated with his previous work. Flesh looks like...

Compilation film consisting of material from various artists who are involved in body art