Frans Zwartjes Movies

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

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

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...

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

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

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

First film by Paul de Nooijer, in collaboration with his artistic father Frans Zwartjes. Moving Stills shows a series of photographs by...

Film in three parts. A man and a woman, Trix Zwartjes and Lodewijk de Boer (Zwartjes’s regular actors) circle around each other in a house and...

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...

Three women, wear makeup or masks, having a meal.

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

Spectator is one of the early masterpieces by Zwartjes. The film explicitly shows one of Frans Zwartjes’ main themes: the relationship between...

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

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

An experimental film by Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

To mark his ninetieth birthday, EYE has restored Zwartjes’ very first film, originally shot on Super-8 and long thought lost. Zwartjes started...

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

An experimental look at the sexual life of a couple.

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