Frans Zwartjes Movies

A selection of never-before-seen cinema sketches by Zwartjes, compiled by Stanley Schtinter with music from Zwartjes' record Tapes I.

Film shot entirely in the open air with women walking around a garden, life-sized photos in the grass and people at the table. A film from the series...

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

Set on the landing and the stairs of Zwartjes’ new house, then still empty, in The Hague. The filmmaker suggests a mysterious and complex space...

An experimental look at the sexual life of a couple.

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

Two girls nestle beside each other on a couch and try desperately to conceal their mutual craving. Sexuality is suggested through the weird rhythm of...

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

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

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

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

Observations of a woman with a Japanese mask dressed in a large painted robe. She moves along the ground amid a (photographed or painted) backdrop of...