Frans Zwartjes Movies

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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.

Short film by Frans Zwartjes

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

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