Johan van der Keuken Movies

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

In his very first ‘independent film’, Dutch master filmmaker Johan Van der Keuken presents an image of Amsterdam in the sixties. He set...

A musical comedy. One God creates the world, the other destroys the creation and hopes to make a better job of it.

One of Van der Keuken's earliest fictional shorts.

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

The tools people adopt to try and control nature. In parallel with the early history of Van der Keuken's child.

The opening segment for a planned larger documentary by Johan van der Keuken. Unfortunately, this is all that was completed before his death. These...

With the use of montage sequences, voiced over with the observations of the children, van der Keuken was able to use artistic expression to portray...

This film is a playful and experimental film object. The images of several films by Johan van der Keuken are mounted in a rhythmic and circular way...

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

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...

Documentary about the Wadden Sea in which Van der Keuken looks at this ribbon in the landscape through the eyes of a city-dweller. A film about the...

A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.

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

"I am far away on a distant journey through my own city", filmmaker Johan van der Keuken says at the end of his four-hour portrait of Amsterdam. The...

As part of the celebrations for 100 years of Amsterdam’s Vondelpark in 1965, the Vondelpark was transformed into a massive sculpture garden...

Documentary shows brass bands from Nepal, Surinam, Indonesia and Ghana.

Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...

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

A short portrait of poet Bert Schierbeek, who reads from his poetry.