Johan van der Keuken Movies

Johan van der Keuken went against the grain in 1980: from Amsterdam (on April 30 with the coronation riots and squatting actions) via Paris, southern...

In the person of To Sang, a Chinese-born photographer living and working in Amsterdam, JVDK has found his perfect counterpart and alter ego. To...

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...

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

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

During the shooting of this film, four long interviews were recorded by Thierry Nouel, marking out the different stages of the life and work of the...

Shot in Lebanon in 1975 just before the civil war. The director delivers a nuanced account of the complexities surrounding the Palestinian issue.

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

Two years after making his film BLIND KIND, Van der Keuken contacted the blind boy that had impressed him most at the time.

A short TV documentary about the making of Straub-Huillet's 'Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'

Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.

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

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

In the late sixties, the American saxophone player and living jazz legend Ben Webster lived in Amsterdam for a year. Webster, who was born in Kansas...

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

Experimental documentary by Johan van der Keuken about Dutch painter and poet Lucebert.

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...

An adaptation of a story by Remco Campert. The long and silent image of a boy during the morning hours, in front of a mirror.

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

In this short documentary by Johan van der Keuken, he films young women walking the streets of Amsterdam.