Karel Doing Movies

  • 1997
    Saint

    Saint

    Saint

    5.11997HD

    Saint is a short black and white film without dialogue shot on Super-8, that portrays the martyrdom of St. Sebastian through evocative imagery and...

    Saint
  • 2008
    Getijden

    Getijden

    Getijden

    02008HD

    'Getijden' consists of 8 parts, a carousel of images and sounds revolving in a mysterious parallel world, and filled with different emotions and...

    Getijden
  • 2014
    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    Dark Matter

    7.52014HD

    This personal film is made up of landscape photos from the archive of the director's father, through which he returns to his life while exploring the...

    Dark Matter
  • 2013
    Palindrome Series

    Palindrome Series

    Palindrome Series

    02013HD

    Double screen series of 5 films. All of them constructed as a palindrome; a sequence of elements which appear the same when perceived both forwards...

    Palindrome Series
  • 2023
    Oxygen

    Oxygen

    Oxygen

    02023HD

    Blades of grass are racing across the screen.

    Oxygen
  • 2023
    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush

    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush

    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush

    02023HD

    An unfiltered stream of perception: small objects and grand panoramas appear simultaneously. The certainties of near and far, detail and overview,...

    Babbler, Fairy and Thrush
  • 2018
    Dandelion

    Dandelion

    Dandelion

    02018HD

    A couple of years ago I have discovered new possibilities for the creation of images on film-emulsion by using the internal chemistry of plants. This...

    Dandelion
  • 2002
    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan

    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan

    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan

    22002HD

    Karel Doing follows the route taken by his uncle Ed Huis in ‘t Veld, who was executed in 1942 by Japanese forces on the Indonesian island of...

    A Voyage of Discovery to Tarakan
  • 1993
    Nature Trail

    Nature Trail

    Nature Trail

    01993HD

    Reworked landscape images slide across the screen in a rhythmic pattern, accompanied by minimal violin music by Danish composer Martin Hall.

    Nature Trail
  • 2010
    Liquidator

    Liquidator

    Liquidator

    02010HD

    A project making innovative use of existing archive images of Willy Mullens’ silent film Haarlem (1922). The original film shows the city in...

    Liquidator
  • 2005
    Egg

    Egg

    Egg

    02005HD

    A dreamy document about finding a fragile treasure amongst a hasty crowd, the drinking of water, some wandering between stones, and the vulnerabilty...

    Egg
  • 1992
    Vitaal Filmen

    Vitaal Filmen

    Vitaal Filmen

    01992HD

    Compilation film on the body. The project was initiated by Studio Een. 12 Dutch artists were invited to make a short film whose object is part of the...

    Vitaal Filmen
  • 2020
    Phytography

    Phytography

    Phytography

    02020HD

    "Phytography" dives into the rich and varied world of plant chemistry. This collection of organic objets trouvés demonstrates how nature...

    Phytography
  • 2005
    Jinx

    Jinx

    Jinx

    02005HD

    Jinx
  • 2021
    In Vivo

    In Vivo

    In Vivo

    02021HD

    "In Vivo" is an assemblage of found footage. Doing doesn't provide much in the way of conventional context as to how these varied sources interrelate...

    In Vivo
  • 1970
    The dead

    The dead

    The dead

    01970HD

    This short film offers a discontinuous journey through a labyrinthian space, inspired by Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities. An anxious boy...

    The dead
  • 2025
    A Patriot of These Woods

    A Patriot of These Woods

    A Patriot of These Woods

    02025HD

    A Patriot of These Woods is a film inspired by the novel The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino. Calvino’s book tells the adventure of a boy...

    A Patriot of These Woods
  • 1991
    Ultimatum

    Ultimatum

    Ultimatum

    01991HD

    In modern warfare massmurder is just another number in the papers. The count-down for the next war already started. A film and an installation made...

    Ultimatum
  • 2004
    Four Eyes

    Four Eyes

    Four Eyes

    02004HD

    The 'four eyes' are playing with musical toys and the ABC of cinema. The music has references to western traditional music that is usually ignored,...

    Four Eyes
  • 2018
    The Mulch Spider’s Dream

    The Mulch Spider’s Dream

    The Mulch Spider’s Dream

    02018HD

    In 1974 Thomas Nagel published his famous essay "What is it like to be a bat?" arguing that there is a specific mental state to each organism....

    The Mulch Spider’s Dream