Johan van der Keuken Movies

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

Memories of World War II are evoked by images of the then current events of 1970.

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

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

In 1984–85, Johan van der Keuken took his camera across the globe, from Amsterdam to New York to Hong Kong, ending in Geneva. The object of his...

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.

A compilation of six standalone short films, each inspired by a contemporary Dutch music composition and created as part of a collaboration between...

Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

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

After the famous Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken is told that he has prostate cancer and only a few years left to live he decides to...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Johan van der Keuken explains, "Some fifteen filmmakers were asked to make a film series in a relay style for a very popular variety program on Dutch...

Johan van der Keuken's film was made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of De Melkweg (The Milky Way). De Melkweg is a multimedia venue in Amsterdam,...

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