Johan van der Keuken Movies

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...

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...

An short anti-cruise missile film created in collaboration with a group of filmmakers.

A 1958 French language short film written and directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Guy Mairesse, Paniaras and Jean Patrick.

During the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Johan van der Keuken made a film about the revolutionary ideals of equality,...

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

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

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

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

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

Following in the footsteps of his uncle, this film documents the last days of Johan van der Keuken.

Johan van der Keuken: 'We kept the ends of a lot of shots in Amsterdam Global Village: the camera leaves the subject and pans to the sound woman, who...

Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as “Johnson murderer” and sing “Murderer, many people are being killed”. It is the...

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

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,...

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

Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.

One of Van der Keuken's earliest fictional shorts.

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.