Filmes

The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.

Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second of four in a series for the VPRO.

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...

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

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...

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.

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

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.

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

Three-part film about the Dutch painter and poet Lucebert who died in 1994. Director Johan van der Keuken made three short films about his friend and...

In SPIRIT OF THE TIME (1968) van der Keuken presents a collage of "drop-outs," protesters (both left and right), musicians and "hippies." He...

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

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

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...

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.

Van der Keuken follows the creative process of Lucebert, a Dutch painter annex poet. Episode four of four in a series for the VPRO.

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