Johan van der Keuken Movies

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

De Nieuwe IJstijd is the third part of the triptych Noord-Zuid (North-South), in which the director focuses on the relationships between rich and...

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...

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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