Frans Zwartjes Movies

Frans Zwartjes' adaptation of Euripides' tragedy, originally produced for stage by the actresses Josée Ruiter and Çanci Geraerdts.

Compilation film consisting of material from various artists who are involved in body art

"The Great Magician" - A portrait of Frans Zwartjes (1927-2017), sometimes called 'the most important experimental filmmaker of his time' by the...

First full-length experimental feature by filmmaker Zwartjes about an actress, played by Willeke van Ammelrooy, who during the whole film, in...

To mark his ninetieth birthday, EYE has restored Zwartjes’ very first film, originally shot on Super-8 and long thought lost. Zwartjes started...

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

A man and his female helper lather a blindfolded woman's naked body with various foodstuffs.

In a monumental building a group of scientists submit women to obscure experiments in which sexuality and cruelty constantly merge into one another....

First film by Paul de Nooijer, in collaboration with his artistic father Frans Zwartjes. Moving Stills shows a series of photographs by...

The central element in this film is formed by the preparation for and execution of a performance. The performance, a parachute jump, is carried out...

Frans Zwartjes and his wife explore their new home, and the sexual tension they've brought with them to it.

Film in three parts. A man and a woman, Trix Zwartjes and Lodewijk de Boer (Zwartjes’s regular actors) circle around each other in a house and...

Two girls nestle beside each other on a couch and try desperately to conceal their mutual craving. Sexuality is suggested through the weird rhythm of...

Observations of a woman with a Japanese mask dressed in a large painted robe. She moves along the ground amid a (photographed or painted) backdrop of...

Set on the landing and the stairs of Zwartjes’ new house, then still empty, in The Hague. The filmmaker suggests a mysterious and complex space...

Three women, wear makeup or masks, having a meal.

A woman plays with a bird as the camera's gaze is drawn to her legs.

Short, abstract film of a woman in a toilet. Black and white film with some tinted shots.

A man in drag sits on a couch holding a fan. The wallpaper behind him is floral patterned. Although the man does little more than looking around and...

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.