Johan van der Keuken Movies

  • 2000
    The Long Holiday

    The Long Holiday

    The Long Holiday

    6.82000HD

    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...

    The Long Holiday
  • 1989
    A Tale of the Wind

    A Tale of the Wind

    A Tale of the Wind

    6.51989HD

    It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them...

    A Tale of the Wind
  • 1965
    Beppie

    Beppie

    Beppie

    5.11965HD

    BEPPIE is a moving and disarming portrait of an Amsterdam street urchin. Van der Keuken once described her as follows: 'She was ten years old and the...

    Beppie
  • 1996
    Amsterdam Global Village

    Amsterdam Global Village

    Amsterdam Global Village

    6.61996HD

    "I am far away on a distant journey through my own city", filmmaker Johan van der Keuken says at the end of his four-hour portrait of Amsterdam. The...

    Amsterdam Global Village
  • 1994
    Hexagon

    Hexagon

    Hexagon

    81994HD

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

    Hexagon
  • 1994
    Lucebert, Time and Farewell

    Lucebert, Time and Farewell

    Lucebert, Time and Farewell

    7.51994HD

    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...

    Lucebert, Time and Farewell
  • 1993
    Sarajevo Film Festival

    Sarajevo Film Festival

    Sarajevo Film Festival

    01993HD

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

    Sarajevo Film Festival
  • 1966
    Blind Child 2

    Blind Child 2

    Blind Child 2

    6.91966HD

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

    Blind Child 2
  • 1997
    To Sang Fotostudio

    To Sang Fotostudio

    To Sang Fotostudio

    6.1671997HD

    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...

    To Sang Fotostudio
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    7.42005HD

    Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 1984
    Time

    Time

    Time

    61984HD

    The point of departure for this film is the 1981 composition De Tijd by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen. Van der Keuken leaves the music undisturbed...

    Time
  • 1973
    The White Castle

    The White Castle

    The White Castle

    71973HD

    Part of Johan van der Keuken's North/South series, The White Castle focuses on the impact of the West on the underclass: on the concrete realities of...

    The White Castle
  • 1963
    De oude dame

    De oude dame

    De oude dame

    01963HD

    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.

    De oude dame
  • 1997
    Amsterdam Afterbeat

    Amsterdam Afterbeat

    Amsterdam Afterbeat

    5.31997HD

    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...

    Amsterdam Afterbeat
  • 1974
    The New Ice Age

    The New Ice Age

    The New Ice Age

    01974HD

    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...

    The New Ice Age
  • 1993
    Brass Unbound

    Brass Unbound

    Brass Unbound

    01993HD

    Documentary shows brass bands from Nepal, Surinam, Indonesia and Ghana.

    Brass Unbound
  • 2002
    Last Words

    Last Words

    Last Words

    02002HD

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

    Last Words
  • 1970
    Beauty

    Beauty

    Beauty

    61970HD

    Detective Beauty undertakes an investigation into reality. He tries to understand a world he cannot grasp, to capture the things that escape him.

    Beauty
  • 1970
    De Snelheid 40/70

    De Snelheid 40/70

    De Snelheid 40/70

    01970HD

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

    De Snelheid 40/70
  • 1962
    Lucebert

    Lucebert

    Lucebert

    61962HD

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

    Lucebert