Johan van der Keuken Movies
- 1989
A Tale of the Wind
A Tale of the Wind6.51989HD
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...
- 2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
Trying to Describe Oneself7.42005HD
Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...
- 1994
Hexagon
Hexagon81994HD
A compilation of six standalone short films, each inspired by a contemporary Dutch music composition and created as part of a collaboration between...
- 1996
Amsterdam Global Village
Amsterdam Global Village6.61996HD
"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...
- 1966
Blind Child 2
Blind Child 26.91966HD
Two years after making his film BLIND KIND, Van der Keuken contacted the blind boy that had impressed him most at the time.
- 1993
Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival01993HD
Sarajevo in the twentieth month of its besiegement. The situation is critical, but the city chooses to organise an international film festival. Dutch...
- 1965
Beppie
Beppie5.11965HD
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...
- 1984
Time
Time61984HD
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...
- 2002
Last Words
Last Words02002HD
Following in the footsteps of his uncle, this film documents the last days of Johan van der Keuken.
- 1994
Lucebert, Time and Farewell
Lucebert, Time and Farewell7.51994HD
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...
- 1993
Brass Unbound
Brass Unbound01993HD
Documentary shows brass bands from Nepal, Surinam, Indonesia and Ghana.
- 1963
De oude dame
De oude dame01963HD
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.
- 1965
Vier muren
Vier muren01965HD
Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.
- 1997
Amsterdam Afterbeat
Amsterdam Afterbeat5.31997HD
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...
- 1970
De Snelheid 40/70
De Snelheid 40/7001970HD
Memories of World War II are evoked by images of the then current events of 1970.
- 1976
Spring
Spring01976HD
Five portraits from the mid-seventies. The nouveau riches and the nouveau pauvres take their places. With Joop Uchtman, Claude Menard, Ome Joop...
- 1997
To Sang Fotostudio
To Sang Fotostudio6.1671997HD
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...
- 2000
The Last Documentary
The Last Documentary02000HD
Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.
- 1962
Opland
Opland01962HD
The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.
- 2000
The Long Holiday
The Long Holiday6.82000HD
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...