Bert Haanstra Movies

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.

In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

In Burgers Zoo the new residence of the gorillas is put in operation. Also the country of origin, Cameroon, is visited.

Bert Haanstra's first film.

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.

Myrte and the Demons is a hallucinatory trip through a world shot in chiaroscuro in which lugubrious forest spirits take human forms at night. Myrte,...

Bert Haanstra was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make a short film about his own country. It had to be a piece of the work that...

Short poetic documentary about the southern sea in the Netherlands.

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

The glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam commissioned Bert Haanstra to make film about glass manufacturing. The entire process can be seen: the...

Documentary about Queen Juliana of The Netherlands in honor of her 70st birthday, including a short interview with the queen.

A 12 minute film about the Evoluon [a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips at...