Dirk de Bruyn Movies

  • 2019
    Chanting

    Chanting

    Chanting

    02019HD

    Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

    Chanting
  • 2018
    Chant En Couleur

    Chant En Couleur

    Chant En Couleur

    02018HD

    A caravan of experimental imagery created from reaching deep in the soundtrack area of analog film stock.

    Chant En Couleur
  • 1980
    Walk

    Walk

    Walk

    01980HD

    The film follows walking feet and progresses to a preoccupation with the dancing shadow of the camera and the filmmaker. Much of the footage was...

    Walk
  • 2014
    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    02014HD

    The subject of Death of Place is 16mm film's direct on film techniques, migrated into the digital realm. Its story catches half articulated childhood...

    The Death of Place
  • 2016
    Living in the Past

    Living in the Past

    Living in the Past

    02016HD

    This film re-animates stereoscopic images of Melbourne from the 1920s. Technically the film makes a statement about how each new iteration of moving...

    Living in the Past
  • 1990
    Conversations with my Mother

    Conversations with my Mother

    Conversations with my Mother

    01990HD

    An intense and sometimes disturbing series of encounters between the filmmaker and his mother as they relive the traumatic years of his childhood and...

    Conversations with my Mother