Frans Zwartjes Movies

An experimental film by Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

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

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...

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

Zwartjes made many films without dialogue or sound. The music can however be very important. Zwartjes composes it himself, sometimes together with...

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

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

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

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

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...

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

An experimental look at the sexual life of a couple.

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

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' two visions of womanhood in Behind Your Walls have all the febrile frustration associated with his previous work. Flesh looks like...

Spectator is one of the early masterpieces by Zwartjes. The film explicitly shows one of Frans Zwartjes’ main themes: the relationship between...

In this experimental film we see people in varying combinations walking and crawling through sand and grass and along the waterfront in a very quick...

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

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...

Film shot entirely in the open air with women walking around a garden, life-sized photos in the grass and people at the table. A film from the series...