Johan van der Keuken Movies

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...

Documentary by Jan Sebening and Daniel Sponsel.

A short TV documentary about the making of Straub-Huillet's 'Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'

An short anti-cruise missile film created in collaboration with a group of filmmakers.

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

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...

Johan van der Keuken explains, "Some fifteen filmmakers were asked to make a film series in a relay style for a very popular variety program on Dutch...

Short documentary about Yrrah, the ruthless illustrator who was always giggling. First of four in a series for the VPRO.

With the use of montage sequences, voiced over with the observations of the children, van der Keuken was able to use artistic expression to portray...

As part of the celebrations for 100 years of Amsterdam’s Vondelpark in 1965, the Vondelpark was transformed into a massive sculpture garden...

The indomitable laughter of a radical. A collage. Third of four in a series for the VPRO.

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

Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second of four in a series for the VPRO.

Shot in Lebanon in 1975 just before the civil war. The director delivers a nuanced account of the complexities surrounding the Palestinian issue.

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

Johan van der Keuken's first film is a uniquely beautiful portrait of Paris at dawn.

Van der Keuken juxtaposes images of Dutch children learning to read against those of the coup d'état in Chile.

"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...