Frans Zwartjes Movies

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

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...

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...

Film in three parts. A man and a woman, Trix Zwartjes and Lodewijk de Boer (Zwartjes’s regular actors) circle around each other in a house and...

A selection of never-before-seen cinema sketches by Zwartjes, compiled by Stanley Schtinter with music from Zwartjes' record Tapes I.

First full-length experimental feature by filmmaker Zwartjes about an actress, played by Willeke van Ammelrooy, who during the whole film, in...

An experimental look at the sexual life of a couple.

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...

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

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...

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.