Frans Zwartjes Movies

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.

Zwartjes' reflections on Beckett, situated between trees.

Two girls nestle beside each other on a couch and try desperately to conceal their mutual craving. Sexuality is suggested through the weird rhythm 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 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...

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...

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

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

To mark his ninetieth birthday, EYE has restored Zwartjes’ very first film, originally shot on Super-8 and long thought lost. Zwartjes started...

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.