Frans Zwartjes Movies

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

First film by Paul de Nooijer, in collaboration with his artistic father Frans Zwartjes. Moving Stills shows a series of photographs by...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

Short film by Frans Zwartjes