Johan van der Keuken Movies

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...

Film essay about the slums of 1960's Amsterdam.

After the famous Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van der Keuken is told that he has prostate cancer and only a few years left to live he decides to...

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

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...

Following in the footsteps of his uncle, this film documents the last days of Johan van der Keuken.

Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a...

Short documentary about the visual artist Shinkichi Tajiri (1923-2009). Second 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.

Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

Rare fictional short, written by Remco Campert, in the veins of existentialism. About a young man who is in love with the girlfriend of his best pal.

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

A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. We see how knowledge is passed down from generation to generation: within...

"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...

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...

An adaptation of a story by Remco Campert. The long and silent image of a boy during the morning hours, in front of a mirror.

A "revolutionary theater" troupe from North Vietnam performs in Amsterdam.

Protesting youngsters chant slogans such as “Johnson murderer” and sing “Murderer, many people are being killed”. It is the...

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