Frans Zwartjes Movies

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

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...

Spectator is one of the early masterpieces by Zwartjes. The film explicitly shows one of Frans Zwartjes’ main themes: the relationship between...

A strangely-dressed man reaches for some sorbet and then eats it; A playful, expertly-edited excercise from Zwartjes.

A man and his female helper lather a blindfolded woman's naked body with various foodstuffs.

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

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

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

Short film by Frans Zwartjes

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...

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...