Bert Haanstra Movies

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

Short poetic documentary about the southern sea in the Netherlands.

In Burgers Zoo the new residence of the gorillas is put in operation. Also the country of origin, Cameroon, is visited.

Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.

The film is a study of the differences and similarities between human and animal behaviour. The first part of the movie focuses on the behaviour of...

Documentary about Queen Juliana of The Netherlands in honor of her 70st birthday, including a short interview with the queen.

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

The Netherlands and water, they are inseparable from one another. Water in its soothing form, as a place of work and pleasure and as a source of...

In Rembrandt, Haanstra shows that it is possible to make a fascinating film only with images from paintings. He had to travel though all over Europe...

How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.

The glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam commissioned Bert Haanstra to make film about glass manufacturing. The entire process can be seen: the...

Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages.

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.

Bert Haanstra's first film.