Dirk de Bruyn Movies

  • 1976
    Zoomfilm

    Zoomfilm

    Zoomfilm

    01976HD

    An experimental film dedicated to the "blink". Dynamic abstractions (created through the use of prodigious optical printing and directly working the...

    Zoomfilm
  • 2019
    Chanting

    Chanting

    Chanting

    02019HD

    Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

    Chanting
  • 2014
    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    The Death of Place

    02014HD

    The subject of Death of Place is 16mm film's direct on film techniques, migrated into the digital realm. Its story catches half articulated childhood...

    The Death of Place
  • 2016
    Living in the Past

    Living in the Past

    Living in the Past

    02016HD

    This film re-animates stereoscopic images of Melbourne from the 1920s. Technically the film makes a statement about how each new iteration of moving...

    Living in the Past
  • 1990
    Conversations with my Mother

    Conversations with my Mother

    Conversations with my Mother

    01990HD

    An intense and sometimes disturbing series of encounters between the filmmaker and his mother as they relive the traumatic years of his childhood and...

    Conversations with my Mother
  • 1980
    Walk

    Walk

    Walk

    01980HD

    The film follows walking feet and progresses to a preoccupation with the dancing shadow of the camera and the filmmaker. Much of the footage was...

    Walk