Frans Zwartjes Movies

An experimental look at the sexual life of a couple.

Film in three parts. A man and a woman, Trix Zwartjes and Lodewijk de Boer (Zwartjes’s regular actors) circle around each other in a house and...

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.

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...

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...

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

The central element in this film is formed by the preparation for and execution of a performance. The performance, a parachute jump, is carried out...

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

A short documentary about dancer and choreographer Rudi van Dantzig.