Frans Zwartjes Movies

Set on the landing and the stairs of Zwartjes’ new house, then still empty, in The Hague. The filmmaker suggests a mysterious and complex space...

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

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

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

Frans Zwartjes and his wife explore their new home, and the sexual tension they've brought with them to it.

Short film by Frans Zwartjes

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...

A woman plays with a bird as the camera's gaze is drawn to her legs.

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...

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

An experimental short from Dutch filmmaker Frans Zwartjes.

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