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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

Moving Stills

Frans Zwartjes | Paul de Nooijer | Netherlands | 1972 | 7' | | IFFR 2018

Working with one of his most talented students, Zwartjes animated a series of photos to create an obsessive study of a favourite motif: the female nude. Paul de Nooijer’s debut, supported by his artistic father. Editing and colour effects connect still photos of Françoise de Nooijer to form a moving film. Explosive and erotic.

Also in this combined programme

  • Film II

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

  • Birds

    Hypnotic, repetitive film featuring Trix, Zwartjes’ regular partner in crime – and in life. The second ‘turtle dove’ is a piece of a toy between

  • Visual Training

    Oppressive black-and-white study of a man in pale makeup surrendering as apathetically as a zombie from a German Expressionist film to primitive, chil

  • Behind Your Walls

    In true Zwartjes style, the filmmaker creates an intoxicating, surreal microcosm – this time through a bizarre pantomime featuring extras in hea

  • Tribute to Art #2

    Rather than a documentary about Zwartjes, Scheffer made a film with him – a feverish dream of his major motifs. And a final moment of…
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Film details

Country of production
Netherlands
Year
1972
Festival edition
IFFR 2018
Length
7'
Medium/Format
16mm