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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Tribute to Art #2

Frank Scheffer | Frans Zwartjes | Netherlands | 2016 | 14' | | IFFR 2018

Rather than a documentary about Zwartjes, Scheffer decided to make a film with him. The result is an associative mix of fragments typical of Zwartjes. And a final moment of eye contact with the camera. Zwartjes’ major motifs pass by one more time as in a feverish dream – including self-portraits.

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

  • Moving Stills

    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…
View the entire programme

Film details

Country of production
Netherlands
Year
2016
Festival edition
IFFR 2018
Length
14'
Medium/Format
DCP