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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Henri Plaat

Henri PLAAT (1936, Netherlands) lives in Amsterdam. He studied at the Rietveld Academy in the mid-1950s before going on to work as a topographic designer. In the early 1960s, Plaat decided to concentrate on painting and watercolour. In 1966 he started to make short fiction films and travelogues, usually with a small 16-millimeter hand-held camera.

Filmography

(all short) Hitler Stay Away from my Door (1968), I Am an Old Smoking, Moving Indian Movie Star (1969), Dr. Imbédébilius (1970), El Cardenal/The Cardinal (1972), Real Fine Tea from Berlin (1972), It is not Surprising (1972), Laughter in the Rosary (1973), The Strange but Unknown Movie Star (1974), Postcards (1974), Sepp Södel Next Week (1975), Prestcold (1976), Sferen (1976), Lost Rooms (1977), Now That You are Gone (1977), Der Graf Von Rü (1978), Grave 17B (1979), Spurs of Tango (1980), Ladakh (1981), El nino perverso (1981), Other Thoughts 1 (1981), Fragments of Decay (1983), La Muerto en Vivo (1986), 2nd War Hats (1986), Return to Prestcold (1988), De ingekleurde droom (1989), Este Coche (1989), Other Thoughts 2 (1990), Madamme Ivonne (1990), Up Hill and Down Dale (1990), Fashion from New York (1990), On the Road a Smiling Stone (1992), Other Thoughts 3 (1992), Cuba (1993), Moroccan Lights (1995), Luz y sombra (1998), A Fleeting Dream (2004), Other Thougts 4 (2008)

Henri Plaat op IFFR

  • Other Thoughts 4

    Henri Plaat | 5' | Netherlands | World premiere

    After more than 10 years, the series Other Thoughts fortunately has another sequel, with part four.

  • Este coche

    Henri Plaat | 6' | Netherlands | -

  • Other Thoughts 2

    Henri Plaat | 6' | Netherlands | -

  • The Strange But Unknown Star

    Henri Plaat | 8' | Netherlands | None

    A ten-year-old girl dressed as a 1920s star gives a performance while Marlene Dietrich is bombarded with egg, chocolate powder and currants. (Eye)

  • 2nd War-Hats

    Henri Plaat | 3' | Netherlands | -

    Between the wartime bombing, the latest fashion in ladies’ hats is showed off from a manhole cover in an asphalt road in Warsaw, and the…

  • Fragments of Decay

    Henri Plaat | 12' | Netherlands | -

    Derelict houses and old people: they express a desire for the good old days.

  • Luz y sombra

    Henri Plaat | 22' | Netherlands | -

    Light and shadow in colour and black & white, in graveyards and colourful markets in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay.

  • Moroccan Lights

    Henri Plaat | 40' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Idiosyncratic travelogue by Henri Plaat through the mountains and deserts of Southern Morocco.

  • Other Thoughts 3

    Henri Plaat | 8' | Netherlands | -

    Series of portraits of people linked by tranquil pictures of a surreal world.

  • On the road a smiling stone

    Henri Plaat | 52' | Netherlands | -

    On the Road a Smiling Stone is a documentary report from an area where the smell of cultural history has barely faded, designed in the…