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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Herbert Curiël

Herbert Curiël (1927-2021) was of Spanish, Dutch, Surinamese and Indonesian descent. He worked (since 1953) as scriptwriter, assistant producer and director, before making his first short film in 1970 The Activist. He made several major Dutch features.

Filmography

(Features) Het jaar van de kreeft / Cancer Rising (1975), Cha-Cha (1979), Rituelen / Rituals (1988), Krima- Kerima (1995)

Herbert Curiël op IFFR

  • Krima-Kerimé-Noah’s Ark

    Herbert Curiël | 90' | Germany | World premiere

    Semi-feature-documentary tells the story of an impossible love in which we can recognise e.g. Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Alfredo de Mussets’