Gerrit van Dijk

Movies

counting my drawings - Gerrit van Dijk
Emma Westermann's documentary shows the final six months in the life of Dutch animation grandmaster Gerrit van Dijk. Every night, he makes one drawing for his last animation films. A cinematic testament to one of the most distinguished Dutch film artists of our times.
I Move, So I Am
Animation
I Move, So I Am
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I Move, So I Am
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I Move, So I Am
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All Men Are Created Equal
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Historical view on the role of women within the law
All Men Are Created Equal
Cinematography
Historical view on the role of women within the law
Frieze Frame
Director
A short animation in which characters from 39 paintings in the Frans Hals Museum move from one artwork to the next.
Pas à deux
Director
An animated short film of dancers from Monique Renault and Gerrit van Dijk.
Haast een Hand
Director
Collage-like depiction of the life of a man, in which the protagonist prefers intimate childhood memories over earthly gain. About the sound of new shoes, walks with dad and the smell of elm wood.
A Good Turn Daily
Director
A boy scout tries to make the world a better place and as a result he transcends into other persons, not famous and very famous. Will it make a change?
Quod Libet
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Quod Libet
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Sportflesh
Director
In a series of transformations, a boy with a football under his arm is transformed into increasingly aggressive-looking sportsmen.
CubeMenCube
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Surrealist animation about two cubes who come alive against a constantly changing background. The cubes go through the process of growing up and getting older. They fall in love, make love, and conceive new cubes. The idyll ends cruelly in an all-destroying war.
Butterfly R.I.P. 1975
Director
Critique against the increasing urbanization. A static shot depicts the story of a butterfly whose living space is increasingly limited by the construction of houses and factories. New construction rapidly fills the green environment of the butterfly until it ends up on the wall, pinned up and framed.
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
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1920s mobster Dutch Schultz's dying words presented in the abstract.