Animation in the Netherlands
Documentary about Dutch animation filmmakers and their work in the early 80s, but also including pioneers as George Pal, Joop Geesink and Marten Toonder
Nico Crama: Guest of Honour 3
75 minutes
The guest of honour this year is filmmaker and producer Nico Crama. This film programme contains a selection of more than forty films. He is also active as guest programmer and will be showing a number of bis personal favourites. This retrospective is a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, the Netherlands Film Festival and the HAFF.
This program screened as part of HAFF 2004
Showing in this program
Anna and Bella
Two elderly sisters look back on their youth. Happy memories resurface, but so do old jealousies.
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De Reddingsbrigade
Commercial for Dutch telephone company. Robots solve problems by installing a telephone system.
Music for the Millions
Music for the Millions is also considered the thirteenth film of the Jute project. Supported by a hardcore punk soundtrack, edited images of television advertisements are juxtaposed against shots of the starving masses in the Third World.
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Oh What a Knight
About a gallant knight who braves many dangers to rescue a damsel in distress. Will she realize who the real saviour is?
Once Again
A figure with a gas mask wanders through a deserted landscape.
Sunny Side Up
A castaway on a desert island gets lost in his dreams. Confusing reality and fantasy proves fatal. But then, are we not confused ourselves?
The Case of the Spiral Staircase
A woman goes down an endless and increasingly abstract spiral stairway.
The Way to the Top
Handyman's frantic quest for a lofty ideal badly upsets the balance of society.
