Bert Haanstra Filmes

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages.

Bert Haanstra was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make a short film about his own country. It had to be a piece of the work that...

In this film Bert Haanstra shows how important the formation of national parks is for the protection of nature.

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

Short poetic documentary about the southern sea in the Netherlands.

Myrte and the Demons is a hallucinatory trip through a world shot in chiaroscuro in which lugubrious forest spirits take human forms at night. Myrte,...

In Rembrandt, Haanstra shows that it is possible to make a fascinating film only with images from paintings. He had to travel though all over Europe...

Documentary on the first stage in oil exploration: the first drill.

Documentary on the genesis of oil in the Earth's crust.

Short film in which Dutch author Simon Carmiggelt visits the hairdresser.

Eight newspaper-columns by Dutch writer Simon Carmiggelt were turned into a film in honor of his 70st birthday.

The film is a study of the differences and similarities between human and animal behaviour. The first part of the movie focuses on the behaviour of...

Bert Haanstra's first film.

How the location and size of an oil field is measured. With animated explanations.

A 12 minute film about the Evoluon [a conference centre and former science museum erected by the electronics and electrical company Philips at...