Compilation of film clips from 1905-1915, found footage of silent movies and documentaries from the Jean Desmet Archive of the Netherlands Film Museum. Jean Desmet was one of the first Dutch film distributors. Lyrisch nitraat is a tribute to the craftsmanship of early filmmakers, but also shows the brittleness of old nitrate films. Composed as an opera about love and death, set to music by Bizet, Masek and Puccini.

The dutchified Hungarian Joszef Katús returns, after a months-long absence, to Amsterdam on 29 April...

Hans: Het Leven voor de dood (Hans, Life Before Death) is a documentary feature film about the life ...

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of ye...

As the debate over the state of America's public school system rages on, one thing everyone agrees o...

An exploration of immigration in Britain over the half century since Conservative MP Enoch Powell ma...

Marilyn Monroe's final project, "Something's Got to Give", has become one of the most talked about u...

Documentary about a group of young idealistic friends in their squat in Amsterdam. Chased by the pol...

A documentary film crew follows a young Iranian girl, Roya, after her request for asylum was denied ...

When filmmaker Mari Soppela took her children and husband to live for a year on a sacred mountain in...
Nocturnal life in the partly deserted dock area of Amsterdam. Director Marjoleine Boonstra encounter...

Documentary, poetry and essay rolled into one, this compilation of stockshots and clips sourced from...

This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career ...

Explore the birth, growth and eventual tipping point of punk rock during the 90s. Narrated by skateb...

The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey...

Wanda Horowitz reminisces about her husband, the great pianist Vladimir Horowitz, with clips from hi...

Created from backstage material filmed during Queen’s 1977 USA News of the World tour, this document...

Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.

A worn-out floor, the hole underneath, a political activist, and the Ouled Sbita tribe are the prota...

Peter Gabriel is among the rockstars performing the music of Lennon and McCartney against a montage ...