A Dutch documentary film is a documentary film made by a director of (partly) Dutch origin. Dutch documentary films are not necessarily bound to Dutch topics or locations in the Netherlands.

History

Before 1945

The short film Inhuldiging Koningin Wilhelmina te Amsterdam was made in 1898 and is the oldest surviving Dutch film. The first known Dutch documentary was made in 1916 by Johann Vierboom. The film Storm en noodweer in Nederland shows the 1916 flood disaster at the coasts of the Zuiderzee. Another documentary film of this era is Holland Neutraal: De leger- en vlootfilm (1917) by Willy Mullens. One of the most famous Dutch documentary film directors is Joris Ivens. Ivens started making his own films in 1928. The first was an avant-garde look at a Rotterdam bridge, The Bridge (De brug, 1928). His later films were more realistic, socially concerned and polemical.[1] The Spanish Earth (1937) is one of his most famous films. In order to make internationally oriented documentaries, Ivens travelled to countries such as the Soviet Union, Spain, China, Australia and the United States.[2]

1945-1965

After the 2nd World war, films of the acclaimed documentary film directors Bert Haanstra[3] and Herman van der Horst[4] dominated Dutch cinema. Their work is internationally known as the ‘Dutch Documentary School’.[5] A feature of the documentary films of this era is the use of human beings as a metaphor.[6] Van der Horst and Haanstra both won prizes at the Cannes Film Festival.[7] [8] Van der Horst's most famous movie is Faja Lobbi (1960), while Haanstra gained international fame for his renowned documentary Alleman (The Human Dutch, 1963). Other directors of the Dutch Documentary School are Charles Huguenot van der Linden,[9] and John Fernhout.

After 1965

After the era of the Dutch Documentary School, Dutch documentaries lost their uniformity. Instead of forming a group, joining forces and sharing stylistic trademarks, filmmakers mostly worked on independent projects or projects for television networks. Contemporary documentary directors have produced a wide variety of works. Contemporary directors with international successes are Jos de Putter, Heddy Honigmann, Johan van der Keuken and Leonard Retel Helmrich. In the late 20th century, documentary films are mainly shown on Dutch television networks, although some cinemas and art houses show Dutch documentary films. Nowadays, internet provides worldwide access to Dutch documentary films displayed online.

Dutch organizations regarding documentary films

Dutch funds

  • The Netherlands Film Fund offers financial support to develop, actualize and distribute documentary film productions, designated for cinema.
  • Mediafonds offers subsidy for the development and production of, among other things, documentary films by public broadcasting.

Online broadcasting

  • Holland Doc 24 is a Dutch digital documentary channel. The channel is continuously broadcasting sections of multiple public broadcasting channels, including the programs VPRO's Import, Zembla, Tegenlicht, NCRV Dokument, Profiel, Reporter and Het uur van de Wolf.[10]
  • The Docsonline Foundation is an independent, Dutch non-profit organization with a mission to support professional documentary makers financially by exposing their work on a wide international scale to a paying audience. The foundation organizes a documentary on-demand website which provides a collection of over 400 documentary films.[11]

Film festivals

The following Dutch film festivals are known to show (Dutch) documentary films:

List of Dutch documentary films

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Unknown BroodDennis Alink2016
Are All Men Pedophiles?Jan-Willem Breure2012
A philosopher for all seasonsBenny Brunner1991
Across the borderSaskia Vredeveld1999
Al nakbaBenny Brunner1997
Andre Hazes, Zij gelooft in mijJohn Appel1999
Ave MariaNouchka van Brakel2006
Between heaven and hellJoost Seelen2002
Birthplace UnknownKarin Junger1988
BoysMenna Laura Meijer2005
BramJoost Verheij1993
Broken SilenceEline Flipse1996
Cannot run awayHillie Molenaar & Joop van Wijk1988
Child of the communeMaroesja Perizonius2004
CrossroadsHillie Molenaar & Joop van Wijk1997
Dana Lixenberg, thru Dutch eyesPieter van der Houwen1999
Daughters of the NileHillie Molenaar & Joop van Wijk1982
De brugJoris Ivens1928
Deacon of DeathJan van den Berg2004
Democracy's dilemmaIjsbrand van Veelen & Dorothee Forma2007
DesiMaria Ramos2000
DuendeRamon Gieling1986
Dutch touchUlrike Helmer2006
Electronic curtainWalther Grotenhuis1997
En passantMirjam Boelsums & Lony Scharenborg2003
Faja LobbiHerman van der Horst1960
Fatal reaction BombayMarijke Jongbloed1998
Fatal reaction MoscowMarijke Jongbloed2000
Fatal reaction New YorkMarijke Jongbloed1996
Fatal reaction SingaporeMarijke Jongbloed1996
Finding courageJoop van Wijk2004
First KillCoco Schrijber2001
Fokking hell!Peter ter Velde, Eric Feijten & Hans Stakelbeek2010
Food is wasteRob van Hattum2007
Grito de piedraTon van Zantvoort2006
Hans: Het Leven Voor De DoodLouis van Gasteren1983
Holland neutraal, de leger- en vlootfilmWilly Mullens1917
I'm Never Afraid!Willem Baptist2010
In a white man's landKim Landstra2000
It is no dreamBenny Brunner & Joseph Rochlitz2002
Isingiro HospitalHillie Molenaar & Joop van Wijk1992
JuggernautRob Das2003
Lockerbie RevisitedGideon Levy2005
Lomax the SonghunterRogier Kappers2005
Grenzeloze Liefde - Made in AfricaPuck de Leeuw1999
Grenzeloze Liefde - Made in JapanPuck de Leeuw1996
Lust for goldJoost Kraanen1990
Made in ChinaEline Flipse2005
Mama CalleArjanne Laan1990
Miss interpreted, Marlene DumasRudolf Everhuis & Joost Verheij1997
My beloved countrySaskia Vredeveld1991
Nostalgia for deathRamon Gieling1992
On the threshold of oblivionTom Verheul2003
PoolMirjam Boelsums & Lony Scharenborg1999
Prison bluesSaskia Vredeveld2002
Procedure 769, witness to an executionJaap van Hoewijk1995
Punk, foreverAlfred de Boer1996
Purple heartsVPRO2004
Rex Gildo, the fall of a schmalz kingHans Heijnen2003
Rock 'n roll junkieEilander, v.d. Bosch, v.d. Lee & v.d. Sterre1994
Romania, the taming of intellectualsBenny Brunner1990
Rouch's gangJoost Verheij1998
Sark, small worldJoost Seelen2002
Selfportrait, Roger BallenSasia Vredeveld2002
Smile and waveMarijke Jongbloed2003
Sport, a mental issueLies Niezen2000
Storm en noodweer in NederlandJohann Vierboom1916
Sunny spellsRuud Monster1987
Tabee toeanTom Verheul1995
That paradise will be mineMerel Beernink2005
The concrete curtainBenny Brunner2005
The daily nationHillie Molenaar & Joop van Wijk2000
The factoryHillie Molenaar & Joop van Wijk1981
The forgeryArjanne Laan2001
The Human DutchBert Haanstra1963
The making of a new empireJos de Putter1999
The new silverAlexandra Jansse2005
The price of cottonKarin Junger2005
The returnJoost Verheij1990
The seventh millionBenny Brunner1995
The Spanish EarthJoris Ivens1937
The truth according to WikipediaIjsbrand van Veelen2008
The tunnel and other liesVuk Janic2005
The wallBenny Brunner2003
The war on drugsVPRO2003
Treatment for traitorsIke Bertels1983
Valley of sighsCarin Goeijers2004
Velo negroArjanne Laan1996
Voices of BamAliona v.d. Horst & Maasja Ooms2006
Water and fireJoost Seelen1998
Year 1, Alan Reeve after thirty years of imprisonmentJoost Seelen1993

See also

Notes and references

  1. Peter B. Flint (June 30, 1989). "Obituary Joris Ivens, 90, Dutch Documentary Film Maker". New York Times.
  2. "Dutch film history". Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  3. Hans Schoots (2010). Bert Haanstra, Filmer van Nederland. Balans, Amsterdam. ISBN 978-9460032561.
  4. "biography Herman van der Horst". Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  5. Willem Ellenbroek (2004). "Bloei van de Hollandse School". Volkskrant.
  6. Bert Hogenkamp (2003). De Documentaire Film 1945-1965. De bloei van een filmgenre in Nederland. 010, Amsterdam. ISBN 9064505233.
  7. "films of Bert Haanstra at the Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  8. "films of Herman van der Horst at the Cannes Film Festival". Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  9. "biography of Charles Huguenot van der Linden". Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  10. "information about Dutch television channel Holland Doc". Holland Doc. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
  11. "information about Docsonline Foundation". Docsonline Foundation. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
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