Bert Haanstra Movies

A perfect, fast and hilarious montage. Using images from Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Bert Haanstra shows that a couple of similarities can be discovered...

Documentary on oil exploration, the phase before drilling.

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

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 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...

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

The Netherlands and water, they are inseparable from one another. Water in its soothing form, as a place of work and pleasure and as a source of...

A Shell Film Unit documentary by Bert Haanstra examining humanity’s struggle against insect plagues, filmed across Egypt, Iraq, Kenya, Sudan,...

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

In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and...

A 1958 documentary by Bert Haanstra that systematically documents the entire glassmaking process in Dutch factories, explaining both traditional...

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...

In Burgers Zoo the new residence of the gorillas is put in operation. Also the country of origin, Cameroon, is visited.

Impressive, abstract dance film from Bert Haanstra.

Bert Haanstra's first film.

Dutch sculpture in the late Middle Ages.

Highlights of the Belgian Grand Prix from Spa-Francorchamps on June 5th, 1955.