✸ Refle-x-périmental #15 : Focus on the Amsterdamse Film Coop ✸

► In december, Cinédoc pays tribute to the glory days of the Dutch Film Co-op and their pivotal initiators, including Barbara Meter, Mattijn Seip and Daniel Singelenberg. By channelling the energies into the production, distribution and screening of experimental films through the Electric Cinema evenings, these filmmakers managed to build up one of the first experimental film circuits within Holland. From about 1969 up until 1974, Amsterdam became  a central place where Dutch and foreign experimental films were shown, shared and discussed. Even though the Dutch Co-op did not manage to survive as long as their international counterparts in London, Vienna or NY, its impact on the cultural climate of Holland cannot be denied. This program gives a short glimpse of the artistic credo of a generation that strongly believed in the power of self-organization and DIY practises to counteract the establishment.

► Introduced by Simona Monizza (Eye Filmmuseum).
Program and text by Simona Monizza, prints courtesy of Eye Filmmuseum. 
Thanks to : Barbara Meter, Simona Monizza, Reyke Zwartjes, Mattijn Seip, Daniel Singelenberg, Sixpackfilm, Jeanne Pommeau

► Screening :

30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam
Kurt Kren, 
1973, 16mm, color, silent, 3’

From the Exterior

Barbara Meter
, 1970, 16mm, color, silent, 9’

Retour d'enfance
Mattijn Seip, 
1970, 16mm, color, silent, 15’


Another Shot

Daniël Singelenberg
, 1973, 16mm, b&w, sound, 5’

Lover
Daniël Singelenberg
, 1978, 16mm, color, sound, 7’

Song for Four Hands


Barbara Meter
, 1970, 16mm, color, sound, 4’


A Fan
Frans Zwartjes, 
1968, 16mm, b&w, silent, 7’ 

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Tickets: https://dulaccinemas.com/article/refle-x-perimental-15-focus-sur-lamsterdamse-film-coop/187150