Werner Nekes Movies

A female figure wanders inside a warehouse interior and through various motifs, including a fan and a birdcage, set to a medieval chant.

A satire with cinematical comedy. No other medium would permit this specific form. The comic potential of pithy scraps of dialogue between safari...

A sequence of 4 films: knots, texture, web, plaited--four approaches of writing with light to reflect the possibilities of painting within film.

An expedition report (a winter sailing trip down the Elbe), and a document about filmmakers who leave a city because it's more hospitable elsewhere,...

A fixed shot showing six persons, looking into the camera inertly. Gradually tiny, minimal movements can be registered.

Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...

Picture montage was a central aspect in the early history of visual media. As early as the 16th century, techniques such as the folding picture...

A part of Werner Nekes' lyrical anthology DIWAN.

The painter gazes at his female model, or how voyeurism is transformed into culture. An erotic adventure film where the theme is the viewer himself.

A part of Werner Nekes' lyrical anthology DIWAN.

A man who is looking for a partner via the personals section receives a surprise visit from a sturdy woman. She forces her way into the house and...

Dore O. and later Nekes speak to each other and into the camera, slowly and deliberately like a speech exercise, quickly like a tongue twister or in...