Vis - a - Vis

12 minutes / 1982
An autobiographical fantasy, depicting the
duality of an individual torn by conflicting
desires a reflection of the reconciliation
between work and the creative imagination.
Awards:
Sinking Creek Film Celebration, 1982:
Judge’s Award / ASIFA-East Animation, 1983:
Honorable Mention
Festival:
Annecy international Animation Festival ,
France , 1983 / Bangkok Animation Festival ,
Thailand, 1986 / Humboldt Film Festival,
California , 1982
  

Kakania

4 minutes / 1989
A striking blend of music and image, contrasting
the tension and chaos of modern urban
with the ritualized order of tribal societies.
Awards:
ASIFA-East Animation 1990:Best Design
Festivals:
Marin County Film Festival, California, 1990:
1st prize. Animation / ASIFA- East Animation
Award, NYC, 1990: 1st prize, Design
Black Maria Film & Video Festival, 1989:
Director’s Choice

Penetralia

4 minutes / 1976
A person’s internal journey to the penetralia,
the innermost place.
Awards:
Le Touquet Festival, France, 1978: Special
Award Sinking Creek Film Celebration ,
1977: Judge’s Award.
 

Yours for the Taking

7 minutes / 1984.
A three – legged cup embarks on a journey ,
filling itself I with images and impressions of I
surroundings.
Awards:
Baltimore international Film Festival, 1986
1st Prize, Animation / Bucks Country Film
Festival, 1985 : Special Committee Award
Festivals:
International Stuttgart Animated Film festival,
Germany , 1986 & 1990 / Odense Film
Festival, Denmark, 1985 / Woman’s Eye
View Film Festival, Portland, Oregon, 1985
  

Nine Lives

7 minutes / 1989.
A fortune teller’s cards leas the viewer on a
Journey through time and collective memory,
using the metaphor of a cat’s multiple lives.
Awards:
ASIFA-East Animation Awards, NYC, 1988:
3rd prize, Soundtrack / New England Film
Festival, 1987: Honorable Mention
Festivals:
Shanghai international Animation Film
Festival, China, 1988 / Ottawa international
Animation Festival, Canada, 1988
Denver international Film Festival, 1987
 

Ground Zero/Sacred Ground

9 minutes / 1997
In south – central New Mexico, an ancient
Native American rock art site lies 35 miles
frorr detonation site of the world’s first atomic
bomb. The Juxtaposition these sites points
striking contrast between the two worlds
which created them: one which reveres and
keep Harmony with the natural world, and
one which in striving to control the forces of
nature created a means for its destruction.
Awards:
Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1998: Telepost
Excellence in Film Editing / Award Humboldt
international Film Festival, CA, 1998: 1st
Prize Animation / ASIFA – East Animation
Awards, NYC, 1999: Excellence in Design
Prix Leonardo, Italy, 1999: Gold Certificate.
Festival:
Hiroshima international Animation Festival
Japan, 1998 / Stuttgart international
Animation Festival Germany, 1998
New York Animation Festival, NYC, 1999.
International Exile Film Festival, Sweden,
2001.
 

Frieze Frame

35mm / 4' / 1991
Frieze Frame again displays Van Dijk's deep
and intimate bond with the visual arts. Thirty nine
painting from the Frans Hals museum collection
in Haarlem are brought to life by remodeling the
representations in the paintings into impassioned
tableaus and merging them with each
other.
 

A Good Turn Daily

35mm / 13' / 1983
In a good turn daily the rebellion and the idealism
of Van Dijk's earlier films make way for
a more cynical approach. A boy scout tries to
help every one he encounters, but before he
can lend a helping hand he is already distracted
by the next problem. A mix of historical
recordings and animation film; the film is
a visual display of animation forms and techniques.
Golden Calf, Best Short film 1984, NFD
Utrecht
 

Music for the Millions

35mm / 3' / 1983
Music for the Millions is also considered the
thirteenth film in the jute project. Supported
by a hardcore punk soundtrack, the remodeled
images of television commercials are
contrasted with recordings of starving masses
in the Third World.
 

He Almost Clutched His Hand

35mm / 6'05'' / 1982
Collage-like representation of the life of man,
whereby the central figure chooses childhood
memories in preference to earthly gain: the
sound of new shoes, a walk with father and
the smell of elm wood.
Mention de Qualite 1983, France
Selection Filmfestival cannes 1983
Mikeldi de Oro Animation 1983 Bilbao, Spain
 

Sport Flesh

35mm / 3' / 1973
A photograph of a youngster with a football
under his arm - Van Dijk's son - smoothly
changes into an aquarelle and is transformed
into various sports figures. Spurred on by an
increasingly fanatical public the youngster
mutates into a monstrous bundle of muscles.
Grand prix at sport Film Day 1977,
Oberhausen
The Catholic Film Work prize 1977, German
 

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz'

35mm / 23' 18'' / 2003
Dutch Schultz was at the height of his career
and, second only to Al Capone, one of the
most powerful and notorious racketeer bootleggers
during the years of the twenties and
thirties in America. Was shot down by hitmen
from 'Murder incorporated' and died. A police
sat at his bedside taking down his final words
and trying to find out who had attacked him
and his bodyguards. The film consists of 8
animated captures each representing a segment
of the macho mind of a dying gangster
on his deathbed
 

Butterfly

35mm / 3' / 2003
Protest against advancing urbanization. A
static shot portrays the story of a butterfly
whose living space is increasingly restricted
through the building of houses and factories.
New development invades the butterfly's
green environment at a rapid pace until the
butterfly is pinned up and framed up and on
the wall.