Face Value

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Face Value is a film combining a conscious approach with spontaneity, and contemplation with action. It presents us with the differing views of a region we call Europe, an imaginary Europe situated somewhere between London, Marseilles, Prague and the Netherlands.

Amsterdam Global Village

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:00:00 +0000

“I am far away on a distant journey through my own city”, filmmaker Johan van der Keuken says at the end of his four-hour portrait of Amsterdam. The city is presented as a place where people from all corners of the world live, who all exert their cultural influence on the life in the city. With a motor courier as his central figure, the filmmaker introduces the audience to birds of different feathers. We see diverse cultural expressions, like the house scene, the entry of St. Nicholas and a Ghanese mourning ritual. The binding factor in the film is the concept of ‘travelling’, in other words Amsterdam as a global village. The camera travels through the film in three ways: over land, over water (canals) and through the air.

Johan van der Keuken – MRQE

Face Value

Amsterdam Global Village