Stefan Ruitenbeek Movies
- 2020
KIRAC 20: The Latent Potency of Rob Defares
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In KIRAC's 20th film, you can see how artist Jordan Wolfson is shocked when billionaire Rob Defares comes walking into his exhibition wearing a fur...
- 2018
KIRAC 15: Time's Up, Old Man
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Shit literally hits the fan. Starring star-architect Rem Koolhaas, Kate Sinha, Francis Bacon, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.
- 2020
KIRAC 17: Blackmail
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Artist Stefan Ruitenbeek and Collector Philip van den Hurk reflect upon a dark moment in their relationship.
- 2017
KIRAC 8: The Art of Stefan Simchowitz
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A film about the Los Angeles art dealer Stefan Simchowitz. In his own unique way, artist Stefan Ruitenbeek observes Simchowitz’ daily life,...
- 2021
KIRAC 23: Honeypot
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In this film, you will witness the unlikely endeavour of right-wing conservative Sid Lukassen who chivalrously tries to win the heart of lefty...
- 2019
KIRAC 16: King Philip and the Pied Flycatcher
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Team KIRAC hopes to extract some money from King Philip (a.k.a. Philip van den Hurk), a millionaire art collector. But Philip lures them into a...
- 2018
KIRAC 14: Problem Child
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Moulay ‘Baby Seal Eyes’ Slimane, troubled by his migrant identity, dresses up as Dutch slave trader and tries to come to terms with...
- 2020
KIRAC 22: Reasons of Ego
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Oscar van der Kroon works for Dutch public television. He wants to do Avant Garde Television but his mediocrity is holding him back. At the end of...
- 2020
KIRAC 21: Buse (A Good Student)
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Buse, a teenager from Istanbul, is an art student at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. She wants to make a movie about her experiences at the...
- 2016
KIRAC 3: The Art Subsidy Discussion
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About the psychology of the art subsidy discussion. Artists find it difficult to cope with their position and get confused.
- 2023
KIRAC 27: Houellebecq
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French writer Michel Houellebecq is guest-starring with Jini van Rooijen, of Honey Pot (2021) fame, in the twenty-seventieth film by Dutch art...
- 2020
KIRAC 18: Parasites and Pecan Pie
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Join Team-KIRAC on a dark trip to Cairo, as they try to transform King Philip (a.k.a. art collector Philip van den Hurk) into the ultimate "maecenas".
- 2017
KIRAC 6: The Works of Renzo Martens
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Renzo Martens, Iceberg Slim, Tarik Sadouma, Picasso.
- 2018
KIRAC 12: 100% Integrity
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Bert Kreuk is an art collector who explains conceptual art in his book.
- 2016
KIRAC 5: The Tears of Mara McCarthy
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KIRAC was asked by Rotary club to make a little promo-video for collecting art. Frieze Art Fair was very supportive of giving KIRAC acces. We were...
- 2024
KIRAC 28: Faun
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Sandra has fled cold Toronto. She thought she could be a loving wife, but when the lockdowns forced her to spend one hundred percent of her time with...
- 2018
KIRAC 13: Stigma (or 'the Netflix deal')
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The Gerrit Rietveld Academy disinvited us after student diversity complaints. This is our film about it.
- 2017
KIRAC 10: The Bad Breath of Mondriaan Specialist Hans Janssen
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This film is applauded for it’s comparison between Van Gogh and Mondriaan.
- 2022
KIRAC 25: Male Love
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“Male Love” explores the intrigue and drama of a million-euro art deal. I’m an artist caught in the center, filming the deal while...
- 2020
KIRAC 19: The Goat
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The film begins in Cairo, in Tariks cabaret, where Tarik puts on a magnificent show for art-collector Philip, leaving him starstruck. The film ends...