The filmmaker Joris Ivens was the son of C.A.P. Ivens, owner of the CAPI photography shop in Nijmegen. With the help of his father’s employees, in the 1910s the young Joris Ivens made the short film De wigwam, with roles for his parents, brothers, and sisters.

Now screening in Brussels

Valparaiso

1963

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The Seine Meets Paris

1957

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vr 28 aug · 18:00 Cinematek · Plateau Book

Also by Joris Ivens

How Yukong Moved the Mountains

1976

Borinage

1934

The Bridge

1928