Fokus (2004)

"Fokus offers a deeply moving cinematic experience. The film employs a strikingly minimal visual style, relying on contrasts, textures, and vibrant colors. It features highly magnified and slowed-down images, where the film's surface and imperfections are deliberately embraced. Through rigorous structural methods, Van Ingen has achieved a profoundly beautiful and emotionally resonant work with considerable depth. Fokus represents cinema's closest approach to the art of painting." - M.T.