Adventures in Perception

{{short description|1971 film}}

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| name = Adventures in Perception

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| director = Han Van Gelder

| producer = Han Van Gelder

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| released = {{film date|df=yes|1971}}

| runtime = 21 minutes

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch

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Adventures in Perception is a 1971 Dutch short documentary film directed by Han Van Gelder. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.,{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300374/Adventures-In-Perception/details |title=NY Times: Adventures in Perception |accessdate=30 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016075215/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300374/Adventures-In-Perception/details |archive-date=16 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1972 |title=The 44th Academy Awards (1972) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=9 June 2019|work=oscars.org|date=5 October 2014 }} and won the Best Short Film on Art at the 1971 Cork Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.corkfilmfest.org/awardwinners/awards/award-16.html |title=Cork Film Festival Archive |accessdate=18 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928180101/http://www.corkfilmfest.org/awardwinners/awards/award-16.html |archivedate=28 September 2011 }} It is a study on the works of M. C. Escher.{{cite web |url=http://www.rolandcollection.com/films/?prm=a12-b99-c608 |title=The Roland Collection: Adventures in Perception at the Roland Collection of Films |accessdate=18 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929190539/http://www.rolandcollection.com/films/?prm=a12-b99-c608 |archive-date=29 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}