About the collection

EYE’s collection spans the entirety of film history: from silent films dating back to the start of cinema (at the end of the 19th century) to the newest digital productions. Every year the collection expands as more films – Dutch and foreign, new and old – are added.

What’s more, EYE is the only institute in the Netherlands that collects and makes available film-related ephemera: photographs, posters, soundtracks, equipment and filmmakers’ paper archives. The internationally renowned collection forms the basis for EYE’s programming and other activities.

Donate films, posters or film photographs
EYE is always looking for interesting material to strengthen and expand its collections – especially the film, photograph and film poster collections. Read more about donating materials.

EYE collection / Selection

EYE collection / Selection

Upcoming screenings 2013

2013 has started with many requests for external screenings of EYE films and preparations for big festivals like Rotterdam and Berlin. Some of the upcoming events featuring our films are listed below

Library collection

EYE’s holdings include information sources from the entire period of film history such as many indispensible film-historical and film-theoretical reference works.

Personal archives

Many Dutch filmmakers, screenwriters and film critics have donated their paper archives to EYE.

Poster collection

Film posters are part of a film’s publicity package, yet they also have their own artistic and cultural-historical value. EYE collects and presents these posters from a film-historical and artistic perspective.

Music collection

EYE has a diverse collection of film music that ranges from soundtracks on different formats of gramophone records to modern film music on CD.

Film collection

Over the last 60 years, EYE has built up a collection that reflects the most important aspects of film history. Many parts of the collection are unique, such as the Desmet collection and the Dutch film collection.

Restoration

Internationally, EYE is a pioneer in the restoration and digitalisation of film.

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