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EYE, the new Dutch film museum, opens on April 5, 2012

EYE, the new film museum located on Amsterdam’s waterfront, will open its doors to the public on April 5, 2012. Starting on that day, visitors can watch films on the four screens, explore the exhibition area, the interactive basement, the museum store, and the restaurant and café.

EYE and the latest from Martin Scorsese

It may only be a small fragment, but it’s there all the same: Martin Scorsese’s latest film Hugo includes thirty seconds of footage from Georges Méliès’ Les quatre cents farces du diable. The copy he used came from the EYE institute’s collection.

Oscar nomination for Bullhead

Bullhead, the Belgian-Dutch co-production by director Michaël R. Roskam, is one of this year’s Oscar nominees for the Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday 26 February 2012.

Strong Dutch presence at Berlinale

A large number of films from the Netherlands has been selected for the upcoming edition of the Berlin International Film Festival (February 9 – 19). Holland scores high with no less than 6 feature films and 3 shorts included in the Berlinale this year.

EYE Vondelpark closed

Now that the last screenings of EYE Moves – a Top 25 of the best hundred films ever shown at EYE – are finished, the Vondelpark Pavilion will be closing its doors to the public. EYE moves to Amsterdam-Noord this spring.

Dutch films doing well at the box office

Films by Dutch filmmakers are attracting plenty of visitors. By November 2011 no less than eight Dutch films were listed in the weekly Top 20. Three Dutch feature films have reached the status of Golden Film: Bennie Stout, Furious and The Heineken Kidnapping.

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