EYE news

22 Jun | Collection

EYE collection films now out on DVD

Films from EYE’s collection are regularly released on DVD. This month, new releases include films with Asta Nielsen and controversial films about poverty.
17 Jun | Collection

Filmmaker Bart Vegter dies at 71

After a short illness, filmmaker Bart Vegter has died at age 71 in his city of residence, Rotterdam. His abstract films are remarkable for their meticulous craftsmanship.
17 Jun | Programme

The Shining’s Axe

Big news for fans of The Shining: the axe Jack Nicholson used to chop through doors in his role as the mad writer Jack Torrance (‘Heeeeere’s Johnny!’) will be on display during the summer months at EYE’s Vondelpark Pavilion.
15 Jun | Collection

Culture cutbacks announced: Film world hit

State Secretary for Culture Halbe Zijlstra announced major cutbacks in the culture sector on 10 June 2011 in his letter to the Dutch House of Representatives. EYE, the Netherlands Film Funds, film festivals and post-academic institutions are all impacted. A reaction from Sandra den Hamer, EYE’s director.
26 May | Collection

EYE’s Desmet Collection inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register

The Desmet Collection at EYE has been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. This was announced May 25 by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, in Paris. The Jean Desmet Collection includes many films from the early years of cinema that were once presumed lost.
26 May | Collection

Special collection Guy Sherwin at EYE

British filmmaker and artist Guy Sherwin has deposited a major part of his ‘single screen films’ at EYE. Among these are the ‘Optical Sound Films’ from the 1970s. The staff at EYE has already begun archiving this important experimental film collection.
20 May | Collection

EYE at BFI, MoMA, Berlin and Belgrade

Museums and festivals abroad regularly book special films from the EYE collection. Over the next several months, films from EYE’s collection will be screened at a number of locations including the BFI in London, New York’s MoMA, the Berlin Konzerthaus and the Nitrate Film Festival in Belgrade.
18 May | Collection

Desmet collection nominated for UNESCO Memory of the World Register

EYE’s Jean Desmet Collection has been nominated for placement on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. The Register is the equivalent of the World Heritage Programme for documentary heritage: it works to preserve and promote books, archival records, and film and sound recordings that are of exceptional significance for the world.
22 Apr | EYE International

New film by Urszula Antoniak selected for Cannes

Code Blue, the new film by director Urszula Antoniak (Nothing Personal), has been selected for the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Director’s Fortnight section.
07 Apr | EYE General News

Jaap Guldemond named Director of Exhibitions

As of 1 April 2011, Jaap Guldemond has been named Director of Exhibitions at EYE Film Institute Netherlands.