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Akira Kurosawa – Back on the Big Screen

After an absence of more than 30 years, Eye is bringing the films of one of Japan’s greatest filmmakers back to the big screen in digitally restored versions and on 35mm celluloid.

In a black and white still from a film by Ed van der Elsken, a father in a white suit cycles a bike. A young child sits on the front of the bicycle, the city rushes by in the background.

still Een fotograaf filmt Amsterdam (Ed van der Elsken, NL 1982)

Amsterdam Forever Young

Filmmakers discovered Amsterdam’s photogenic qualities at an early stage. Every month, Eye gives a new look at films set in Amsterdam.

campaign image Cinedans 2025 (still West (Thomas Bos & Erik Bos))

Cinedans Festival 2025

Cinedans FEST returns to Eye from 20 through 23 March with a programme full of the most beautiful, exciting and poetic dance films from around the world.

still Uit het rijk der kristallen (J.C. Mol, NL 1927)

Eye International Conference 2025

25 through 28 May 2025, the 10th Eye International Conference will take place in Eye Filmmuseum.

An orchestra plays various instruments on stage: including an oud, guitar, piano, percussion and more

Eye Meets Marmoucha

Eye and Marmoucha (a collective for music and culture from North Africa and the Middle East) join forces. Featuring exceptional silent films with live musical accompaniment.

In a futurist image veering on magical realism, a couple kiss as they hover perilously high above a city skyline

still Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola, US 2024)

Feat or Failure

Rondom Coppola's Megalopolis zijn meer grootse films te zien die later hun tijd ver vooruit bleken, maar in hun eigen tijd niet goed begrepen werden.

In a photo by Bertien van Manen from the 1970s, Angela Leerkes (l) and Nicolaine den Breejen (r) check the analogue film in a film projector

Feministisch Filmkollektief Cinemien

Eye celebrates the legacy of Feministisch Filmkollektief Cinemien, which blazed a trail when it came to raising the profile of female filmmakers.

Garrett Bradley, Safe (still), 2022. Three-channel video (color, sound); continuous duration. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.

Garrett Bradley, Safe (still), 2022. Three-channel video (colour, sound); continuous duration. Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery.

Garrett Bradley – Revolutions

Experience Garrett Bradley’s first European solo show at Eye — a vibrant mix of engagement and artistic innovation.

IDFA 2025

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is once again bringing an exciting selection of the world's best documentaries to Eye, from 13 through 23 November.

Kaboom Animation Festival 2025

27 through 30 March, Kaboom Animation Festival 2025 dives headfirst into the bold, the rebellious, and the unapologetic.

Keep an Eye Filmacademie Festival 2025

Class of 2025 of the Netherlands Film Academy will graduate during the fifteenth edition of the Keep an Eye Film Academy Festival, in Eye from 3 to 6 July.

In a sloping landscape along a dirt road, several cars are parked next to a lone tree. A group of men are gathered, including a police car and what appear to be policeman. It is not entirely clear what is happening.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (2011) (courtesy of Dirimart)

Nuri Bilge Ceylan – Inner Landscapes

Eye hosts the first Dutch exhibition on Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, showcasing his award-winning films and rarely seen landscape photographs together for the first time.

still from Nightshift (Robina Rose, GB 1981) (courtesy Robina Rose & Cinenova Distribution)

still Nightshift (Robina Rose, GB 1981) (courtesy Robina Rose & Cinenova Distribution)

Programmers of the Future 2025

Three special programmes in cinemas and on the Eye Film Player.

(Sojeong Lee, Filmacademie)

ResearchLabs 2025

During the yearly ResearchLabs presentations, Eye is a hub for students of academies and universities who flock to present their own work and view that of others.

The Lady with the Torch

Legendary Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures is celebrating its centenary, and we’re marking this with a rich programme on the glory days of this idiosyncratic business.

In a colourised vintage film still, a pair of hands work on an intricate embroidery of bright flowers on dark fabric

This is Film! 2025

Annual public lecture series devoted to notable projects in the fields of film restoration and film heritage, with international guest speakers and film screenings.

still from Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke, US 1958)

Bridges-Go-Round (Shirley Clarke, US 1958) (Courtesy of Milestone Films and the Shirley Clarke Estate)

Underground – American Avant-Garde Film in the 1960s

Eye highlights the American avant-garde cinema in the 1960s. The exhibition, along with an extensive film programme, features screenings of both iconic and lesser-known works.

Who Are You? – Dutch Extended Reality

Eight groundbreaking Extended Reality productions by Dutch makers can be seen in Eye from 12 to 25 April.

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