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Eye rents out films from its collection to Dutch cinemas. These range from early to contemporary films, and from classics to the latest experimental productions.

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The Eye distribution collection includes more than 2,000 titles and is still growing. New acquisitions mainly consist of digitally restored classics and experimental productions.

Examples include films by David Lynch and Jacques Tati, rediscovered early masterpieces, or films by experimental new filmmakers that feature surprising subject matter or techniques. The acquisitions made from 2012 onwards are only available in the DCP (Digital Cinema Package) format.

DCP catalogue

You can download the DCP catalogue with the most recent offerings here.
For bookings, please contact us.

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Killer of Sheep

Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep is a cinema vérité masterpiece portraying family life in Watts, once hailed as the ultimate underground film. Featuring music by Etta James, Earth, Wind & Fire and others, the film returns to cinemas in a 4K restoration presented by Eye. From 26 November, discover more of Burnett’s films in Everyday Blues.

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National screenings Killer of Sheep

Alkmaar (Filmhuis Alkmaar), Amsterdam (Eye, LAB111, Rialto de Pijp, Rialto Silo, Rialto Vu Griffioen, De Uitkijk), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen), Haarlem (Filmschuur), Hilversum (Filmhuis Hilversum), Leeuwarden (Slieker), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Rotterdam (Cinerama, LantarenVenster), Utrecht (Slachtstraat Filmtheater)

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Previously Unreleased

Every summer, Eye releases films that were shown at prominent festivals in the Netherlands and abroad, but that did not yet reach Dutch cinemas. Three of this year's titles are part of the Queer Power summer programme.

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National screenings Previously Unreleased

National screenings The Watermelon Woman

Alkmaar (Filmhuis Alkmaar), Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Eye, FC Hyena, Filmtheater de Uitkijk, Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp, Rialto Vu, Studio/K), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkade Fabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag, Flora Filmtheater), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen, Vera Zienema), Haarlem (Filmschuur), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Leeuwarden (Slieker Film), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Rotterdam (Kino, LantarenVenster), Utrecht (De Sien, Slachtstraat Filmtheater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek), Zutphen (Luxor)

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National screenings Diciannove

Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Eye, De Filmhallen, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Bergen (CineBergen), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkade Fabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen), Haarlem (Filmkoepel), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Leeuwarden (Slieker Film), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Utrecht (De Sien, Slachtstraat Filmtheater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek), Zutphen (Luxor)

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National screenings Bouchra

Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Het Documentaire Pavilioen, Eye, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkade Fabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen), Haarlem (Filmschuur), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Utrecht (De Sien, Slachtstraat Filmtheater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek)

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National screenings On A String

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National screenings The Portuguese House

Alkmaar (Filmhuis Alkmaar), Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Eye, FC Hyena, Filmtheater de Uitkijk, Het Ketelhuis, Kriterion, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp, Rialto Vu, Studio/K), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkade Fabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag, Flora Filmtheater), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen, Vera Zienema), Haarlem (Filmschuur), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Leeuwarden (Slieker Film), Leiden (Het Kijkhuis), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Rotterdam (Kino, LantarenVenster), Utrecht (De Sien, Slachtstraat Filmtheater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek), Zutphen (Luxor)

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National screenings Magellan

Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Het Documentaire Pavilioen, Eye, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Bergen (CineBergen), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkade Fabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen), Haarlem (Filmschuur), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Rotterdam (LantarenVenster), Utrecht (De Sien, Slachtstraat Filmtheater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek)

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National screenings Kontinental ‘25

Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Eye, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp, Rialto Vu), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda), Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkade Fabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag), Deventer (Mimik), Eindhoven (Lab-1), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Forum Groningen), Haarlem (Filmschuur), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Maastricht (Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Rotterdam (Kino), Sittard (Filmhuis Zicht), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Utrecht (De Sien, Slachtstraat Filmtheater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek), Zutphen (Luxor)

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National screenings Blue Sun Palace (distribution via September Film)

Alkmaar (Filmhuis Alkmaar) Amersfoort (De Lieve Vrouw), Amsterdam (Filmhallen, Lab111, Rialto de Pijp, Rialto Vu), Apeldoorn (De Gigant), Arnhem (Focus Filmtheater), Breda (Chassé, Filmhuis Breda) Bussum (Filmhuis Bussum), Delft (Filmhuis Lumen), Den Bosch (Verkadefabriek), Den Haag (Filmhuis Den Haag), Deventer (Mimik Deventer), Enschede (Concordia), Groningen (Groninger Forum), Haarlem (Filmkoepel), Hilversum (Filmtheater Hilversum), Leeuwarden (Slieker Film), Maastricht (Filmtheater Lumière), Middelburg (Cinema Middelburg), Nijmegen (Lux), Tilburg (Cinecitta), Utrecht (Slachtstraat Theater), Zaandam (Theater de Fabriek), Zutphen (Luxor)

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Korte Film Poule

The Korte Film Poule has started for distribution of the short film. Theaters can book short films unlimitedly in the form of a subscription.

Suggestions for retrospective or course

Film history

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (Andrej Andrejevitsj Tarkovski, IT/RU/SE 2019)
Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, GB 2012)
The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) (NL, 2020)
Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison, US 2016)
Dutch Angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now (Baris Azman, NL 2019)
Otto e mezzo (Federico Fellini, IT 1963)
To the Moon (Tadgh O’Sullivan, IE 2020)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (Mark Cousins, GB 2018)

Literary adaptations

Als twee druppels water (Fons Rademakers, NL 1963)
Heat and Dust (James Ivory, GB 1983)
Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, FR/JP 1959)
Howards End (James Ivory, GB 1992)
João en het mes (George Sluizer, NL 1972)
Maurice (James Ivory, GB 1987)
Solaris (Andrej Tarkovski, SU 1972)
Stalker (Andrej Tarkovski, SU 1979)
Total Recall (Paul Verhoeven, US 1990)

Coming of age

Fanny & Alexander (Ingmar Bergman, SE 1982)
De jeugd van Ivan (Ivan's Childhood) (Andrej Tarkovski, SU 1962)
Paradies: Hoffnung (Ulrich Seidl, AT/FR/DE 2013)
Postcards from the Zoo (Edwin, SE/DE/ID 2012)
Tarde para morir joven (Domingo Sotomayor, CL/BR/AR/NL/QA 2018)

Documentaries

Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (Andrej Andrejevitsj Tarkovski, IT/RU/SE 2019)
The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) (NL, 2020)
Dawson City: Frozen Time (Bill Morrison, US 2016)
Dutch Angle: Chas Gerretsen & Apocalypse Now (Baris Azman, NL 2019)
El sicario, Room 164 (Gianfranco Rosi, FR/US 2010)
The Other Side (Roberto Minervini, FR/IT 2015)
To the Moon (Tadgh O’Sullivan, IE 2020)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (Mark Cousins, GB 2018)

Filmmakers for a mini retrospective

Chantal Akerman
Federico Fellini
James Ivory
Claude Lelouche
Roberto Minervini
Pim de la Parra
Ulrich Seidl
Béla Tarr
Andrej Tarkovski
Jacques Tati
Paul Verhoeven
Wong Kar Wai

Language No Problem (films available with English subtitles)

Films by Béla Tarr
Films by Andrej Tarkovski
Films by Yasujiro Ozu
Films by Chantal Akerman
After Love (Aleem Khan, GB 2022)
The Ascent (Larissa Shepitko, SU 1977)
Destello bravió (Ainhoa Rodriguez, ES 2021)
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountain (Gu Xiaogang, CN 2019)
Evolution (Kornél Mundruczó, HU/DE 2021)
Forest: I See You Everywhere (Benedek Fliegauf, HU 2021)
Hot Country, Cold Winter (David Safarian, AM 2016)
Kill It and Leave This Town (Mariusz Wilczynski, PL 2020)
Koza (Ivan Ostrochovský, CZ 2015)
The Major (Joerik Bykov, RU 2013)
Neighbouring Sounds (Kleber Mendonça Filho, BR 2012)
Rey (Niles Atallah, CL/FR 2017)
Rizi (Days) (Tsai Ming-liang, TW/FR 2020)
Safari (Ulrich Seidl, AT 2016)
Tantas Almas (Nicolás Rincón Gille, CO/BE/BR/FR 2019)
Tarde para morir joven (Domingo Sotomayor, CL/BR/AR/NL/QA 2018)
Uppercase Print (Radu Jude, RO 2020)
La virgen de agosto (Jonás Trueba, ES 2019)
Vitalina Varela (Pedro Costa, PT)
Wilde mossels (Erik de Bruyn, NL 2000)
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (Mark Cousins, GB 2019)

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