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Donating material to Eye

Do you have film or film-related materials that you would like to donate to Eye, or would you like to know what the options are? Materials we add to the collection are stored safely and sustainably, ensuring it remains accessible to future generations.

What Eye collects
Eye’s collection focuses on Dutch film and, more broadly, on Dutch film culture. Within this context, Eye collects films and film-related objects, such as equipment and posters. Examples include:

  • We always accept silent film—so-called nitrate film.
  • Historical amateur film, especially 16mm
  • Self-produced fiction films
  • Equipment
  • Books and magazines
  • Personal archives, photographs, and posters

Eye does not collect

  • TV series or films purchased ready-made on small-gauge film, video, or DVD.
  • Home movies shot abroad
  • Personal recordings of television programmes/films
  • 8mm films of unknown content and creator
  • Playback or recording equipment for home use

Would you like to donate materials?

Please fill out this form, and we will contact you. Filling it out does not commit you to anything.

Go to the form (in Dutch)
A variety of old film equipment is pictured in an open shelving unit in the Eye Collection Centre
© Corinne de Korver