Secondary education

Our programmes for secondary education are available on various levels. The programmes are suitable for the fields of language learning, history, and civics. Film as art, film and entertainment, film as cultural heritage, and film as a communication tool: at Eye, your students will learn about film from different perspectives. Visiting Eye Filmmuseum means a day (or part of a day) devoted to film.

A student takes photos to use in a stop-motion film

Animation sensation

In this workshop, students discover the magic of animation. Inspired by film material from the rich collection of Eye, they together make a stop-motion film.

Celluloid Remix

Watch, cut and remix: in this workshop pupils will make a video clip based on old film clips from Eye’s collection. A creative editing workshop based on old film clips.

Image from the exhibition Vive le cinéma!

Discover the exhibition

An online class for secondary school students to accompany the work of one of the makers of the exhibition Vive le cinéma!.

Still from Helaas ben je het niet geworden. (2017, Anne van Campenhout & Nicky Maas).

Fact or fiction?

You can usually tell within seconds if something is fiction or non-fiction. But how can we be sure at a glance what it is we’re looking at?

Still from Sevilla (short, 2012, Bram Schouw).

Film + the maker

What would you do if you were a screenwriter, sound engineer or a camera man? In this programme, pupils are invited to step into the shoes of a filmmaker.

Still from Helaas ben je het niet geworden (2017, Anne van Campenhout & Nicky Maas).

Guest lesson Fact or fiction?

You can usually tell within seconds if something is fiction or non-fiction. But how can we be sure at a glance what it is we’re looking at?

Students record footage to use in their own film

History Repeats

In the History Repeats workshop, the students make their own short film, inspired by the Eye collection.

Still from Binti (2019, Frederike Migom).

Kijk-goed: suitable films for film education

Kijk-goed is an extensive database of film titles that are suitable for film education.

Students film footage to use in their short films

Making a Short Film

How do you tell an entire story in a film that’s just one minute long? During this workshop, students will make various short films together.

On the edge of your seat

In this programme, all the tricks used by filmmakers to get our hearts racing and finding ourselves at the edge of our seat are carefully examined.

Online Film Lessons

It is easy to engage in film education on the basis of our free online lessons. Encourage your pupils to look at the images they see even better.

Soundtrack live

Wat is the power of sound in film? Eye and the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ are the two venues for Soundtrack Live. Pupils will discover how sound and image work together.

Still from Sevilla (2014, Bram Schouw).

Watching as a filmmaker

Which choices do filmmakers make and what are the effects on our viewing experience? Discover it with our new online guest class.

What is film (teaching material)

What is film really? Where did the first films come from and why did people start making films? Eye has developed a free information folder to answer such questions.

Françoise Bolechowski

If you are interested in visiting us, please feel free to contact us via educatie@eyefilm.nl or 020 7582 360. We also offer non-binding advice on film education.

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Secondary education

Workshops and courses for