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still from Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, TR 2011)

still Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, TR 2011)
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On humour in the films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Curator Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi, who, like the filmmaker and photographer, was born in Turkey, wonders whether people who don't speak Turkish understand how funny his films are.

Super8 film in the Peter Rubin Collection
Figure 1, from Super8 film in the Peter Rubin Collection.
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The movement of Peter Rubin

In 2016, Eye received the collection of experimental filmmaker and VJ Peter Rubin, who influenced many clubbers and filmmakers. How does his work fit into today's visual culture?

David Lynch (© Richard Dumas)

David Lynch (© Richard Dumas)
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In Memoriam David Lynch

The maker of classics such as Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive passed away on 15 January. A number of films by the Master of the Macabre can now be seen in the Eye Classics series.

still from Formed by the Gaze, Twisted by the Beast (Ginta Tinte Vasermane, 2024)

3 stills Formed by the Gaze, Twisted by the Beast (Ginta Tinte Vasermane, 2024)
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Between Performance and Performativity: Ginta Tinte Vasermane

In the video installation Formed by the Gaze, Twisted by the Beast, the Latvian artist and Eye's Artist in Residence searches for entertainment through failure, violence and chaos.

Vincent Moon (© Alex Schröder)

Vincent Moon (© Alex Schröder)
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Cinema Psychedelica

Cinema Psychedelica explores and compares the 1960s psychedelic film culture to the current wave of psychedelica in cinema.

Pim de la Parra

Pim de la Parra
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In Memoriam Pim de la Parra: ‘No money? No script? Let’s go!’

With a free-spirited approach to film-making, the legendary film pioneer Pim de la Parra changed the course of the Dutch feature film. He died on September 6 at the age of 84.

still from Why (Monica Maurer, 1982)

still Why (Monica Maurer, 1982)
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The fight against forgetting

Filmmaker and programmer Mohanad Yaqubi gave a lecture that is now available online: a cinematic exploration of images produced in and about Palestine since the 19th century.

Illustration Farah Hasanbegović

© Farah Hasanbegović
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Instruction Manual for Staying Alive

This poem by author Lidija Deduš is a companion piece to Programmer of the Future Farah Hasanbegović's film programme This Isn't the Future I Ordered, in Eye 23 through 24 July.

Film teacher Remco Efdé in front of a classroom

© Rutger Vos
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“Eye’s film teaching pilot for special education brings knowledge together”

Based on the view that film is an inclusive art form, Eye started a film education pilot for hearing-impaired students and students with language development disorders.

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