For the 10th edition of the Eye International Conference we revisit the topic of colour in film, in celebration of 10 years since The Colour Fantastic: Chromatic Worlds of Silent Cinema Conference which took place in Eye in 2015. In 2025, we broaden the focus to the study of film colour globally, both within and beyond the silent film era, exploring the current themes and emergent challenges in the field across academic and professional realms, throughout film history.
Eye International Conference 2025
The Colour Fantastic Revisited: Across Global Histories, Theories, Aesthetics, and Archives
25 — 28 May 2025
still Uit het rijk der kristallen (J.C. Mol, NL 1927)
The annual Eye International Conference is an opportunity for scholars, archivists, curators, filmmakers, students, artists, and film enthusiasts from across the world to gather together and explore contemporary professional and academic issues affecting audiovisual heritage today.
On 25 - 28 May 2025, Eye Filmmuseum, the University of Amsterdam and the University of Utrecht, in collaboration with Colour in Film (Colour Group GB & HTW Berlin), will present the 10th Eye International Conference, this time under the topic ‘The Colour Fantastic Revisited: Across Global Histories, Theories, Aesthetics, and Archives’.
still Uit het rijk der kristallen (J.C. Mol, NL 1927)
Schedule
The Eye International Conference 2025 will take place in Amsterdam from Sunday, 25 to Wednesday 28 May 2025. Wednesday 28 May will consist of an Open House at the Eye Collection Centre, a programme of guided tours, presentations, demonstrations, and screenings (limited capacity).
Tickets
Registration will open in early spring 2025.
Organisation
Programme committee
Eleni Tzialli (Eye)
Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi (Eye)
Meike Bartlema (Eye)
Giovanna Fossati (Utrecht University)
Asli Özgen-Havekotte (UvA)
Floris Paalman (UvA)
Advisory Board
Kaveh Askari (Michigan State University)
Sreya Chatterjee (HTW Berlin)
Rafael de Luna (Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Ulrich Rüdel (HTW Berlin)
Sarah Street (University of Bristol)
Elza Tantcheva (The Colour Group (GB))
Joshua Yumibe (Michigan State University)
This event is organised by Eye Filmmuseum in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Utrecht University (UU). It is supported by Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA), Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) and Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA).
This event is organised by
still Uit het rijk der kristallen (J.C. Mol, NL 1927)
still Uit het rijk der kristallen (J.C. Mol, NL 1927)