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Video registrations

Missed an event in Eye? Below you will find video recordings of a number of events.

You'll find online registrations on these pages:

Flaming Creatures + Blonde Cobra

Double bill of Jack Smith’s Flaming Creatures and Ken Jacobs’ Blonde Cobra: cinema at the edge of perversity

still from Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton, US 1970)

still Zorns Lemma (Hollis Frampton, US 1970)

Zorns Lemma

Zorns Lemma (1972) is often described as spellbinding and enigmatic. Film scholar Virginie Sélavy, an expert on this work by Hollis Frampton, provides the introduction.

still from Why (Monica Maurer, 1982)

still Why (Monica Maurer, 1982)

I Laugh Because I Know They Can't Kill Me

In his lecture Mohanad Yaqubi, programmer at the Palestine Film Institute, reveals a systematic blindness to the existence of the Palestinian communities and its culture.

#6 - Las Musidoras

Las Musidoras discuss the legacy of French filmmaker Musidora, followed by a live performance adaptation of Musidora’s silent film La tierra de los toros (1924).

still from Naked Acts (Bridgett Davis, US 1995)

#5 - Black Film Archive

Maya Cade discusses the Black Film Archive, an ever-evolving online archive of Black films made from 1898 to 1989.

#4 - Interactive Presentation of Collections

Irene Haan and Franka Schaap discuss Eye’s Film Catcher and interactive presentations of audiovisual collections.

#3 - VPRO Backlight: Archive of the Future

Bregtje van der Haak, Marije Meerman, Koos van de Merbel and William de Bruijn discuss the VPRO’s Archive of the Future project and AI technology.

still from No Archive Can Restore You (Onyeka Igwe, NG/GB 2020)

still No Archive Can Restore You (Onyeka Igwe, NG/GB 2020)

#2 - PanAfrican Film Archive

June Givanni and Nikolaus Perneczky discuss the PanAfrican Cinema Archive and the challenges of running a non-institutional archive.

still from We Aim to Please (Margot Nash & Robin Laurie, AU 1976)

still We Aim to Please (Margot Nash & Robin Laurie, AU 1976)

#1 - No Master Territories

Erika Balsom in conversation with Aileen Ye on the "No Masters Territories” exhibition, followed by a screening of short films.

Werner Herzog during the shooting of Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen (1970) Photo: Bettina von Waldthausen © Werner Herzog Film / Deutsche Kinemathek
Werner Herzog during the shooting of Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen (1970) Photo: Bettina von Waldthausen © Werner Herzog Film / Deutsche Kinemathek

In person: Werner Herzog

After months of delving deep into Werner Herzog's body of work, we're thrilled to announce that the maestro himself will be present at Eye.

Saodat Ismailova, Two Horizons, 2017. Two channel HD video installation, 24 min., colour, 4.1 surround. Courtesy of Saodat Ismailova and Le Fresnoy
Saodat Ismailova, Two Horizons, 2017. Two channel HD video installation, 24 min., colour, 4.1 surround. Courtesy of Saodat Ismailova and Le Fresnoy

Saodat Ismailova: Artist Talk

Saodat Ismailova talks about her work in this special Artist Talk. This Uzbek director and artist won the Eye Art & Film Prize 2022.

still from Horse of Mud (Atteyat Al-Abnoudy, EG 1971)
still from Horse of Mud (Atteyat Al-Abnoudy, EG 1971)

#1: Cimatheque - Alternative Film Center Cairo

Lecture by Tamer El Said (Artistic Director of Cimatheque) paired with screening of Atteyat Al-Abnoudy’s documentaries.

#2: Dispossesed Archives

Lecture by Amal Alhaag (3rd Eye Scholar in Residence) with Barby Asante and Jeftha Pattikawa with film excerpts.

still from The Life of an Agent (Gábor Zsigmond Papp, HU 2004)
still from The Life of an Agent (Gábor Zsigmond Papp, HU 2004)

#3: Human Rights Film Festival

Lecture by Oksana Sarkisova (director of Verzio) paired with screening of The Life of an Agent (Gabor Papp, 2004)

still from Färg mot fascismen! (Color Against Fascism!) (Leonardo Céspedes, Peter Lund & Kaj Mattson, SE 1978)
still from Färg mot fascismen! (Color Against Fascism!) (Leonardo Céspedes, Peter Lund & Kaj Mattson, SE 1978)

#4: Chilean Exile Films

Lecture by José Miguel Palacios paired with screening of compilation of Chilean Exile films.

except from the poster of Bachchan: Back to the Beginning
except from the poster of Bachchan: Back to the Beginning

#5: Film Heritage in India

Lecture by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur on Film Heritage Foundation and screening of film of Amitabh Bachchan.

still from Waar de ratten koning zijn (Barbara den Uyl, NL 1985)

still Waar de ratten koning zijn (Barbara den Uyl, NL 1985)

#6: Dutch Film in the 70s and 80s

Lecture by Rommy Albers and former Eye trainees Carolina Battaglini and Martine Bouw and screening of Waar de ratten koning zijn (1985, Barbara den Uyl).

Guido van der Werve, Nummer acht, everything is going to be alright, 2007, courtesy the artist and GRIMM Amsterdam | New York
Guido van der Werve, Nummer acht, everything is going to be alright, 2007, courtesy the artist and GRIMM Amsterdam | New York

Barbara London - Curating Film Art

MoMA curator Barbara London and artist Guido van der Werve examine examples from the MoMA collection and Van der Werve’s Nummer acht.

still from Soundtrack to a Coup D'État (Johan Grimonprez, 2023)

still Soundtrack to a Coup D'État (Johan Grimonprez, 2023)

Johan Grimonprez - Soul of the Ant (artist talk)

The Belgian artist Johan Grimonprez uses fascinating archival material to make us familiar with the research for his new film Soundtrack to a coup d'état, which will be released in 2023.

portrait Jonas Mekas (2014) (© Boris Lehman)

De herinneringen van Jonas Mekas

Peter Delpeut investigates how in his diary films Jonas Mekas tried to forget events that took place in Lithuania in WWII.

Leopold Emmen, sketch for film installation (2020-2021)
Leopold Emmen, sketch for film installation (2020-2021)

Nanouk Leopold & Daan Emmen “Het licht vertelt het verhaal”

Nanouk Leopold and Daan Emmen discuss how light is used in their installation to navigate the emotional stages of a narrative.

campaign image Vive le cinéma!, work by Leopold Emmen

Online Kick-off Vive le cinéma!

For the seventh edition of IFFR Critics' Choice, six film critics made video essays about the installations in the exhibition Vive le cinema!

Spatializing Cinema

Claire Atherton, artistic collaborator of Chantal Akerman, talks with film critic Dana Linssen about the relationship between film and installation in the work of Akerman.

Cinema Stadsleven: Vrouwen filmen de stad

A special edition of Cinema Stadsleven as part of Women Make Film. Journalist and presenter Tracy Metz will be talking to a number of guests and screen film clips from Eye’s collection. 

still from Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, BE/FR 1975)
still from Jeanne Dielman 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, BE/FR 1975)

Be Pretty and Shut Up!

University of Amsterdam Professor of Film Studies Patricia Pisters focuses on the life and work of Delphine Seyrig, a major feminist figure in the 1970s who directed a number of feminist films.

Dolemite + Akwasi

Double bill of Dolemite Is My Name (2019) and Dolemite (1975) with an introduction by Akwasi.

This Is Film 2021 1 Copyright
This Is Film 2021 1 Copyright

#1: Copyright

Lecture by Claudy Op den Kamp (Bournemouth University) about the role of copyright in archives and found footage making.

This Is Film 2021 2 Polaroid Effect
This Is Film 2021 2 Polaroid Effect

#2: the Polaroid Effect

Conversation with filmmaker/producer Jens Meurer about a renewed desire for analogue media.

This Is Film 2021 3 Afghan Film Archive
This Is Film 2021 3 Afghan Film Archive

#3: the Afghan Film Archive

Interview with filmmaker Ariel Nasr about the once hidden and forbidden Afghan film heritage.

This Is Film 2021 4 Restoration or Re Appropriation
This Is Film 2021 4 Restoration or Re Appropriation

#4: Restoration or Re-appropriation?

Interview with film archive experts David Walsh and Matthew Lee about the controversial documentary They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) van Peter Jackson.

This Is Film 2021 5 Bits and Pieces and the VJ
This Is Film 2021 5 Bits and Pieces and the VJ

#5: Bits and Pieces and the VJ

An immersive VJ performance with Eye’s unique Bits&Pieces collection by Rossella Catanese (VJ, teacher at NYU Florence).

This Is Film 2021 6 Archival Films and VR
This Is Film 2021 6 Archival Films and VR

#6: Archival films and VR

Presentation about the Virtual Reality medium in relation to cinema and its apparatus.

The Mutoscope and Biograph Collection

Funding from the European Commission’s ‘European Tribute to Film Heritage’ program allowed digitizing 50 selected films from the Eye and BFI collections.The Mutoscope and Biograph Collection is the oldest film collection held at Eye Filmmuseum. These films are all photographed with the unique large-format 68mm Mutograph camera, which provided extraordinarily high-resolution images. These one-minute time capsules from 120 years ago still convey some of the richest and sharpest images that film can achieve. Sectormanager Collections Frank Roumen takes you behind the scenes of the restoration process.

The making of The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902)

Akwasi on the stage during Black Light in Eye Filmmuseum

(in Dutch)

Language artist Akwasi gave a spoken-word performance at the opening night of Xtended: Traveling While Black. The VR work of Oscar winner Roger Ross Williams can be seen in the Eye film program Black Light, which celebrates groundbreaking films from black film culture and includes an extensive side program of music, performances and flash readings.

Akwasi on stage during Black Light in Eye Filmmuseum