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- 10:15
Luka
Nieuwe release | Geraldine Chaplin and Jonas Smulders star in this moving vision of the future about the soldier Luka at a mythical fort in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- 10:30
Le mépris
Nieuwe release | The tragedy of love dissolving between an author (Michel Piccoli) and his neglected wife (Brigitte Bardot). 4K restoration to mark the first anniversary of Godard’s passing.
- 12:30
This is What I Remember
Nieuwe release | This closing instalment of a trilogy by Kirgiz director Aktan Arym Kubat, who also plays the lead role, is a stunning example of auteur cinema from Central Asia.
- 13:00
Into the Abyss
Werner Herzog | One of Herzog’s most moving films, subtle and layered, in which he interviews a number of death row inmates in America.
- 13:00
Strange Way of Life
Nieuwe release | Almodóvar’s 31-minute answer to Brokeback Mountain, featuring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as the cowboy Silva and sheriff Jake, onetime lovers in a mini-western for today.
- 14:15
How to Save a Dead Friend
Nieuwe release | The tragic love story of Russian millennials Marusya and Kimi crushed by the authoritarian regime. The documenting camera becomes Kimi’s last chance for salvation.
- 14:45
Toen we van de Duitsers verloren
Nieuwe release | Cartoonist and filmmaker Guido van Driel’s film adaptation of his own graphic novel about two boys who go looking for a missing classmate the day after the Netherlands’ loss to Germany in the 1974 World Cup final.
- 15:15
Fumer fait tousser
Previously Unreleased | Hilarious superhero parody by absurdist filmmaker Dupieux about a megalomaniac puppet rat and his gang of violent, out-of-control superheroes known as Tobacco Force.
- 16:15
The Maiden
Previously Unreleased | A perfect summer’s day ends in tragedy in this tender, original feature film debut about three Canadian teens connected to one another in a dream landscape.
- 16:30
Yuni
Nieuwe release | This coming-of-age story about the smart secondary school pupil Yuni is a playful, intense film about the timeless mystery of adolescence.
- 16:45
Godard, seul le cinéma
Special | No one exuded cinema quite like Jean-Luc Godard. An illuminating portrait of the greatest modernist cinema has ever known.
- 17:10
Lola
Previously Unreleased | Debut film, ‘Ireland’s best-kept film secret’, is an inventive trip through time in which two sisters influence the outcome of WWII using the home-made machine ‘Lola’.
- 18:45
Being Therewith introduction
Restored & Unseen | Stellar performance by Peter Sellers as a gardener who is seen as an omniscient oracle in Hal Asby’s subtle political satire Being There (restored version).
- 18:45
Strange Way of Life
Nieuwe release | Almodóvar’s 31-minute answer to Brokeback Mountain, featuring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as the cowboy Silva and sheriff Jake, onetime lovers in a mini-western for today.
- 19:00
Luka
Nieuwe release | Geraldine Chaplin and Jonas Smulders star in this moving vision of the future about the soldier Luka at a mythical fort in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- 19:00
Toen we van de Duitsers verloren
Nieuwe release | Cartoonist and filmmaker Guido van Driel’s film adaptation of his own graphic novel about two boys who go looking for a missing classmate the day after the Netherlands’ loss to Germany in the 1974 World Cup final.
- 20:00
Oppenheimer
Nieuwe release | Nolan’s biopic of theoretical physicist Oppenheimer whose contributions led to the creation of the atom bomb. 70mm screening!
- 21:15
Roter Himmel
Nieuwe release | Four friends congregate in a holiday home by the Baltic. As the woods around them catch fire, their emotions also become inflamed: lust and love, jealousy and resentment.
- 21:30
Infinity Pool
Nieuwe release | Sci-fi horror about the lives of the ultra-rich holidaying at a resort that is closed off from the outside world. Brandon Cronenberg’s cabinet of horrors is not for the fainthearted.
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- 10:15
True Things
Previously Unreleased | The sleepy life of a woman changes forever following a toxic sexual encounter. Layered, cleverly acted film with Ruth Wilson and Tom Burke (The Souvenir).
- 10:15
Als Uw Gat Maar Lacht
Eye on Art | Debut feature by artist Dick Verdult (‘the last Dadaist’) tells a blackly comic story of super-rich teen Amy, who mercilessly dissects her family.
- 10:30
Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog’s interpretation of the Kaspar Hauer story about a young, mute, illiterate man, found in the streets (who is this ’child of nature’?) won some three awards in Cannes.
- 10:45
Yuni
Nieuwe release | This coming-of-age story about the smart secondary school pupil Yuni is a playful, intense film about the timeless mystery of adolescence.
- 12:15
Luka
Nieuwe release | Geraldine Chaplin and Jonas Smulders star in this moving vision of the future about the soldier Luka at a mythical fort in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- 12:30
Werner Herzog – Radical Dreamer
Werner Herzog | Whomever wishes to know the man, the director and his environment, will thoroughly enjoy Thomas von Steinacker’s portrait of Werner Herzog – "the last German Romantic".
- 13:00
Strange Way of Life
Nieuwe release | Almodóvar’s 31-minute answer to Brokeback Mountain, featuring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as the cowboy Silva and sheriff Jake, onetime lovers in a mini-western for today.
- 13:00
La Piscine
Eye Classics | Sultry psychological thriller (1969), directed by Jacques Deray, screened in a new 4K-restoration.
- 14:15
Toen we van de Duitsers verloren
Nieuwe release | Cartoonist and filmmaker Guido van Driel’s film adaptation of his own graphic novel about two boys who go looking for a missing classmate the day after the Netherlands’ loss to Germany in the 1974 World Cup final.
- 14:30
This is What I Remember
Nieuwe release | This closing instalment of a trilogy by Kirgiz director Aktan Arym Kubat, who also plays the lead role, is a stunning example of auteur cinema from Central Asia.
- 14:45
Le mépris
Nieuwe release | The tragedy of love dissolving between an author (Michel Piccoli) and his neglected wife (Brigitte Bardot). 4K restoration to mark the first anniversary of Godard’s passing.
- 15:30
Oppenheimer
Nieuwe release | Nolan’s biopic of theoretical physicist Oppenheimer whose contributions led to the creation of the atom bomb. 70mm screening!
- 16:15
The Maiden
Previously Unreleased | A perfect summer’s day ends in tragedy in this tender, original feature film debut about three Canadian teens connected to one another in a dream landscape.
- 16:45
Safe Place
Previously Unreleased | After his younger brother attempts suicide, the lives of Bruno and his family are changed dramatically. Raw, autobiographical psychological drama.
- 17:00
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | The vivacious Trudy who is with child, yet doesn't know the father is the scandalous focal point of Sturges’ exuberant satire on small town America’s morals during World War II.
- 19:00
Luka
Nieuwe release | Geraldine Chaplin and Jonas Smulders star in this moving vision of the future about the soldier Luka at a mythical fort in a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- 19:15
In person: Werner Herzogwith panel
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.
- 19:15
Strange Way of Life
Nieuwe release | Almodóvar’s 31-minute answer to Brokeback Mountain, featuring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as the cowboy Silva and sheriff Jake, onetime lovers in a mini-western for today.
- 19:45
Oppenheimer
Nieuwe release | Nolan’s biopic of theoretical physicist Oppenheimer whose contributions led to the creation of the atom bomb. 70mm screening!
- 20:30
Infinity Pool
Nieuwe release | Sci-fi horror about the lives of the ultra-rich holidaying at a resort that is closed off from the outside world. Brandon Cronenberg’s cabinet of horrors is not for the fainthearted.
- 21:15
The King of Comedy
Eye Classics | A black comedy about failed stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro), who will do anything to appear in the talk show hosted by his idol (Jerry Lewis).
- 21:30
How to Save a Dead Friend
Nieuwe release | The tragic love story of Russian millennials Marusya and Kimi crushed by the authoritarian regime. The documenting camera becomes Kimi’s last chance for salvation.
Wednesday 27 September
Thursday 28 September
- 14:30
Into the Abyss
Werner Herzog | One of Herzog’s most moving films, subtle and layered, in which he interviews a number of death row inmates in America.
- 19:00
Hail the Conquering Hero
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | Preston Sturges’ ironic look at America’s hero worship: young navy man discharged due to hay fever is received as a war hero in his hometown.
- 19:00
Sweet Dreamswith Q&A
Nieuwe release | Opening film at the Nederlands Film Festival tackles colonial history with a satirical drama about a wealthy sugar planter’s family inn the Dutch East Indies, modern day Indonesia.
- 21:15
Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog | "Nature has boundaries. One man spent the last thirteen years of his life crossing them", is the tagline to Werner Herzog’s hair-raising documentary Grizzly Man.
Friday 29 September
- 11:00
Kaspar Hauser - Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog’s interpretation of the Kaspar Hauer story about a young, mute, illiterate man, found in the streets (who is this ’child of nature’?) won some three awards in Cannes.
- 13:30
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Nieuwe release | Jim Jarmusch set his samurai film in New York. Mysterious hitman Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) moves with magical agility through the Big Apple. 4K restoration.
- 17:30
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | Rich, detailed portrait of Preston Sturges, Hollywood’s first writer/director and an innovator in the screwball comedy genre – his films screen in Eye this summer.
- 19:30
The Great Moment
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | Typical Preston Sturges: the biography of Dr. W.T. G. Morton, the first dentist to anaesthetise his tormented patients with ether as a comedy.
- 21:30
Clerks
Eye Classics | This slacker comedy about two store clerks in New Jersey as they deliver sharp and philosophical dialogues on the subject of women, sex, adultery and the world in general.
Saturday 30 September
- 10:30
Fitzcarraldo
Werner Herzog | It’s a plan others would consider insane. Businessman Fitzcarraldo (Klaus Kinski) wants to build an opera house in the Peruvian jungle and has a steamboat dragged over the hills.
- 13:00
Rosa, de kleine bloemenfee
For kids | In this Danish animation, Rosa the flower fairy is too scared to leave her rose bush until she is forced to save her new best friend, Silk the courageous butterfly.
- 14:30
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
Eye Classics | Ozu’s personal favourite subtly exposes the class differences and tensions in lengthy marriage.
- 14:30
Onder het maaiveld junior
For kids | Go on an adventure and discover the wonders of the subsoil. It’s more than just earth. It’s full of life!
- 19:15
Unfaithfully Yours
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | Preston Sturges’ first film following his successful productions for Paramount was a commercial flop, but is now seen as perhaps the most brilliant satire of Sturges’ career.
Sunday 1 October
- 10:30
Cinemini: Wie is waar?
Cinemini, Film & play | Extraordinary and funny animated films about small events.
- 12:45
Rosa, de kleine bloemenfee
For kids | In this Danish animation, Rosa the flower fairy is too scared to leave her rose bush until she is forced to save her new best friend, Silk the courageous butterfly.
- 14:30
Onder het maaiveld junior
For kids | Go on an adventure and discover the wonders of the subsoil. It’s more than just earth. It’s full of life!
- 16:30
The Great McGinty
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | Preston Sturges’ directorial debut is a sharp comedy about corruption as the foundation of American politics. Oscar for best script.
- 19:00
Written by Preston Sturgeswith introduction
Written and Directed by Preston Sturges | Illustrated by film clips, Martin Koolhoven talks to screenwriters Annelouise Van Naerssen and Luuk van Bemmelen about what makes Preston Sturges such a brilliant screenwriter.
- 21:15
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Werner Herzog | The film director Werner Herzog made his name with this film about Spanish conquistadors searching for El Dorado, led by the insane captain Aguirre, played by Klaus Kinski.
