Film programming

Eye's film programming focuses on a mix of new and established talent, classics and innovative art forms such as VR, and presentations and experiments on the border between film and other arts. In addition, Eye brings more focus to the rich range of public activities, with clear program lines and a personalized online offering.

Eye Classics

Eye now brings film history even closer with Eye Classics. On the big screen, screened in 35mm whenever possible.

still #59 (Joost Rekveld, 2023)

Eye on Art

Ongoing series with programming on the intersection between film and other arts.

Celluloid

In Eye Filmmuseum kun je film op celluloid ervaren – er worden regelmatig analoge films op 35- en 70mm filmstrips vertoond.

Eye on Sound: live music in Eye's arena

Eye on Sound

Eye focuses on the dynamic relationship between sound and vision in different thematic programmes. Together they are Eye on Sound.

Children's activities

There’s plenty for children to do at Eye. Check out all the activities.

In a futurist image veering on magical realism, a couple kiss as they hover perilously high above a city skyline

still Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola, US 2024)

Feat or Failure

Rondom Coppola's Megalopolis zijn meer grootse films te zien die later hun tijd ver vooruit bleken, maar in hun eigen tijd niet goed begrepen werden.

In a colourised image based on a black and white poster, a woman wearing a bindi on her forehead looks off to the side as two hands apply a vivid red lipstick to her lips.

Satyajit Ray – In Search of the Modern

Back on the big screen: Indian-Bengali maestro Satyajit Ray. Eye is screening thirteen of his films, alongside a nationwide re-release of restored classic Pather Panchali.

In a black and white still from a film by Ed van der Elsken, a father in a white suit cycles a bike. A young child sits on the front of the bicycle, the city rushes by in the background.

still Een fotograaf filmt Amsterdam (Ed van der Elsken, NL 1982)

Amsterdam Forever Young

Filmmakers discovered Amsterdam’s photogenic qualities at an early stage. Every month, Eye gives a new look at films set in Amsterdam.

In an illustration on a pink background, abstract colourful shapes make up a multitude of clown-like faces expressing different emotions

Cinemini

Every Sunday morning, children aged 2 to 6 are treated to a film, followed by experiments with light and shadow in small play tents.

In a brightly coloured illustration, a green frog looks at the white building of Eye, which some people say looks like a sitting frog

Filmmagie

Filmmagie is watching and making. Discover the magic of cinema with short animations from Eye’s extensive collection. The children will draw their own flipbooks.

campaign image Martin Koolhoven & Ronald Simons

Koolhoven & Simons

Martin Koolhoven and Ronald Simons present a monthly ode to genre cinema. A tribute to rarely screened trailers and forgotten classics, where possible in 35mm.

Meet the Archive

Eye curators talk about Eye’s eclectic collection and everything that makes the filmmuseum a true museum of film.

In an absurdist film still, two young women's heads appear to be floating against a haphazardly wallpaper wall. One of the women wears a flower crown and smiles as the woman in pigtails pulls a funny face. Still from from Sedmikrásky (Daisies) by Věra Chytilová

still Sedmikrásky (Daisies) (Věra Chytilová, CS 1966)

Restored & Unseen

Restored classics and rediscovered films, with introductions by experts.

A female ballet dancer with flaming, red wavy hair and heavy theatre make-up looks over her shoulder into the camera with wide, shocked eyes, her mouth open

still The Red Shoes (Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell, GB 1948)

The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger

Homage to influential European filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, who had huge success with The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus.

An orchestra plays various instruments on stage: including an oud, guitar, piano, percussion and more

Eye Meets Marmoucha

Eye and Marmoucha (a collective for music and culture from North Africa and the Middle East) join forces. Featuring exceptional silent films with live musical accompaniment.

In an industrial-looking virtual reality environment, a person reaches their hand towards the camera

still Samsara (Hsin-Chien Huang, 2021)

Nu:Reality

Put on your VR headset and step into a world where you can see the world like never before. Submerge yourself in 360° VR films and interactive installations.

illustration © Ted Struwer

Sunsets

Relax with a drink while enjoying the sultry summer evening and an exceptional film during the open-air screenings in the park next to Eye.

Various characters from films by Joel and Ethan Coen are depicted against a yellow-orange background

The Coen Brothers Complete

Summer programme centring on Joel and Ethan Coen, the most famous oddballs in Hollywood. Eye will screen all the brothers’ films including the 4K restoration of Blood Simple.

On the edge of a dark forest, a man in an 18th century costume with a white powdered wig looks into the distance

still Liberté (Albert Serra, FR/DE/PT/ES 2019)

Albert Serra – Liberté

Eye Filmmuseum presents Albert Serra – Liberté. For this exhibition, Serra has turned the entire gallery into an immersive set, filled with nocturnal and clandestine encounters.

Against a sandy, natural background, a person with a mustard-yellow knit hat holds a small black-and-white photograph in their hands

still A Night We Held Between (Noor Abed, PS 2024)

Songs and Scenes from Palestine

Palestinian filmmakers watch and listen attentively to the histories of Palestinians seeking contact with the places where their families have lived for generations.

In the foreground on a film set, Claire Denis, a woman with wavy blonde hair, stands with her hands raised to her earphones, her eyes are closed as she appears to listen intently. In the background, a man with glasses looks at her reaction

Claire Denis – Trouble-Making Magic

Claire Denis probes the consequences of colonialism and the feeling of being an outsider, devoting particular attention to family tensions, sensuality, desire and the body.

Two women are depicted against a sunny blue sky with white clouds, they are the main characters from films by Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay

Britain's Brightest – The films of Andrea Arnold & Lynne Ramsay

The two British directors make films like their lives depend on it. Both show the sometimes merciless reality of life in self-written scenarios, without judging.

In a sunny lot, a man lies back on the hood of a car. He is shirtless, the tattoo on his right bicep reads 'MOM' as he cradles a small calico kitten. Next to him, facing the camera and leaning against the car, a young woman in a blue top stands with her eyes closed while she has a toothbrush raised halfway to her mouth.

still from River of Grass (Kelly Reichardt, US 1994)

Sweet 16

Sweet 16 celebrates the 100th anniversary of the revolutionary 16mm film format. You can't get any closer to the beauty of the coarse grain.

On a red background a man sits on a director's chair, the back of the chair reads 'MR STURGES', he looks over his shoulder there at the viewer. Various characters from his films can be seen at the edges of the image.

Written and Directed by Preston Sturges

The best films by Hollywood director Preston Sturges, master of the nineteen-forties screwball comedy, can now be seen again on the big screen.

still from Echos aus einem düsteren Reich (Werner Herzog, DE 1990)

Werner Herzog – The Ecstatic Truth

Werner Herzog has fascinated audiences for more than fifty years. In his search for the 'ecstatic truth', Herzog stylises images to reveal a deeper level of truth.

In an impressionistic black and white image made up in virtual reality, a number of women, of all ages and all dressed in large late-Victorian dresses, are pictured floating around a space which has old images of city housing as its background (campaign image Walzer (Leo Erken & Frieda Gustavs, NL 2022))

still from Walzer (Leo Erken & Frieda Gustavs, NL 2022)

Walzer

The VR work Walzer brings first feminist wave back to life. You take a journey through a landscape of thousands of women's photographs.

In this portrait of Felix de Rooy, he stares at the viewer intently while framing his face with his hands, he wears two prominent rings (© Vincent Jong Tjien Fa)

Felix de Rooy – The Museum of My Mind

Overview of films by and with Felix de Rooy, a filmmaker from Curaçao seen by many young makers in the Netherlands and in the Caribbean as a major source of inspiration.

still from Eurydice, a Descent into Infinity (Celine Daemen, NL 2022)

Eurydice, een afdaling in oneindigheid

Where do you belong? Between wandering souls or with both feet on the solid ground? This Virtual Reality opera inspired by the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.

In a close-up of a vintage painted poster, a man and woman stand in the forefront, in the background there's a small sailing boat on an azure-blue sea (campaign image Alberto Lattuada: Meester naast Fellini)

Alberto Lattuada

One of the best-kept secrets of Italian cinema: Alberto Lattuada. Rediscover a filmmaker who mixed his polished style with a preference for genre and popular stories.

A woman on a blue background, a man and woman on a white background and a man and woman on a red background recall the French flag in a reference to Kieslowski's famous Trois couleurs film trilogy (campaign image De Films van Kieslowski)

The Films of Kieslowski

Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski broke through internationally with Dekalog, followed by La double vie de Véronique and the Trois couleurs trilogy. Now digitally restored!

A computer-generated illustration featuring an older figure and a child sitting in the back row of a cinema. On the screen, a martial arts fight is shown, the child in the cinema holds up a sword mirroring the film on the screen. (campaign image Xtended: Missing Pictures; still from Missing Pictures (Tsai Ming-Liang's The Seven-Story Building))

still from Missing Pictures (Tsai Ming-Liang's The Seven-Story Building)

Missing Pictures

A virtual reality experience and a selection of films by five top international directors, including Naomi Kawase and Abel Ferrara.

still from On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World) (Mike Brett, Arnaud Colinart & Steve Jamison, GB/FR 2022)

On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the World)

"Emergency alert: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” In 2018, 1.6 million inhabitants of Hawaii received this message.

Illustration by Joost Stokhof in yellow and blue on a black background depicts several smaller illustrations of cells, amoebas, sea creatures, fishheads, and a human skeleton where flowers and plants grow from the bones (campaign image Cinema Ecologica)

Illustration: Joost Stokhof

Cinema Ecologica

How filmmakers have been imagining the relationship between humankind and planet Earth: from meditative experiences of nature to astounding science fiction.

An abstract illustration of a figure in a trilby hat playing a piano on the left and a figure on the right playing the saxophone. (campaign image All That Jazz (© René Gast & Yvonne Kroese (wallstories.org)))

All That Jazz

A scintillating programme on jazz and film with classics, live performances and a focus on exceptional avant-garde and activist filmmakers with a passion for jazz.

still from In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, US 1967)

Sidney Poitier & Denzel Washington

They were good friends, Oscar winners and shining examples for young, African American actors; this summer at Eye: films with Sidney Poitier and films with Denzel Washington.

Captured

How does it feel to be an aggressor, victim or bystander in a raging mob? Captured is an immersive installation that allows you to experience this.

still from Zemlya (Earth) (Alexander Dovzhenko, SU 1930)

Kino Ukraïna

Ten films by filmmakers who were born or who work in Ukraine, which has been fighting for recognition of its unique history, language and culture ever since the Maidan Revolution.

still from Merah Putih (Red and White) (Yadi Sugandi, ID 2009)

Revolusi!

Film programme that depicts the Indonesian people’s political struggle and legacy of colonialism from multiple perspectives, with some films never shown in Dutch cinemas before.

still from Carmen Comes Home (Keisuke Kinoshita, JP 1951)

Shochiku 100

Eye is marking one hundred years of one of the biggest film companies in Japan: Shochiku, birthplace of master filmmakers such as Ozu, Kobayashi and Takeshi Kitano.