De collectie van de Amsterdamse amateurfilmer Piet Schendstok staat nu online op het Amateurfilm Platform! Zo ook deze prachtige amateurfilmcompilatie uit de jaren ’40 over Schendstok’s dochter Jetty: van twee weken oud tot aan haar eerste stapjes! http://www.amateurfilmplatform.nl/films/jetty-vanaf-2-weken-tot-haar-eerste-stapjes
On June 20-21st, we organized an international workshop at the University of Luxembourg on the multidimensional concept of “dispositif”. A group of twenty scholars from various backgrounds – from philosophy and history to film & media studies – came together…
How did people deal with a machine like the projector? What were the social dynamics during this interaction of users with the technology? Who was allowed to handle the thing and who was not? How much experience did you need…
The project team of “Changing Platforms of Ritualized Memory Practices” is proud to announce that we will give a special presentation at the 9th edition of the International Orphan Film Symposium, held from March 30-April 2 in the EYE Film…
This week the new online platform for Dutch amateur film and video has been launched:www.amateurfilmplatform.nl. The platform is an initiative of the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision, in collaboration with the city and regional archives of Rotterdam (stadsarchief Rotterdam)…
Last Saturday, 19th October it was International Home Movie Day, the yearly event celebrating amateur film. Like in the previous years, various amateur films and family films were screened in many cities around the world, among which Amsterdam (EYE Film…
On Saturday 19th October, the 11th edition of the International Home Movie Day takes place. In Ghent (Belgium), the museum of everyday life Huis van Alijn organizes a special day around home movies. This year’s theme: creative (re)use of the…
Exhibition: Péter Forgács – Looming Fire. Stories from the Netherlands East Indies (1900-1940) From 5 October to 1 December 2013 EYE’s main exhibition space will be exclusively devoted to Looming Fire, the latest work by filmmaker and artist Péter Forgács. …
“Association INEDITS Amateur Film/Video in Europe”, the European association which promotes the collecting, archiving, researching and broadcasting of amateur films, presents a three-day conference from 23-25 October in Paris. The theme of the 23rd meeting is: “Women and amateur-films”. For…
On Saturday 19th October EYE Film Institute in Amsterdam presents the Home Movie Day 2013, a yearly international event celebrating the amateur film. This year’s theme is: ‘Live and work abroad / Dutch in foreign’. For more information about the…
