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Dutch Film Organisations merge into Eye Film Institute Netherlands

On 31 December 2009, the Netherlands Filmmuseum, Holland Film, the Netherlands Institute for Film Education (NIF), and the Filmbank pooled their resources to form a new organisation - the eye Film Institute Netherlands. With this merger, the Dutch film world has gained a sector-wide umbrella institute that works to support national cinema culture.

The establishment of eye was initiated by Education, Culture and Science Minister Ronald Plasterk, whose aim was to unite the sector in a nationwide institute, comparable to national sector institutes such as the Netherlands Music Center, the Netherlands Theater Institute (TIN) or, on international level, to colleague institutions such as the Danish Film Institute. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has promised to support the new institute, which is managed by former Filmmuseum director Sandra den Hamer, with € 350,000.

Eye's ambitions go beyond the original responsibilities of the participating organisations in the field of film archiving, presentation, distribution, education, and promotion. Eye will develop initiatives to stimulate the Dutch cinema climate, becoming the face of Dutch cinema both at home as well as abroad and functioning as ambassador of national film culture.

In 2011 eye will move to its new headquarters (4 screens and 1,200 m² of exhibition space) in the Overhoeks neighbourhood, located across Amsterdam Harbour.

For more information, please visit www.eyefilm.nl.