About Film in the Netherlands

This website sketches a picture of the developments in Dutch film history beginning with the first film exhibited in the Netherlands (on 12 March 1896) up until today. There are also many films and photographs from the EYE collection available online.
 
 
Content
 
At present, the website covers the introduction of film in the Netherlands and the first decennia thereafter. Soon the site will be expanded with much more material, including the history of the feature film, experimental film, animated film and films from the Dutch East Indies. Altogether, these will provide an extensive image of Dutch film and cinema culture.
 
The Film in the Netherlands website currently features information about close to 2,300 early films. Many of these films have been lost; it is estimated that approximately 500 films have been preserved and more than 270 of these can be viewed on the website. In addition to this, there are fragments from nearly 50 other films that can be watched through the website.
 
 
Structure
 
The information on the Film in the Netherlands website can be accessed through four different levels that can be found in the menu above.
 
Who is... features short films about people who have played an important role in the emergence and early development of film in the Netherlands.
 
Timeline  gives an overview of important moments in Dutch film history.
 
Film history offers a thematic description of the history and context of film culture in the Netherlands.
 
Film database provides access to films and fragments as well as to data about films, people and film companies. The first three levels are cross linked both with each other and to relevant films in the database.
 
 
Support
 
Film in the Netherlands is one of the first concrete results from Images for the Future, a large-scale project for the preservation of Dutch audiovisual heritage in which EYE, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and the Dutch Nationaal Archief work together to preserve, digitalise and present this heritage.
 
Film in the Netherlands is financed in part by Agentschap NL.