Netherlands Filmmuseum
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Amsterdam
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in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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. It includes a cinematography
Cinematography
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museum formerly called Filmmuseum, founded in 1952. Its predecessor was the Dutch Historic Film Archive, founded in 1946. The museum has been situated in the Vondelparkpaviljoen since 1975, and in 2009, plans were announced for a new home for the museum on the northern bank of Amsterdam's waterfront
IJ (bay)
The IJ is a river, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. The name derives from the generic Germanic term for "water" and is similar to other Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. In Dutch, the name consists of the digraph ij, which is...
. It was scheduled to open in 2012.
Collection
EYE is dedicated to the preservation of heritage for future generations, both Dutch films and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. The museum collection includes 46,000 film titles, 35,000 posters and 450,000 photographs. The earliest materials date from the start of the film industry in Holland in 1895.Projects
EYE is performing a major film digitization and preservation project together with IBMIBM
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and Thought Equity Motion
Thought Equity Motion
Thought Equity Motion works to increase the value of video content through its technology platform and licensing services. The company works with more than 400 rights holders globally, including BBC Motion Gallery, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, National Geographic, The New York...
a leading provider of video platform and rights development services. The project involves scanning and storing more than 150 million discrete DPX
DPX
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files on LTO
LTO
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Gen5 Tape in the Linear Tape File System format.