It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden death of our colleague Marleen Labijt on December 19th, 2022. Marleen was a faithful staff member of Eye Filmmuseum for the last 30 years. She started as a booker for our distribution branch before moving on to a pool responsible for both producing programs and archival loans. She took full responsibility for Archival Loans 20 years ago, and many colleagues abroad have known her in this capacity.

Marleen was an important contact between Eye Filmmuseum and the outside world. She was passionate about providing access to our film collection for our FIAF colleagues, for many festivals and for countless theaters, both in the Netherlands and abroad. She advocated for our film heritage, prepared programs and promoted our restorations. To her colleagues inside Eye Filmmuseum, she was always a dedicated supporter of her outside clients, always trying to help with every request. No program was too big that she couldn’t handle it, and no theater was too small that it didn’t deserve her full cooperation. To her clients, she was always a staunch protector of the integrity of the films on loan and a relentless guardian of good programming practice. She has facilitated countless presentations of films from our collection over the whole world. We shall miss her.

Archival Loans will continue in the spirit that Marleen showed us. You can still reach us at ArchivalLoans@eyefilm.nl.

For those who wish to send condolences to her family, you can use the same address and we will make sure that your message reaches them.

Maureen Mens
Corporate Communicatie
Eye Filmmuseum