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FIAF reports on WDAVH activities of affiliates

Christophe Dupin, Senior Administrator of International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), reported on activities organized by affiliate organizations to celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.

The report gave a roundup of the following:

AMSTERDAM
EYE

SPECIAL DAY AT EYE ON SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER

In 2014 EYE will be celebrating the WDAVH on Sunday26th of October in its public building in Amsterdam.
Throughout the day, the patrons visiting EYE will be surprised with hundred year old short films before the regular film screenings, invited to participate in quizzes about film history and win film-related prizes. EYE’s collection and restoration specialists will be present at the “film heritage” desk at the entrance, showing and telling before/after sequences from restorations, and answering questions about film preservation and EYE’s running preservation projects. In the basement, specialists from EYE’s film-related collections will display remarkable collection pieces such as stereoscopes.

BANGKOK
Film Archive (Public Organization)

ADDRESSES, PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND AUDIOVISUAL SCREENINGS

On Monday, 27 October 2014, the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage will be celebrated in Thailand for the ninth consecutiveyear with a day-long program on this year’s theme, “Archives at Risk, Much More to Do”. Thailand has commemorated this event every year since it first began in 2006. The event will be held at the Public Relations Department of the Thai Government (PRD) and will consist of addresses, presentations, discussions and audiovisual screenings by representatives of archives in Thailand, including the Museum and Archive of PRD, Thai Film Archive, and the National Archive, as well as of professional associations and government.

BARCELONA
Filmoteca de Catalunya

VISIT TO THE NEW CONSERVATION AND RESTAURATION CENTER (TERRASSA) AND “BASIC FILMS OF CATALAN CINEMA”

Filmoteca de Catalunya celebrates World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with a visit to the new Conservation and Restauration Center (Terrassa) offered to the members of Academy of Catalan Cinema and Academy of Spanish Cinema and a public presentation of the project “Basic films of Catalan Cinema”, a collection of 12 programs of Catalan Film Classics released in DCP with English and French subtitles, available for FIAF affiliates, festivals, museums and other cultural institutions.

BERLIN
Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (with CineGraph-Hamburgisches Centrum für Filmforschung in Kooperation mit Bundesarchiv, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig Holstein und Kinemathek Hamburg e.V. über die Herausforderungen)

»DAS FILM-ERBE IN DER ZUKUNFT. DIGITALISIERUNG ALS RETTUNG?«

Zum UNESCO Welttag des Audiovisuellen Erbes informiert CineGraph -Hamburgisches Centrum für Filmforschung in Kooperation mit Bundesarchiv, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig Holstein und Kinemathek Hamburg e.V. über die Herausforderungen, das audiovisuelle Erbe zu erhalten und zu pflegen. Weltweit übernehmen Filmarchive und andere Filmerbe-Institutionen die Aufgabe des Sammelns, der Sicherung und der Präsentation von audiovisuellen Werken. Dabei stellt sich ihnen immer wieder die Problematik des Zerfalls der Materialien – ob analog oder digital Erstaunlicherweise machen gerade nicht die bis über 100 Jahre alten Analog-Kopien die größten Probleme, sondern auch neue digital produzierte Filme sind gefährdet. Werden wir in einigen Jahren noch Möglichkeiten und Techniken zur Verfügung haben, diese Filme vorzuführen? Welche Perspektiven gibt es für die Zukunft?

BERN
Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern

HOME MOVIE DAY

Home movie day means: screening your own family- and amateur movies, telling your stories and reliving histories. Home movie day means: have your films screened by a professional projectionist and have them professionally checked by film archivists, get expert advice concerning conservation, handling and digitizing ofyour precious material. Home movie day means: seeing your films in public, thereby making a new and different experience. The films will be checked andprepared for screening between 10am and 3pm, at which time you can also get adviceabout handling, conservation and digitizing. We are here to answer your questions. October 25th 10am
Public screenings: 5pm
Moderation: David Landolf and Brigitte Paulowitz.

SCREENING OF “THE GREAT FLOOD”

Bill Morrison (Director), Bill Frisell (Music), USA2013, 80′
In collaboration with Memoriav (Switzerland’s national network for the preservation of the country’s audiovisual cultural heritage).
The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke outof its earthen embankments in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles. Part of its legacy was the forced exodus of displaced sharecroppers, who left plantation life and migrated to Northern cities, adapting to an industrial society with its own set of challenges. Musically, the Great Migration fueled the evolution of acoustic blues toelectric blues bands that thrived in cities like Memphis, Detroit and Chicago becoming the wellspring for R&B and rock as well as developing jazz styles.
THE GREAT FLOOD is a collaboration between filmmaker and multimedia artist Bill Morrison and guitarist and composer Bill Frisell inspired by the 1927 catastrophe.
October 27th, 2014, 8 pm

BOLOGNA
Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna

SCREENING OF TRUFFAUT’S LES QUATRE CENTS COUPS

Cineteca di Bologna will take part to the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with the presentation of the restored version of Truffaut Les Quatre Cents Coups. (Two screenings at 18.15 and 20.15) This film is opening the new season of the distribution of classical restored films which are now distributed in 80 screening rooms all over Italy.
A presentation of the importance of Film Restoration and its diffusion will be given by the director of the Fondazione, Gian Luca Farinelli.

BLOOMINGTON
Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive

INDIANA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES MOVING IMAGE ARCHIVE HOSTING LOCAL CELEBRATION OF UNESCO’S WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE ON OCTOBER 27TH

Old film prints, videotape, and audio recordings are at risk of being lost for a host of reasons. Film stocks lose their color, magnetic audio tape decays, and obsolete video decks aren’t made anymore. And it’s not just the media artifactsthat are at risk. The unique histories and heritage they store are in danger as well.

BOGOTA
Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano

HOMENAJE A DESTACADOS PROTAGONISTAS DEL PATRIMONIO AUDIOVISUAL COLOMBIANO CON MOTIVO DE LA CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA MUNDIAL DEL PATRIMONIO AUDIOVISUAL

La Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano en el marco del XI Encuentro Nacional de Archivos Audiovisuales rinde homenaje a un grupo de diez personalidades colombianas que con su trabajo y entrega han aportado a la fundamentación de una cultura audiovisual colombiana y que han apoyado la gestión que sobre el patrimonio de imágenes en movimiento realiza la institución.

BRATISLAVA
Slovensky Filmovy Ustav / Slovak Film Institute

SCREENINGS OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS BY VLADO KUBENKO

Slovak Film Institute is celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage by screenings short and full-length documentary films from important Slovak documentary filmmaker Vlado Kubenko. The screenings on 27th – 30th October in Kino Lumière, the Cinema of the Slovak Film Institute, are also a commemoration of the birthday of director Kubenko (1924-1993).

BUCHAREST
Arhiva Nationala de Filme – Cinemateca Româna

SPECIAL SCREENING

On Monday evening, on occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Romanian Cinematheque of Romania’s National Film Archive (ANF), will screen the Italy-France co-production “Slap the Monster on Page One” (“Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina”, 1972), directed by Marco Bellocchio.It is a well-preserved copy from ANF’s collection, with Romanian subtitles. The event, organized with the kind support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Bucharest, will have free entrance. It takes place in the Eforie (Jean Georgescu) Theater of theCinemateca Româna (Romanian Cinematheque) in Bucharest (Str. Eforie nr. 2), starting 7:30 p.m. local time.

CANBERRA
National Film and Sound Archive

PUBLISHING BLOGS ABOUT FILM PRESERVATION

The NFSA will publish two blogs related to AV preservation. The corresponding titles will also be published in full on our YouTube channel
(https://www.youtube.com/user/FILMAUSTRALIA)

1. Cartoons of the Day by Harry Julius – Australia’s earliest animations and a prime example of a lack of long-term vision regarding thecultural/historical significance of film.
http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2014/10/27/harry-julius/

2. Phar Lap, ‘The Mighty Conqueror’ – about the recent donation of a nitrate print of this documentary about Australia’s legendary racinghorse, Phar Lap. This is in the lead up to ‘the race that stops the nation’, Melbourne Cup, which will take place on November 4.
http:/www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2014/10/27/phar-lap/

The links will be live on Monday 27 October at 6am AET. The NFSA will promote this content – as well as talk about what AV heritage is and the importance of preservation – throughout the day, on Facebook (facebook.com/nfsaa) and twitter (@NFSAOnline), using #WorldAVDay

FRANKFORT
Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF e.V.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS AT THE CINEMA OF THE GERMAN FILM MUSEUM AND CALIGARI FILMBÜHNE

HARRY WIRD MILLIONÄR – Harry becomes a Millionaire
Germany 1918. Director: Emil Albes. Cast: Harry Lambertz-Paulsen, Emil Sondermann, Trude Papst. 39 min., DCP
HARRY BECOMES A MILLIONAIRE is one part of a seriesof almost forgotten feature films with Lambertz-Paulsen in the leading role. The comedy series, centred around charming good for nothing Harry, stands as an example of German war time entertainment. The film was digitized in the EFG1914 project, on the basis of two tinted vintage film prints from the collection of DIF and the Danish Film Institute.

EFG SHORT FILM PROGRAMME: PATHÉ KOK 28MM
THE GREAT WAR – MADE NON-INFLAMMABLE FOR IN-HOME PROJECTION

First a programme with film documents of the first world war filmed in Pathé KOK 28mm format. The programme will be introduced and contextualized from a technical, historical point of view live commented and followed by a discussion. Christmas 1911 Pathé Frères launched a challenging marketing campaign for a new non-flammable 28mm film format for the home cinema market and the nontheatrical sector. The films made available included war films like L’INVASION ALLEMANDE.

TONBILDER FROM THE NEUMAYER COLLECTION.
Germany 1907 – 1909, 50 min.
In Germany the production of so-called Tonbilder started in 1903: the camera recorded actors singing in playback to a previously recorded shellac disc. In specially equipped cinemas the projector (commonly still hand-cranked) had to be operated in synchronicity with the gramophone.

HELSINKI
KAVI (National Audiovisual Institute)

SPECIAL PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE GREAT PIONEER OF THE CINEMA ALICE GUY

There is a special program dedicated to the great pioneerof the cinema, Alice Guy, one of the first film directors and producers. She made almost a thousand films for the Gaumont company, starting in 1897, and her impact on the evolution of cinematic storytelling was tremendous. The programme is a showcase of other treasures of early French cinema from the collection of Svenska Filminstitutet / Filmarkivet, including also films of the Sieurin collection, Lumière, Méliès, Chomón, Linder, and the recent charming colour restoration of the Pirou production Le Coucher de la mariée.
The programme is preceded by a lecture of Dr. Jaakko Seppälä (Helsinki University).
The pianist is Mr. Joonas Raninen.
10 October 27 at Cinema Orion.

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Film Archive

EARLY TREASURES: CELEBRATING UNESCO’S WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE

In 2005, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated each year’s October 27 of every year as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. It is an important part of a global effort to raise awareness of audiovisual documents as an integral part of national identities. ?In support of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, we are presenting one of the Archive’s priced titles, “Colourful Youth” (1966).

“Colourful Youth”
Dir: Yu Ho (aka Chan Wan)
Scr: Ngai Man (sobriquet of Chan Wan & wife Ngai Siu-chee)
Cast: Connie Chan Po-chu, Josephine Siao Fong-fong, Woo Fung, Nancy Sit Kar-yin
1966 / Colour / 35mm / Cantonese / Chi and Eng Subtitles / 93min
Date: 27 October 2014
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

MEXICO
Filmoteca de la UNAM

PROYECCIÓN DE LA MUJER DEL PUERTO

Uno de los pocos negativos de cámara del primer cine sonoro mexicano que aún existen íntegros, es el de la película LA MUJER DEL PUERTO (México 1933, Dir. Arcady Boytler), importante no solamente por su antigüedadsino también por sus valores cinematográficos intrínsecos, cuyos derechos para exhibición cinematográfica pertenecen a la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México desde los años 80. Para celebrar el 27 de octubre, Día Mundial del Patrimonio Audiovisual, la Filmoteca de la UNAM, ese día, proyectará esta película, la cual fue restaurada en el 2013 con el apoyo de la Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas.

MILANO
Fundazione Cineteca Italiana

SCREENING OF “WHY BE GOOD?”
(It. title Gambette indiavolate), by William Seiter, USA 1929, prod. Warner Bros., First National

After a very successful presentation at the Bologna Cinema Ritrovato last summer, our MIC film theatre will host an event which stands as a significant example of the good cooperation work among different parties (archives, studios, researchers, specialized laboratories, individuals) interested in preserving and promoting the film heritage.

OSLO
National Library of Norway

SCREENING OF TWO FILMS

In connection with the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the National Library of Norway will screen two films from its archive that both belong to collections inscribed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register: the film material from Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition (1911) and the newly restored “Academy Award” version of Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki (1951). The films will be introduced by Eirik Frisvold Hanssen, Head of the Film Section, and research librarian Bent Bang-Hansen from the National Library of Norway.
Venue: National Library of Norway, Auditorium, Henrik Ibsens gate 110, Oslo. Time: 1pm

PRETORIA
National Film, Video and Sound Archives

RENAMING OF BUILDINGS AND STREETS AFTER SOUTH AFRICAN FILM PERSONALITIES

On the 28 October 2014, the National Film, Video and Sound Archives will celebrate its 50th Anniversary, having begun its existence asthe South African Film Institute, a sub-division of the National Film Board in April 1964. In order to celebrate these historic events and NFVSA’s contributions to the Audiovisual Industry, the following suggestions have been put forward.

RIO DE JANEIRO
Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro

SPECIAL EVENT CELEBRATING FILM ARCHIVIST ALICE GONZAGA

Celebrating the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro and the Centro de Pesquisadores do Cinema Brasileiro (Brazilian Cinema Researchers Center) hold the event “Alice Gonzaga: Archivist , researcher, preservationist – a trajectory dedicated to Brazilian Cinema” this October 27th, 2014, starting at 18h.

The event will consist of a roundtable, projectionsand tribute to Alice Gonzaga, who celebrated her 80th anniversary this year. She is afilm archivist, researcher, writer, producer, director, journalist, director of CinédiaArchives and a symbol of the fight to safeguard the memory of Brazilian Cinema.

SKOPJE
Kinoteka na Makedonija/Cinémathèque of Macedonia

OPEN DAY & SPECIAL EVENT

The Kinoteka na Makedonija is proud to announce the celebration of 27th of October, 2014, the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with the following special program and activities:
– Open day of the institution for visitors,
– Organizing a special event – Panel Discussion (Round Table) on the following topic: “Archives at Risks; Much More to Do”, with participation of approximately 10 participants (film archivists, audiovisual experts, producers, directors, cinema historians, film critics, journalists etc.).

TALLINN
Estonian Film Archives

SEMINAR ON DIGITIZATION AND RE-USE OF FILM HERITAGE

Estonian Film Archives, in collaboration with Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonian Film Database, Estonian Public Broadcasting, Estonian Film Museum and Estonian Union of Filmmakers, will celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with a seminar on digitizationand re-use of film heritage and with public screenings of Estonian newsreels, featuring Tallinn between 1923 and 1961, on an open-air screen at the central Freedom Square in Tallinn. Estonian Public Broadcasting will offer a discount on their DVDs attheir webshop, and Estonian Film Archives offer tours for schoolchildren in our facilities throughout the week of 27 October. On 20 October, a Facebook event of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage in Estonia will go live (in Estonian only).

TOKYO
National Film Center/ The National Museum Of Modern Art Tokyo

THE DISCOVERY OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS ABOUT THE GREAT KANTO EARTQUAKE AND THEIR USAGE ON DISASTER PREVENTION RESEARCH

National Film Center (NFC) celebrated the WDAVH 2014 on October 11 by screening four documentary films about the Great Kanto Earthquake, three of which were from the nitrate positives recently discovered and donated to NFC, and by holding three lectures on them.
In the lecture, Jo Osawa, assistant curator of NFC, presented a summary of production and reception of documentary films aboutthe Great Kanto Earthquake which occurred on September 1, 1923.
Subsequently, two academics analyzed the films in terms of disaster prevention research and proved that the analysis of audio-visual heritages contributed in a profound way to their studies.
Masaru Tanaka from the University of Kyoto identified shooting times and locations of each shot by using pictures, picture postcards and a hazard map as reference.
In the same way, Yukio Nishida from Saitama University clarified how fire spread and refugees moved.

TORONTO
TIFF Bell Lightbox

SPECIAL FREE SCREENING OF NEW AMERICAN CINEMA PIONEER SHIRLEY CLARKE’S PORTRAIT OF JASON

To mark UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage the TIFF Bell Lightbox is pleased to present a special free screening of New American Cinema pioneer Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason, in a new 35mm restoration from the Academy Film Archive and Milestone Films with support from TIFF. The screening will be preceded by an introduction from Sylvia Frank, Director of the TIFF Film Reference Library, who will discuss TIFF’s role as a member of FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives). Also speaking is TIFF Cinematheque programmer Brad Deane, who will discuss the restoration of Portrait of Jason and the ongoing efforts of TIFF’s Film Programmes department to seek out archival prints and restorations for screenings at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

PORTRAIT OF JASON
dir. Shirley Clarke, USA 1967, 105 min, 35mm.
On the night of December 2, 1966, New American Cinema pioneer Shirley Clarke and a tiny crew convened in an apartment in New York’s Hotel Chelsea and spent twelve hours filming Jason Holliday as he spun tales, donned costumes and reminisced about his good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime-houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. A cinéma-vérité document of a man who admits to being a fabulist and compulsive liar, Portrait of Jason is both a ferocious interrogation of the documentary form and a mesmerizing portrait of a remarkable, charming and tortured man who is by turns hilariousand heartbreaking.
Monday, October 27, 7:00pm

ABS-CBN Film Archives lists contributions for WDAVH 2014

ridging Generations: Making the Archives Relevant to the Youth

The ABS-CBN Film Archives fights for the preservation of cultural artifacts, and believes that to truly advocate the value of cinematic gems, preservation and restoration are not enough. The more crucial aspect is for people, especially the youth, to be made aware that many films are at risk. This is why the ABS-CBN Film Archives has determined that the current generation would be the most appropriate target audience for its restoration campaign.

The Archives decided that is was important to get young people to produce, edit, and design the campaign materials to give them a young, modern, and contemporary sensibility. The challenge was to create innovative materials that comply with modern trends while staying faithful to the iconic films. Plugs featured the most sought-after and credible local personalities who spoke willingly about film restoration and the importance of preserving classic Filipino films.The restoration plugs were screened in theaters and are available online. Below are the links to the latest restoration plug as well as the English subtitled trailer for the latest restoration project, Hindi Nahahati angLangit, which will be having a theatrical release soon:

Kapamilya Stars on Film Restoration:

Hindi Nahahati Ang Langit Trailer (Digitally Restored in HD) with Subtitle:

To make the past restored titles more accessible, the Archives has been making selected titles available on iTunes. Below is the link to the plug created to promote the restored titles on iTunes:

ABS-CBN Restoration: Muling Maki-iTunes mga Kapamilya!:

Audiovisual archives in this day and age have the chance to spread its advocacy through social media. To be able to interact with a wider audience, the Archives has created an official Facebook page as well as a Twitter account. It uses these social media sites not only to promote its restored films but also to educate the public about film preservation and restoration. The sites also serve as a venue for discussion and a means to share trivia about Philippine films. Below is a link to the official Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/filmrestorationabscbn


( LeoKatigbak, head of the ABS-CBN Film Archiveswith Polytechnic University of the Philippines students and faculty)

It is also important to bring the advocacy directly to the youth. This is why the Archives joined the campus festival of Cinema One Originals and screened the restored Himala (Miracle) and Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon (As We Were)in two universities. Leo Katigbak, the head of the ABS-CBN Film Archives, spoke about the restoration advocacy and answered the many questions of the curious students. It is always a fulfilling moment to witness the people realize the state the film prints are in and spark a sense of responsibility in them to do whatever they can to actively change this.

In an increasingly digital age, audiovisual archives have the opportunity to interact with the public and make the cinematicpast relevant. There is a chance to make the youth realize there is a dire need to preserve our nation’s history and cultural heritage, for what other way is there to become proud of one’s culture and identity then to continually ensure its existence.

By:
Carmela Barbaza (carmela_barbaza@yahoo.com)
ABS-CBN Film Archives
Philippines

Calling SEAPAVAA Members to Celebrate ‘World Day for Audio Visual Heritage 2014’

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Message from the CCAAA President

Dear friends of our audiovisual heritage,

The audio and visual record of human accomplishment has been exploding in scope in recent times, as have the challenges to preserving and accessing that vast body of knowledge. Audiovisual records created a century or more ago, using now-obsolete technologies, are in particular danger of loss or decay. The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, sponsored by UNESCO and the CCAAA, is intended to highlight the good work being done around the world to preserve and make available this important heritage, and encouraging others to follow those examples. The theme this year is “Archives at Risk – Much More to Do.” I encourage all of our colleagues to contribute information about their programmes to preserve and make accessible our audio and visual heritage, especially those occurring on or around the date of World Day, October 27, 2014.

Tim Brooks
President,CCAAA
Past President, Association of Recorded Sound Collections

Introducing Loren Bustos, SEAPAVAA’s New Acting Administrative Coordinator

SEAPAVAA warmly welcomes Loren Bustos as the Association’s newly appointed Acting Administrative Coordinator
with effect from 4 August 2014.bustos

Loren recently graduated from the De La Salle University in Manila with a degree in International Studies and a linguistic program in Spanish. She was consistently part of the Dean’s List and graduated with Honors. With deep interest in cultural diversity and her knowledge on international relations, Loren aims to pursue a career in diplomacy and to travel to different countries.

During her student days, Loren accumulated varied and rich experiences: as a human resource officer with the United Student’s International Organization; and as a researcher and writer intern for Rappler, a social news network in the Philippines. During this particular stint, she was able to get her research works on a wide range of social issues and topics published.

Loren can be contacted at the following SEAPAVAA’s addresses:

Mailing Address:
203-R1 Alchemy, 2/F FBR Arcade Bldg.,
317 Katipunan Ave., Brgy. Loyola Heights
Quezon City 1108, Philippines

Phone No.: (+632) 513-8642
Shared Fax No.: (+632) 433-4177
Email Addresses: lorenbustos.seapavaa@gmail.com, seapavaasecretariat@gmail.com

Call for Proposals: Video Round Table at ALA Annual

The American Library Association (ALA) Video Round Table (VRT) is seeking program proposals for the ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, June 25-30, 2015.

The program committee welcomes proposals on just about anything related to video and libraries!

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please complete the form here:

http://www.ala.org/vrt/2015-annual-program-proposal-information/

Proposals are due Sept. 1, 2014. The Program Committee will review all proposals and notify participants of proposal acceptance by Sept. 20, 2014.

If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to contact myself (Laura Jenemann, ljeneman@gmu.edu) or the program committee co-chairs.

Debra Mandel
Acting Associate Dean, User Services,
Northeastern University Libraries
d.mandel@neu.edu
617-373-4902

Debbie Benrubi
Librarian, Technical Services, University of San Francisco
benrubi@usfca.edu 415-422-5672

Regards,
Laura
VRT Chair

Laura Jenemann
Film Studies/Media Services Librarian
George Mason University
703-993-7593
ljeneman@gmu.edu

The Colour Fantastic: Conference and Publication

Next year EYE holds an international conference on the use of colour in silent films entitled ‘The Colour Fantastic: Chromatic Worlds of Silent Cinema’. From 29-31 March 2015, an international group of specialists will discuss the results of recent research into the use of colour in the years 1895-1935. The event includes the screening of a number of restored silent films.

Twenty years ago the workshop ‘Disorderly Order’: Colours in Silent Film took place in Amsterdam. Since then, major advances have been made in our knowledge of the use of colour in the nascent and early cinema and it is now time to present the latest findings.

From 29-31 March an international group of film specialists and archivists will focus on the silent film era and the special features of the use of colour in that period. The programme includes contributions by keynote speakers, presentations by restorers and scientific research reports by international experts. Among the topics that will be addressed are ‘the avant-garde and the abstract use of colour’, ‘early animated films and colour’, and ‘aesthetics and cultural context of colour in the silent film’.

A new publication, Fantasia of Color, will also be presented at the conference. This work by film scholars Giovanna Fossati (senior curator EYE, Professor of Film Heritage and Digital Film Culture, University of Amsterdam), Tom Gunning and Yoshua Yumibe is published by Amsterdam University Press. The conference programme includes the screening of a number of restored silent colour films.

We welcome papers and panel proposals by professionals (max. 300 words), to be submitted before 2 September 2014 via colourfantastic@eyefilm.nl. Proposals for papers on the basis of EYE’s website ‘Open Images’ (eye.openbeelden.nl), are also invited.

The conference is organized by EYE/University of Amsterdam (Giovanna Fossati), Tom Gunning (University of Chicago), Leverhulme Trust Research/University of Bristol (Sarah Street) and Yoshua Yumibe (University of St. Andrews/Michigan State University).

Ref: https://www.eyefilm.nl/en/news/the-colour-fantastic-conference-and-publication.

Job Opening at Imagica

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