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	Weimar FIlm Network: "Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed" bo	0	P. Flaig	Dear colleagues, On behalf of Molly Harrabin and with apologies for the shameless self-promotion: The Weimar Film Network (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/academic/postgraduate/harrabin/weimarfilmnetwork/) is pleased to announce its next event, which will be an online event celebrating the release of Dr. Paul Flaig (University of St. Andrews) new book: Weimar Slapstick and Hollywood Comedy Transformed (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/weimar-slapstick-and-hollywood-comedy-transformed-9781350439177/). This event will take place 20 November at 5pm (UK). If you wish to join us, please sign up via this link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=vc-6Ce9HZUSSZTVG8ur2vDq4MO3x2-FLmALz3cqxY4BUMFQyNlhRUkFJUjlHMzVEM1NSWk5ZQldGNi4u&route=shorturl You will then receive the joining details shortly before the event. Best wishes, Molly Dr. Molly Harrabin (she/her) Early Career Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick Co-editor, Weimar Film Network Network Coordinator and Postdoctoral Assistant, German Screen Studies Network Recent publications: ‘Review: Historical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism – Nicholas Baer’, Oxford German Studies (2025) ‘Racially Profiled? ‘Jewish’ Vampirism in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau’s Nosferatu (1922), Studies in European Cinema (2024) by P. Flaig Monday, November 3, 2025
	San Antonio Black International Film Festival (SABIFF) (Sept 27-Oct 5, 2025	0	V. Tailor	Dear Society for Cinema and Media Studies, I have been working with the San Antonio Black International Film Festival (SABIFF), an amazing film festival organization using cinema to foster community building. I wanted to share their website and information about their fall 2025 film festival. https://www.sabiff.tv/ Upcoming pre-fest: September 27 Film festival: October 2-5 Check them out! Vivienne by V. Tailor Tuesday, September 23, 2025
	UCLA Film & TV Archive - Free Screening of Cecil B. DeMille'sMale & Female	0	N. Ucedo	The UCLA Film and Television Archive invite you to a free screening of Cecil B. DeMille's 1919 silent film, Male and Female with live musical accompaniment. The screening will be preceded by a conversation between Deborah Nadoolman Landis and Michelle Finamore, focusing on the uncredited costume designers for the film, including Clare West, Mitchell Leisen and Paul Iribe. When DeMille hired West, he informed her that he wanted costumes that would "make people gasp," and Male and Female delivered not only spectacular designs, but also everyday wear and fantastical desert island garb. The film captures a moment in time when the professional film costume designer was in ascendancy, as well as the early days of Leisen's career and the Parisian designer Paul Iribe's short-lived foray into Hollywood film. https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/12/02/male-and-female Screening date: December 2, 2023 at 7:30 pm Location: Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024 by N. Ucedo Friday, November 17, 2023
	Spiral Lecture: Elizabeth Reich - Black Time, Technics, and the Haptic	1	T. Nagypal	Hi funny shooter 2 I am really impressed with the works of this author. They have their own personality! by K. Hurst Monday, May 8, 2023
	Telluride Film Festival Production Apprentice Application NOW ONLINE	1	M. Tievant	Hi, penalty kick online It is a program that gives participants the opportunity to gain valuable experience by working in production for the Telluride festival and constructing offices and venues from the ground up. by K. Hurst Monday, May 8, 2023
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	Cinema Antiques Gallery: New Collection Announcement	1	B. Reiter	HelloI will send you some products that I have. basket random by J. Whitehead Tuesday, April 18, 2023
	16-17 OCT : Screening Censorship Conference (online)	0	E. Mathijs	On Friday and Saturday, 16 and 17 October, 2020, the SCREENING CENSORSHIP CONFERENCE kicks off.Organized by the Centre for Cinema and Media Studies in the Department of Theatre and Film of the University of British Columbia, together with the University of Ghent and the Film Fest Ghent this is a free online conference. The program is attached, as are notes on the keynote speakers, and panel abstracts. More information on the website: http://www.censorship-symposium.org/If you are interested, please email ernest.mathijs@ubc.ca and we will pass on the link and invitation.Best, Ernest Mathijs, Daniel Biltereyst and Alexander De Man by E. Mathijs Thursday, October 15, 2020
	Mobile Film Festival	1	M. Tievant	Wow, its a great piece of news, I was waiting for this for soo long, in fact, I already bought an iPhone from ReeCoupons, plz tell me about the date of launching, I can't wait for it. by h. mark Wednesday, June 17, 2020
	James Ivory in Person	0	A. Gehlawat	Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Ivory will engage in a discussion with Ajay Gehlawat this coming Wednesday, following the screening of Merchant Ivory's film Autobiography of a Princess at the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. The film will be preceded by two early short films of Merchant and Ivory - The Sword and the Flute and The Creation of Woman - and Gehlawat and Ivory will discuss the long and successful career of Merchant Ivory Productions, including the numerous films they have made in and about India. https://bampfa.org/event/autobiography-princess by A. Gehlawat Thursday, February 14, 2019
	'An Investigative Cinema' - Book Panel at Columbia's Heyman Center	0	M. Delfino	Book Panel An Investigative Cinema – Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film Please join us on Thursday December 6, 2018 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Columbia’s Heyman Center for the Humanities. On this occasion, Fabrizio Cilento (Messiah College) will present his book, published by Palgrave Macmillan in fall 2018 and titled An Investigative Cinema: Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film. Elizabeth Leake (Columbia, Italian), Giancarlo Lombardi (CUNY, Comparative Lit.), and Richard Peña (Columbia, Film and Media) will act as respondents. A wine and cheese reception will close the event. Free and open to the public. Organizer: Massimiliano Delfino - m.delfino@columbia.edu Location: Heyman Center Common Room For more information: http://heymancenter.org/events/an-investigative-cinema-politics-and-modernization-in-italian-french-and-am/ by M. Delfino Tuesday, December 4, 2018
	Frederick Wiseman at Sonoma State University	0	A. Gehlawat	Renowned documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman will be taking part in a Q&A session following the screening of his early documentary High School (1968) this evening at Sonoma State University. This event is free and open to the public. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/entertainment/8708966-181/documentary-filmmaker-frederick-wiseman-to?sba=AAS by A. Gehlawat Friday, September 28, 2018
	Society for Ethnomusicology 2017 Annual Meeting – Registration Now Open	0	Marcia Tillison	SEM 2017 Annual Meeting – Registration Now Open The Society for Ethnomusicology will hold its 62nd Annual Meeting on October 26-29, 2017, at the Denver Marriott City Center Hotel, co-hosted by the University of Denver, the University of Colorado Boulder, and Colorado College. In conjunction with the SEM Annual Meeting, Colorado College and the SEM Indigenous Music Section will present a pre-conference symposium, “Sound Alliances: A Celebration of Indigenous Musics and Cultures,” on October 25 in Colorado Springs. Visit www.ethnomusicology.org and select “Conferences” for more information about the Annual Meeting, online registration, and hotel accommodations. by Marcia Tillison Monday, June 5, 2017
	West Coast premiere of Kalpana in digitally restored print	0	A. Gehlawat	SPECIAL EVENT! Schroeder Hall at the Green Music Center, Sonoma State University KALPANA (Imagination) Friday, April 7 at 7:00 The sole film of celebrated Indian dancer Uday Shankar (older brother of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar), Kalpana is a vibrant dance-drama that revolves around a young dancer’s dream of forming his own dance academy. Originally filmed in 1948, the film was restored in 2008 by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project in association with the family of Uday Shankar and the National Film Archives of India. The film features choreography designed specifically for the camera, fusing elements of Indian modernism with the cinema. This is the first time the restored version of this landmark film will be screened in California and provides a rare opportunity to view one of the classics of world cinema. Describing Shankar’s dancing to his daughter, James Joyce wrote: “He moves on the stage like a semi-divine being. Believe me, there are still some beautiful things left in this poor old world.” (1948, 155 min., in Hindi with English subtitles) General Admission: $20 (Tickets include parking) http://gmc.sonoma.edu/event/3267926-kalpana-a-film-by-uday by A. Gehlawat Wednesday, March 1, 2017
	Free, public panel on film projection \| Friday November 18, 11 AM EST	0	Toronto International Film Festival	Reel Heritage: Project and Protect Friday November 18 11 AM EST Featuring projectionists and technicians from leading North American film institutions, this public panel examines the art of film projection, which brings 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, and 70mm moving-image works to life for film lovers. Guest experts will examine best practices for film and projector handling, explore the tools of the trade, and advocate for the continued dissemination of these essential skills and knowledge for future generations. From the hands of the filmmakers to those of the archivists, conservators and projectionists, we celebrate the labour, passion, artistry and skill involved in providing audiences a seamless and pristine cinematic experience. This event is supported by the Government of Canada and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Guest experts participating in this event are: Andy Uhrich is the film archivist at the Indiana University Libraries’ Moving Image Archive. He has been projecting film since the 1990s and has worked with a variety of formats. Uhrich is assisting with the set-up of a new screening room in the Indiana University Libraries built around the projection of archival 16mm film. He is also working on a dissertation on the role of private film collectors in the development of archival practices for preserving and restoring motion pictures. Katie Trainor is the Film Collections Manager at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She is a graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester. Previously, she worked at the Harvard Film Archive and also as Director of Operations at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York. Trainor served as General Manager of the IFC Center and has also maintained her trade as a motion picture projectionist at the Sundance Film Festival since 2001. She is a co-founder of the Center For Home Movies in Madison, Wisconsin, and is an active member of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). James King is a graduate of the Cinema Studies program at the University of Toronto. Drawn to the mechanics behind the ways we see and hear cinema, James became a cinema technician, getting his start as a projectionist at the Goethe Institut Toronto before going on to work for the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, the Toronto International Film Festival, Hot Docs, Inside Out, Images, and the Abu Dhabi Film Festival (formerly the Middle East International Film Festival). He is currently Senior Booth Manager at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Attend in person: Tickets to this event are free and will be made available at the TIFF Bell Lightbox Box Office (350 King Street West). Students or faculty looking to reserve tickets to this event can email hlf@tiff.net with their request. Watch the live stream: For those who are not able to attend in person, this event will be live streamed at tiff.net/reelheritage. by Toronto International Film Festival Wednesday, October 26, 2016
	Submit now for Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium!	0	D. Orgeron	Screening New England: 100 Years of Regional Moving Image History 17th Annual Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium Thursday, July 21 – Saturday, July 23, 2016 Proposals Due: April 19, 2016 The rich amateur and non-theatrical moving image history of New England will be the focus of the 2016 Northeast Historic Film Summer Symposium. In commemoration of the Alamo Theatre’s 100 years of cinematic exhibition and Northeast Historic Film’s 30th year as a regional moving image archive, we invite archivists, scholars and technical specialists to explore all aspects of the moving image history of New England. Proposals that utilize the NHF collections are particularly welcome. Northeast Historic Film archives hold film and video, including local television news, amateur film, industrials, home movies, and many other genres, as well as paper documentation and ephemera, including postcards, lobby cards, camera and projector manuals. The catalog may be searched by genre, place, subject, decade, and other search terms at http://oldfilm.org/collection/index.php The NHF Summer Symposium is a congenial multi-disciplinary gathering devoted to the history, theory, and preservation of amateur and nontheatrical moving images. For over a decade and a half, the Symposium has been bringing together an expanding group of archivists, scholars, technicians, and artists in an intimate setting for three days of viewing and discussing lesser-known, amateur, and found films. Presenters typically have 30-45 minutes in which to deliver their papers and engage in discussion. We do not run concurrent sessions, and participants are expected to attend all presentations and engage with colleagues in discussion of work presented over the two and a half days of the symposium. NHF is located in Bucksport, a town of 5,000 on the coast of Maine (for more info on NHF, please visit: http://www.oldfilm.org. Please be advised that NHF is a non-profit organization. Unfortunately, we do not have resources to fund travel and lodging for conference presenters and participants. All presenters and participants must register for the symposium. Please send a 250-500 word abstract outlining your paper idea and a brief cv via e-mail to: symposium@oldfilm.org. The Summer Symposium Program Committee are: Jennifer Jenkins, University of Arizona; Audrey Amidon, National Archives and Records Administration; Dino Everett, University of Southern California; Heidi Holmstrom, National Archives and Records Administration; Steve Norman, Belfast Public Library, and Devin Orgeron, North Carolina State University. We are happy to discuss your presentation ideas with you in advance of a formal submission. The Symposium Program Committee will begin reviewing proposals on April 19, 2016 and will finalize the program by May 10, 2016. by D. Orgeron Sunday, February 28, 2016
	Behind the screens: Walter Murch in conversation [February 6, 2016]	0	M. Gallagher	Behind the screens: Walter Murch in conversation University of Nottingham, UK, Lakeside Arts Centre, room A30 Saturday, 6 February 2016, 3-5 pm 2016 Walter Murch is one of the screen industries most successful professionals and a legendary figure in the film industry. The only filmmaker to win an Oscar for both film editing and film sound, he worked with George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola to change filmmaking forever. His credits include stunning classics such as The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, American Graffiti and The English Patient. This is a rare opportunity to hear one of the top figures in the film industry reflect on his career and the changes he has seen over half a century of filmmaking. There will also be an opportunity to ask Walter questions about his career and the state of film today. You can find out more about Walter's career at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Murch This event is hosted by the University of Nottingham's Institute for Screen Institute Research and hosted by its director, Gianluca Sergi. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/departments/cfm/about/news-and-events/events/current-events/walter-murch-in-conversation.aspx Contact Email: gianluca.sergi@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: +44 0115 84 67466 by M. Gallagher Friday, January 22, 2016
	Rick Prelinger on The Future of Memory (October 23, at 11 am EST)	0	Toronto International Film Festival	Reel Heritage - Rick Prelinger on The Future of Memory Friday October 23, 11am–12:30pm EST In recent years, traditional moving-image archives have faced challenges from the dramatic shift towards digital production and distribution, the effective end of photochemical preservation technology, the marginalization of the theatrical viewing experience, and the public demand for universal, instant and free access to media. In this public talk, Rick Prelinger, Founder of the Prelinger Archives and Associate Professor of Film & Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz, sets out a number of possible visions for the future of archives, and discusses some of the innovations that many cultural heritage institutions have already begun to experiment with today. Rick Prelinger founded Prelinger Archives in 1982. This collection of 60,000 advertising, educational, industrial and amateur films is now held by Library of Congress. In 2000 he collaborated with Internet Archive to build an open-access, freely downloadable digital moving-image collection that now contains over 6,500 titles. He has made seventeen urban history compilation films and two experimental feature films that have played at venues around the world. He currently is a professor of film and digital media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Watch the live stream: tiff.net/reelheritage Attend in-person: Tickets are free and are available two hours before the event’s start time at the Steve & Rashmi Gupta Box Office at TIFF Bell Lightbox, located at Reitman Square, 350 King Street West. This event is part of TIFF's Reel Heritage initiative, an on-going series of educational sessions dedicated to the access to and management of moving image collections in Ontario and beyond. Through panel discussions, workshops, film screenings and networking sessions, Reel Heritage will bring together scholars, archivists, filmmakers, curators, and postsecondary students to examine the opportunities and challenges faced by both large moving image collections and smaller repositories, such as those found in regional archives and small libraries. This event will also be added to Higher Learning Digital Resource Hub for the benefit of postsecondary students, faculty and practitioners. by Toronto International Film Festival Thursday, October 15, 2015
	Nottingham International Microfilm Festival: October 15-20, 2015	0	M. Gallagher	Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the Nottingham International Microfilm Festival (NIM) will take place October 15-20, 2015. This is the first UK event to focus on microfilm (short narrative formats) and includes a unique program of events, screenings, master classes and presentations by major industry and academic figures. The festival brings together industry, government and scholars to identify opportunities for production/distribution, talent development, educational and research opportunities. The festival concludes with a summit on the microfilm phenomenon, with guests from the US, UK, China and beyond. Major names presenting include representatives from Dolby, RED Digital Cinema and UCLA. You can find out more about the festival, participants, program and ticket information at www.nimfestival.com. The event is organized by the Nottingham Screen Partnership, a consortium of academia, industry and local government: www.nottinghamscreenpartnership.com. For further information please contact Gianluca Sergi at gianluca.sergi@nottingham.ac.uk. by M. Gallagher Thursday, September 24, 2015
	CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS MISFITS 2015	0	Debbie R. Rush	CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS MISFITS 2015 October 23–24, 2015 General $50 / Students $25 Misfits 2015: Time-Based Media and the Museum is a two-day symposium (October 23–24, 2015) that focuses on the ways that “misfit” artworks—film, video, sound, and digital works—entered into collecting institutions, and the ongoing challenges these works present for exhibition and preservation. Drawing on CMOA’s own history as a significant catalyst during the 1970s—as a nexus of avant-garde film practice and presentation, and as pioneering publisher of The Film and Video Makers Travel Sheet—"Misfits 2015" will focus on the contexts in which time-based collections were formed and explore the potential of a coordinated preservation model for time-based works that ensures ongoing access. Register now at http://www.cmoa.org/misfits/. While attending Misfits 2015, guests will also have an opportunity to view CMOA’s exhibition The Living Need Light, The Dead Need Music, a visual and musical journey through the spectacular funerary traditions of South Vietnam. Created by artist collective The Propeller Group, the video follows brass band musicians, spiritual mediums, professional criers, and street performers through the mournful and euphoric public ceremonies of a multi-day wake: a set of colorful rituals that resonate with funeral traditions in New Orleans and other parts of the “global south.” Shot in ultra-high-definition video, and produced with the technical sophistication of a Hollywood film, it immerses viewers in a lush and captivating dreamlike atmosphere. Misfits Presenters include: Philip Auslander: Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Benjamin Balcom: Curator, Microlights, and Associate Lecturer in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Erika Balsom: Lecturer in Film Studies and Liberal Arts, King’s College, London Maeve Connolly: Lecturer in Film and Animation, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dublin Matthew Cowan: Archivist, Moving Images and Photography, Oregon Historical Society, Portland Brad Epley: Chief Conservator, The Menil Collection, Houston Kathy Geritz: Film Curator, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Martina Haidvogl and Peter Oleksik: Fellow, Contemporary Art Conservation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and Assistant Media Conservator, Museum of Modern Art, New York, respectively Mona Jimenez: Associate Professor, Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, and Associate Director, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, New York University John Klacsmann: Archivist, Anthology Film Archives, New York Ross Lipman: independent archivist/Conner Family Trust/Milestone Films Lindsay Mattock: Assistant Professor, School of Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City Megan McShea: Audiovisual Archivist, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Sheryl Mousley: Senior Curator, Moving Image, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Stephanie Sapienza: Project Manager, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, College Park Michelle Silva: Conner Family Trust and Estate of George Kuchar Rani Singh: Principal Project Specialist & Consulting Curator, Modern and Contemporary Collections, Getty Research Institute, and Director of Harry Smith Archives, Los Angeles Amy Sloper: Film Archivist, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison Linda Tadic: Founder and CEO, Digital Bedrock Andrew Uroskie: Associate Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art and Director, MA/PhD Program in Art History, Criticism & Theory, Stony Brook University Haidee Wasson: Associate Professor of Cinema Studies, Concordia University, Montreal Michael Zryd: Associate Professor in Cinema & Media Studies, York University, Toronto by Debbie R. Rush Thursday, September 10, 2015

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