Final EUscreen Conference
posted June 20, 2012
Television Heritage and the Web 13-14 September 2012 ELTE University, Budapest, Hungary EUscreen, the best-practice network for Europe’s television heritage, has announced its third and final international conference on Television Heritage and the Web. The programme consists of two workshops, a plenary session with keynotes, and case studies. Attendance is free but online registration is
J-Film Goes Global
posted June 18, 2012
Anime, J-horror, and Japanese personal documentary and “ethnic cinema” have gone global, and that’s in good part due to the advent of digital technology. So writes Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano in Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age, just out from the University of Hawai’i Press. The associate professor of film studies at Carleton University in Ottawa explores
J-Film Goes Global
posted June 18, 2012
Anime, J-horror, and Japanese personal documentary and "ethnic cinema" have gone global, and that's in good part due to the advent of digital technology.
Instant Cinema: Experimental Media Art Online
posted June 13, 2012
Instant Cinema is a platform for experimental film, video, and computer art designed “to compensate for half a century of under-exposure ... by exhibiting some of the great classics of recent history, side by side with the work of today’s most talented media artists.”
National Film Preservation Foundation Helps to Save Films by Tod Browning, John Cage, and Many Others
posted June 13, 2012
The National Film Preservation Foundation has announced grant awards designed to save 60 endangered films.
Wunderkino: Polavision, Operation Ditty, and the Avant-Garde
posted June 12, 2012
Amazing and extraordinary studies of amateur and non-theatrical films is what the organizers of Wunderkino asked for, and they have now announced what they got.
Roxy Rothafel, Begetter of American Entertainment
posted June 5, 2012
Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel was one of the most extraordinary founders of modern American entertainment. During his life (1882-1936), he was a film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity – an influential figure of the silent era who helped to bring together film, music, and live performance. As
An Interview with Giovanna Fossati, Film Archivist and Curator
posted May 23, 2012
Film archivist and curator Giovanna Fossati, head curator at EYE Film Institute Netherlands and the author of "From Grain to Pixel: The Archive Life of Film in Transition," speaks to MIAN contributing writer Caylin Smith.
New Books, and More New Books
posted May 22, 2012
New books related to film and other moving-image formats continue to appear at a dizzying rate. On our book pages you can read all about them, and in some cases read about authors’ experiences in searching archives for research material, on film or other media. And, descriptions of many more are coming soon.
Support the National Film Preservation Foundation
posted May 18, 2012
One week each year, moving-image related bloggers take time to raise money for the fine work of the National Film Preservation Foundation. This is that week – in fact, the Blogathon ends today, although that needn’t prevent you donating to the cause, whenever you happen to read this post.