Kino Lorber issued earlier this year two new volumes of 2K and 4K restorations of Alice Guy Blaché’s films, extensively covering her career both in France and the United-States. Volume 2, in particular, features many films from the Solax years made available for the first…
Professor Vanessa Toulmin has initiated a fundraising call for the beautiful Winter Gardens in Morecambe: The Morecambe Winter Gardens was where the Mitchell & Kenyon films of Morecambe and Lancaster were shown and appears on the films. It was also the place where The…
The members of the Domitor Executive Committee stand in solidarity with the protesters who demand justice for the murder of George Floyd and all black, brown and Indigenous individuals and people of color who have suffered abuse, carceral surveillance, systemic racism, and tragic death at…
As cinemas and theatres have closed down around the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as more and more of us get used to the idea of quarantining at home, film historian Steve Massa and musician Ben Model have launched the “Silent Comedy Watch…
Dear Domitorians, We hope you are staying safe. In light of the latest developments of the Corona Virus / COVID-19 – i.e. travel bans, global closure and cloistering, uncertainties for the entire semester and time required for individual planning (not mentioning research), we confirm that the Domitor…
Earlier this year, the Brazilian Association of Audiovisual Preservation (ABPA) circulated a letter denouncing serious impediments to the regular activities of research, preservation and exhibition at the Cinemateca Brasileira and the Cinemateca Capitólio in Porto Alegre. Cinemateca Brasileira, São Paulo Such difficulties are the direct…
Cinema in France from 1908 to 1919 International Conference Paris (France) April 2021 Language: French or English Deadline: March 31st, 2020 Extension of the deadline: May 30st, 2020 Announce of the deadline extension and updated call for papers Call for papers (French + English) Website of the ANR Project “History…
On the eve of their 6-year anniversary, the Women Film Pioneers Project relaunched a reimagined and reinvigorated home for their digital resource as part of their continued commitment to the advancement of research on women filmmakers in the silent era. Here are the…
Invitation to attend the screening and study sessions SCREENING THE PAST (28-29 October 2019), made to Domitor members by the director of the Filmoteca de Catalunya, Esteve Riambau: Dear friends and colleagues, The Filmoteca de Catalunya is pleased to inform you of SCREENING THE PAST, films shot in…
The British Film Institute has created an online course looking in detail at the birth of cinema in late Victorian times 1895-1901. Their expert guides (Bryony Dixon, Mark Reid, Gemma Starkey) will make you: Investigate the late Victorian period in Britain. Unravel and discuss common myths about…
Message by Doron Galili: Dear friends of Domitor, I am deeply saddened to inform you that last week, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, Israeli early cinema historian Joseph (Yossi) Halachmi passed away at the age of 86. A long-time member and avid supporter of Domitor,…
Tracing Movement: Locomotion Study, Photography and the Emergence of Cinema An exhibition curated by Michael Cowan Presented at the Byre Theatre, within the 2019 St Andrews Photography Festival October 4-31, 2019 Drawing on materials from St Andrews’ Special Collections, this exhibition examines how the science of animal locomotion helped…
THE MUSICAL ORPHANAGE A two-parts programme of British “Silent” Films with their original synchronized music, curated by Tony Fletcher with John Sweeney at the Piano. I. Sound film before 1930 In this programme presented by Tony Fletcher, British films predating the widespread adoption of sound-on-film are exceptionnally presented…
Animatograph! How Cinema Was Born in Haringey Bruce Castle Museum presents an exhibition dedicated to British film pioneer Robert W. Paul, who founded an innovative studio on Muswell Hill in the late 19th century. Celebrating Paul’s 150th anniversary, the show includes fascinating early cinema technology, historical…
Audience Lost: Minority Women and Spectatorship International Conference Ghent University, Belgium November 22-23, 2019 Language: English Call for papers detail
Experimental Media Archaeology in the Classroom Themed issue of: Early Popular Visual Culture special issue Deadline for proposals: December 1, 2018 Call for proposals detail
RADICALS 2019 NYU Orphan Film Symposium Austrian Film Museum, Vienna June 7-8, 2019 Language: English Call for papers detail Deadline for proposals: December 10, 2018
SISTERS The 10th Women and the Silent Screen Conference hosted by the 5th Eye International Conference Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam May 25-28, 2019 Language: English Conference detail Deadline for proposals: November 30, 2019
