Herbert Birett (21.8.1934 – 24.1.2015) is well known to many researchers in film history, not only because of his two widespread reference books “Das Filmangebot in Deutschland 1895 – 1911” (1991) and “Verzeichnis in Deutschland gelaufener Filme. Entscheidungen der Filmzensur 1911–1920. Berlin, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart”…
The George Eastman Museum and the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) are proud to announce the public launch of Film Atlas, a new, freely accessible online resource documenting the history of film as a physical medium. Now live to the general public for the…
We are pleased to present the call for proposals for the 19th International Domitor Conference, “(Dis)locating Early Cinema: Exchange, Extraction, Environment,” to be held at the Federal Fluminense University in Niterói, Brazil from June 10 to 13, 2026. The call for papers (in English, French,…
We are thrilled to share with you the first issue of our new bulletin, attached below. We hope that it will become a lively platform to share information about matters concerning early cinema. We would like to invite all of you to participate. While communications…
On Tuesday, February 4, at 7 p.m., Jean-Claude Seguin Vergara will present his book El cinematógrafo en España (1896-1906) at the Cine Doré (Filmoteca Española) in Madrid. Le mardi 4 février, à 19 h, Jean-Claude Seguin Vergara présente son livre El cinematógrafo en España (1896-1906) au…
“Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema” June 11-14, 2025 Université libre de Bruxelles, University of Antwerp, and Cinematek Full information at this link. The CFP is reproduced below. *** The 2025 Women and Film History International conference committee is thrilled to announce the Twelfth International Women and the Silent…
Crafts, Trades, and Techniques of Early Cinema, edited by Ian Christie, Priska Morrissey, Louis Pelletier, Valentine Robert, Jean-Pierre Sirois-Trahan, and Tami Williams, has been released by Michigan Publishing. Publisher/Bookseller These proceedings of the 16th conference of Domitor includes 26 studies and numerous rarely seen figures dealing…
An encyclopedic online resource pairing high resolution imagery with scholarly essays to document the history of film as a physical medium from the dawn of cinema to the present. Facilitated by collaboration between international archives, this dynamic reference, research and teaching tool will offer a comprehensive visual guide to…
via Rafael de Luna: The Audiovisual Preservation University Lab at Universidade Federal Fluminense (LUPA-UFF), in Niterói, Brazil, participated in the creation of two networks, one national and the other international. The first is RUAAv–University Network of Audiovisual Collections, involving audiovisual preservation initiatives in Brazilian universities. The…
Domitor past presidents Tami Williams and Ian Christie were interviewed by NitrateVille Radio as part of an episode devoted to “Academics and Vintage Film.” They discuss the founding of Domitor, meetings at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, and much beyond. Keep listening for Mark Williams…
The inscription in David Bordwell’s titanic On the History of Film Style dedicates the book to la combriccola di Pordenone, loosely translated as “the gang at Pordenone.” The acknowledgements elaborate on the debt, when Bordwell credits those behind the venerable silent film festival for “opening…
Les opérateurs de prise de vues Pathé en marge d’un tournage, c. 1912© Photographie Pierre Trimbach, collection Fondation Pathé, fonds M. Gianati. February 9 and 10, 2024: Early cinema symposium at the Pathé Foundation in Paris: Le corps malade dans le cinéma des premiers temps (The…
A message from the 10 years of Lantern anniversary campaign from our partners, the Media History Digital Library: The Media History Digital Library (MHDL) catalog currently includes 2,874,881 pages of digitized books and magazines from the histories of film, broadcasting, and recorded sound. All free and…
Please find below the program of the conference “Early Cinema Through the Prism of the Avant-Garde : aesthetic, theoretical and historiographic considerations” which will be hosted by the University of Chicago, Center in Paris and Université Paris Cité on October 18th and 19th. If you want…
Synoptique is inviting submissions for a special issue entitled “Teaching Media Archives.” This special issue will explore strategies to activate student interest in archives and media preservation, bridging a gap between film and media education and the archival profession. These strategies may be those that…
Early Cinema in the British Empire CfP for Special Issue of Early Popular Visual Culture Guest edited by James M. Burns and Mario Slugan The dominant approach to early cinema (c.1893-1918) has been to treat it as an emblem of modernity ushering in the new age of urbanization…
Russell Merritt was part of the generation of scholars who built academic film studies in the United States. He began his pioneering work in early cinema research almost a decade before the famous FIAF Brighton conference, completing his PhD thesis entitled The Impact of D.…
Domitor is happy to circulate the CFP for the 2023 Domitor student essay award competition. The Domitor Student Essay Award is an annual competition designed to stimulate interest in the field of early cinema studies, to involve young scholars and archivists in the activities…
We are pleased to announce the results of the 2023 Domitor EC elections. First, many thanks to our executive committee, our candidates, and all who voted in the elections. We were thrilled to find candidates who will help to diversify our committee, internationally, and professionally, as…
Do not miss the upcoming 9.5mm conference organized by Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and Fondation Jérôme Seydoux Pathé, in partnership with with the HiCSA, the Lichtspiel, the FIAF, INEDITS and the Université Rennes 2. The conference is held in Paris at INHA (Dec 5)…
