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)…
Join Poster House Collections Manager Melissa Walker for a curatorial tour of the exhibition Experimental Marriage: Women in Early Hollywood. Learn about the women who shaped the early silent film industry through lobby cards for movies written, directed, produced, art-directed, or edited by them.
Domitor is happy to circulate the CFP for the 2022 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…
The seventh edition of the Pirmoji Banga Film Festival, a film festival dedicated to early cinema in Lithuania will be held from September 15 to 18 in Vilnius. All information and the full program’s festival can be found on their website and on the…
On Thursday, Sep. 29, 12-1 New York time / 1800-1900 Paris time come celebrate the publication of two books about Méliès by the University of Michigan Press written by Matthew Solomon and Madeleine Malthête Méliès. This event will include the screening of a newly digitized…
The Sixth International Conference Colour in Film will be held on 9/25-9/28/2022 at the Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Berne, Switzerland. It’s co-organized again by Prof. Dr. Barbara Flueckiger for the University of Zurich with Dr. Elza Tantcheva-Burdge for Colour Group (GB) and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ruedel for…
Rob Byrne, our dear colleague from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, has alerted us about the reconfiguration plans currently threatening the Castro Theater, the very home of the SFSFF and an important San Francisco landmark. We are sharing his call for help with you…
Applications for the much anticipated Collegium of the Giornate del Cinema Muto is now open ! The Collegium provides the opportunity to 12 people under 30 who are eager to experience the festival’s screenings through a structured programme in which conversation is privileged over lecture. Each…
