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…
Due to the ongoing pandemic, unfortunately, we will be unable to hold the conference on-site and to meet in Culpeper as hoped. However, following the success of Domitor 2020 virtual conference, we are excited to announce that we will hold the Domitor 2022 conference online. We received…
Please find attached the CfP for the international conference ‘Off- and On-Screen: The “New Woman” in Early Russian Cinema’ that will be hosted by the University of Basel in September 2022. We sincerely hope we will be able to hold this conference in person. The…
The extended deadline to submit proposals for Domitor 2022, Dec 6, is approaching ! Please help us circulate the call for papers below widely to insure a successful conference. Thank you very much, and as always, for your support. *** The 2022 Domitor committee and the EC…
Following up on our pledge to work toward more diversity in early film studies, we invite candidates to apply for a $500 award to present a paper at the next Domitor Conference. This bursary supports research by scholars based in the Global South and/or…
The Visible Archive: Archiving, preserving, digitizing, and sharing ‘non-feature’ film collections Symposium of the 2022 FIAF Congress 25–26 April 2022, Budapest – Hosted by the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive Call for papers: Nowadays, great progress has been made worldwide in the digitization and restoration of…
The University of Southampton’s Centre for International Film Research is now accepting proposals for its conference : The little apparatus’ : 100 years of 9.5 films (16, 17, 18 June 2022) This event aims to reflect on the diverse use of 9.5mm film throughout its 100…
The 2022 Domitor committee and the EC is happy to circulate the Call for Papers for the next Domitor 2022 international conference: “Copy/Rights and Early Cinema.” In June 2022, at the Library of Congress in Culpeper, Virginia (USA), Domitor will host its 17th international…
Finding an Audience for (Silent) Film Heritage Today: Online Panel August 22, 2021, 4.30pm CEST As part of the Bonn International Silent Film Festival, archivists and curators from institutes and festivals ranging from the San Francisco Silent Film Festival to the Czech Film Archive (Národní filmový…
The Magic Lantern in Leisure, Entertainment and Popular CultureLocation: Photography Museum (FOMU) in Antwerp, BelgiumPre-conference Event at CINEMATEK Brussels on 4 May 2022This conference aims to bring together new research and scholarship on the many uses of the magic/optical lantern. The conference will also present and discuss…
