The 125th Anniversary 2 1/2 min. program will feature: Surf at Monterey, Band Drill and Serpentine Dance 7:30 – 9:00 pm – Speakers Charlie Musser, Yale University: “The Vitascope in NYC: Some Highlights” – Tom Gunning, University of Chicago: “All the World on a Screen: Making Up the First Film…
The Cinema Museum in London and Kennington Bioscope present ‘Back in Focus: The Centenary of William Friese-Greene’ an online screening and discussion celebrating the centenary of William Friese-Greene. Mark your calendars for May 5, 2021 at 7PM (London) See the program description below. More information and…
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…
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 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…
We are thrilled to invite you to the pre-release of the new Domitor Volume, the 2016 Stockholm Conference Proceedings on Corporeality. The launch will take place in Pordenone, at the Film Fair, 2nd floor of the Teatro Verdi, on Tuesday, October 9, at 6pm. On behalf…
l Going to Pordenone? Then save the date, Sunday, October 7 at 3:45pm, for the world premier of Don Crafton’s play, “Winsor and Gertie” at Le Giornate del cinema muto. The highlight is its inclusion of the live performance of the brand new reconstruction of…
At the Ambler Theater’s First Annual 35mm Film Festival in Pennsylvania, in April 2018, Lou DiCrescenzo and Jesse Crooks demonstrated an 1897 Edison Projection Kinetoscope, which was one of many vintage projectors in Lou’s collection. The performance was documented by Peter Flynn and is
ITALIAN MELODRAMAS AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE ARTS Silent films series with live musical accompaniment and workshops February 1-17, 2018 The Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation and the Labex Arts-H2H of Université Paris 8, in partnership with the Université Paris Lumières, get together to present an exceptional program of silent…
Love The 11th Orphan Film Symposium April 11-14, 2018 Museum of the Moving Image, New York Deadline to submit one-page proposals for presentations (15 to 30 minutes) that include the screening of seldom-seen material: August 28, 2017 Scholars, archivists, curators, media artists, preservationists, collectors, and other enthusiasts are invited to come…
British Silent Film Festival Symposium 2017 6th & 7th April 2017 King’s College, London The British Silent Film Festival affords scholars, archivists and enthusiasts the opportunity to re-asses film-making in Britain between 1895 and 1930. By bringing forgotten films out of the archive, and encouraging scholarly activity…
