FIAF and the Association of European Cinematheques join forces again to offer two projection workshops at ACE member cinematheques this Spring. The Swedish Film Institute is organizing a 4-day projection workshop intended to strengthen the capability to project photochemical film in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) and Estonia. Fifteen projectionists hailing from a variety of independent venues, festivals, museums and cinematheques have confirmed their participation at this event, which will take place at the end of May at the beautiful Film House/Filmhuset in Stockholm. This venue, which is home to the Swedish Film Institute, is equipped with a Philips DP70 for 35mm and 70mm film, a Kinoton FP-38E for 35mm and 16mm film, as well as a Kinoton FP18 for 16mm film. An online distance learning program, which will precede the workshop, will provide a ...
An interview with Elena Rossi-Snook, the film archivist who takes care of the 16mm collection at the New York Public L... Playing on the meaning of the Latin word ‘focus’ referring to ‘fire’, filmmaker Jean-Marie Straub used to say that when fi...
filmprojection21.org a été lancé en 2016 parallèlement à la publication de la Charte de la projection cinématographique au XXIème siècle, qui a rapidement été signée par de nombreux festivals de cinéma, cinémathèques, salles de projection, cinéastes, programmateurs, etc., pour qui la projection de films photochimiques importait. En signant la charte, ces organisations et ces personnes s’engageait à privilégier la projection de films sur pellicule chaque fois qu’une copie était disponible et à dûment annoncer la nature de ce qu’elles projetaient dans leurs programmes.
En 2016, la conversion des salles de cinéma commerciales à la projection numérique était encore récente dans la plupart des régions du monde, et l’expérience de la projection de films, bien que clairement menacée, était encore relativement courante. Le temps a passé, et une dizaine d’années plus tard, la projection de films photochimiques se trouve dans une situation critique, tout en devenant plus appréciée, car sa rareté attire de nouveaux publics. LIRE L’ÉDITORIAL
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