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Here we share posts related to events, programs, news and actions specifically focused on photochemical film projection, like all-film retrospectives, prints of new films being shown, preserved prints available, etc.
‘Film on Film’ again!
The British Film Institute just revealed the lineup for the 2025 Film on Film Festival, to be held June 12-15 […]
Watching Nitrate!
The eighth Nitrate Picture Show is opening today on the site of what used to be the estate of Georges Eastman, founder […]
“Thingness over Illustration” All Straub-Huillet on film in Paris
Covering the 1975 New York Film Festival, critics Manny Farber and Patricia Paterson described the style of Moses and Aaron […]
Introducing filmprojection21’s 16mm test film
A unique 16mm test film has been produced under the banner of filmprojection21 by L’Abominable with the dedicated tools that […]
‘Navigators’ Released on 35mm in France
Noah Teichner’s feature-length essay film Navigators, which premiered on 35mm at the festival Cinéma du Réel in 2022, was released […]
Navire Argo Project Will Include a Film Collection and a Cinema
The French collective of filmmakers known as L’Abominable is currently working on setting up its artist-run film lab in the […]
“Celluloid Now” festival opening soon
September 15th will be the opening day of the first edition of Celluloid Now in Chicago: four days of screenings, […]
Many film projections coming up in A Coruña!
For its 12th edition, which starts on May 28th, (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico relaunches its trademark on-site activities, […]
Her Name Was Europa (2020) at the Viennale
In the coming days, Her Name Was Europa, the new feature by the Berlin-based duo Ojoboca will be screened in […]
3 projection workshops in the upcoming Oberhausen FF
Not just one. The Oberhausen film festival will propose three projection workshops alongside the regular programs coming up in May. […]
“Le film est déjà commencé ?” once again and in 35mm!
Tuesday, February 4th, 2020, will see the premiere of the newly restored 35mm print of Maurice Lemaître’s Lettrist masterpiece Le […]
Advanced 16mm Projection Workshop in Chicago: Sep. 21st & 22nd, 2019
This workshop is offered as a collaboration between Chicago Film Society, L’Abominable, Process Reversal, and Chicago Film Archives, under the […]
Oberhausen FF opens “Labs” section
The current edition of the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival has opened a new section called “Labs” dedicated to work […]
Cinéma du Réel celebrates Tacita Dean
The Cinéma du Réel film festival in Paris will soon present a 13-film retrospective of the work of Tacita Dean, […]
Ted Fendt’s new 16mm feature opens at Berlinale
Young American director Ted Fendt’s second feature length film, Classical Period, will soon be shown in 16mm in the Forum […]
Max Ophuls’ “La Ronde” once again in 35mm
French distributor Carlotta is re-releasing Max Ophuls’ ‘La Ronde’ (1950) both digitally and as a brand new 35mm print. Quoting […]
Gran Lux celebrates film in St-Etienne, France
Gran Lux opens a ten-day film feast celebrating photochemical projection in its myriad forms. The event, “Eden”, is taking place […]
“Film in the present tense” symposium is coming up
In spite of claims of its obsolescence, analog film is still alive. It continues to exist as an inimitable artistic […]
“L’Atalante”, restored and shown at Cannes in 35mm
French major Gaumont is unveiling the fourth restoration of Jean Vigo’s extraordinary film L’Atalante (1934). The only feature-length piece that […]
3/5 is Reel Film Day
Mark your calendars, cinephiles. 35mm film will be alive in all its glory on March 5 — or 3/5. A […]
A new 35mm print of
“La Belle Noiseuse, Divertimento”
Hervé Pichard – January 10, 2017. (Vers l’article original en français) Sometimes, the photochemical triumphs over the digital… The Cinémathèque […]
Analog vs. digital with Cinemateca Portuguesa
On Friday, January 13th, 2017, Cinemateca Portuguesa in Lisbon, celebrating the 20th anniversary of its ANIM preservation center, organizes a […]
TIFF’s campaign to save 1300+ film prints
TIFF is embarking on a project to preserve more than 1300 prints, coming mainly from NBC Universal, Mongrel Media, and […]
filmprojection21.org
is on-line / en ligne / en línea
We are happy to announce the appearance of filmprojection21.org, an initiative conceived around the concrete commitment represented by the Charter […]
filmprojection21.org
coming up / bientôt / pronto…
A website for those who care about photochemical film projection… Un site pour ceux à qui la projection sur support […]