Two Projection Workshops Coming Soon

 

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 theoretical understanding of a variety of topics related to analog film and its theatrical presentation (film formats, sound systems, projector mechanisms, etc).

 

Over the course of the workshop, participants will receive hands-on 35mm projection training, which includes handling analog film prints, threading a projector, performing change-overs, and more.

 

Imagine a venue filled with projectors on all sides… Two weeks later, another workshop in collaboration with the Swiss Cinematheque will take place at Lichtspiel / Cinémathèque de Berne, an incredible location dedicated to analog film in the capital of Switzerland. The two-day program will focus on the inspection of film prints and equipment care and maintenance, including the exciting but tricky (or rather: tricky but exciting) question of restarting projection equipment that hasn’t been used for a long period of time.

 

As the announcement points out, many films are and will remain undigitized, and maintaining projection equipment and know-how is of utmost importance to be able to continue providing the experience of film projection to future audiences.