2007 AMIA Conference
The 2007 conferenceof the Association for Moving Image Archivists was held this autumn in Rochester NY, the home of Kodak, the George Eastman House, and RIT’s Image Permanence Institute. This was my...
View ArticleHerzog Week in Philadelphia
In conjunction with a Slought Foundation exhibition, West Philly is host to a different Herzog event every night this week. Tonight a screening of Encounters at the End of the World at the...
View ArticleHerzog Consolation Prize
If you were, like me, bodily removed by police from the Herzog event due to overcrowding, you can console yourself by downloading the audio file of the Slought Foundation event here, or catch a video...
View ArticlePanoramas of the Moving Image at MOMA
In addition to the installation, MOMA is running two screenings of Gehr’s works later this month. “Experimental media artist Ernie Gehr’s Panoramas of the Moving Image (2005) is a synchronized...
View ArticleOne Film
Companion to the One Book, One Philadelphia project, Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun has been selected for the inaugural run of One Film, One Philadelphia. During the One Film program period, Empire of...
View ArticleTemple MFA student Tom Quinn wins Slamdance Grand Jury Award
Quinn’s “The New Year Parade” earned him the Slamdance Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature. The prize includes a $15,000 Credit at Filmworksfx, an LP3 Pictures Grip, Electric, and Studio...
View ArticleUFVA Fair Use & Free Speech Contest – $500 for best fair use!
The University Film & Video Association will award a short documentary by a student or faculty member that follows best practices for fair use. Deadline is one month away! See details here.
View ArticleA Modern Cabinet of Curiosities: George Kleine and the Educational Film
Temple’s own Oliver Gaycken will speak on “A Modern Cabinet of Curiosities: George Kleine and the Educational Film” at University of Pennsylvania’s Department of History and Sociology of Science....
View ArticleDiscussion of Global Bollywood: Transnational Travels of the Song-Dance Sequence
CULTURE, CAPITAL, AND THE MAKING OF THE NEW INDIA An annual faculty research seminar at Temple University convened by Priya Joshi, Department of English Welcoming Sangita Gopal, University of Oregon...
View Article“Cultural Politics, Women’s Rights, and Recent Tunisian Film”
On Friday, 25 April 2008 join Temple University’s Suzanne Gauch and Jessica Winegar for a discussion on “Cultural Politics, Women’s Rights, and Recent Tunisian Film.” The event will be held at the...
View ArticleMay 10th 2008 is Pangea Day
Pangea Day channel in YouTube “In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that –...
View ArticleFritz Lang’s Lost Metropolis – Rediscovered!
Thought long lost since 1927 — a full eighty years ago — an almost completely intact 16mm print of the original full-length premiere version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis has surfaced in the archives of...
View ArticleSparky Awards join with Campus Moviefest
For immediate release October 2, 2008 For more information, contact: Jennifer McLennan SPARC (202) 296-2296 jennifer@arl.org SPARKY AWARDS LINK UP WITH CAMPUS MOVIEFEST; JUDGES PANEL TO INCLUDE NEW...
View ArticleTemple University Cinématheque Resurrected at The Reel Student Cinema
Temple University Cinématheque offers film lovers the opportunity to view films of artistic excellence and historical importance in their intended format. All screenings are presented as 35MM prints on...
View ArticleHelp out the Temple Cinematheque
“Would you like to see repertory screenings at Temple next semester? The Main Campus Program Board, the student-run body that oversees programming at The Reel Student Cinema, is currently deliberating...
View ArticlePIFVA Movie Mash Up and Holiday Party
Wednesday 12/17 at Johnny Brenda’s… PIFVA’s www.pifva.org end of year networking and holiday party – open to membership and the public at large! Bring your 10 min max.home movies in super8, reg8 or...
View ArticleEARLY EDUCATIONAL: CLASSROOM FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA
EARLY EDUCATIONAL: CLASSROOM FILMS OF THE SILENT ERA (2009 edition) & live music at The Secret Cinema at Moore Friday, January 30 8:00 pm Admission: $7.00 Moore College of Art & Design 20th...
View ArticlePretty Things: Cinema’s Geopolitics of the Decorative
From the Philadelphia Cinema and Media Seminar: Pretty Things: Cinema’s Geopolitics of the Decorative Rosalind Galt, University of Sussex Respondent: Elena Gorfinkel, Bryn Mawr College Friday, January...
View ArticlePerils of Youth at the Temple Cinematheque
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY CINEMATHEQUE presents Perils of Youth a 16MM double feature screening with a special introductory short subject Friday, February 13th Room 3, Annenberg Hall 2020 North 13th Street...
View ArticleQueer Space in China: Stanley Kwan’s Lan Yu
Wednesday, February 18th, at 2:30 PM in Paley Library’s Lecture Hall, join a conversation with David Eng. Eng presents his engaging point of view on cinema studies, LGBTQ studies and Asian studies. A...
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