[Filmfestivalresearch] Archival Film Festivals

Greg DeCuir gdecuir at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 25 23:51:47 CET 2013


Alex, all:

Hello. I would be curious to know what the working definition of "archival" film festival is. As it stands, it looks like everything is included. When we say "archival" film festival or "archival" sidebar do we simply mean "retrospective"? I imagine all documentary festivals can be considered within the banner "archival", as a significant number of documentaries make use of archival material (or become archival material). 

To be specific, I can say that in 2009 our festival was organized under the theme "found footage", which means we had a large roundtable discussion on the topic (including archival studies) and we also published a volume on it. To be a bit broader, I can say that in the past few years one of the dominant trends in contemporary avant-garde film/video I have noticed is the use of archival (often amateur) footage. Are "archival" festivals determined by temporality, aesthetics, methodology? I'm very curious about the volume. Perhaps you would tease us with a preview of the table of contents. Good luck!

Sincerely,

Greg de Cuir, Jr

Selector/Programmer, Alternative Film/Video Belgrade
http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/


________________________________
 From: Alexander Philip Marlow-Mann <a.p.marlowmann at bham.ac.uk>
To: "'filmfestivalresearch at listcultures.org'" <filmfestivalresearch at listcultures.org> 
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 6:43 PM
Subject: [Filmfestivalresearch] Archival Film Festivals
 

Dear colleagues,

I am currently finalising the editing of the latest volume of the Film Festival Yearbook series, which will be dedicated to the subject of Archival Film Festivals and will probably be out in April-May (expect to hear more about this from Dina Iordanova and Stefanie van de Peer soon!) In the meantime I wanted to draw your attention to two of the tables which will feature in the appendices, the first listing Archival Film Festivals and the second a selection of significant Archival Sidebars from Major Film Festivals (see below).

In an effort to avoid overlooking anything important we are unaware of, we thought it might be a good idea to circulate this list first to the Film Festival Research group to ask if anybody is aware of any significant ommissions. In particular, we are keen to ensure that there is an accurate reflection of the geographical spread of festivals and to include more entries (if they exist) from Asia, Africa and from a few under-represented European countries (e.g. France). To be included, festivals must feature a significant quota of archival or non-current cinema, be it in the form of retrospectives, archival sidebars, or whatever.

I'd be very grateful to hear from you if you are aware of anything you think should be included.

Thanks in advance, and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Alex

Dr Alex Marlow-Mann
Lecturer in European Film / Acting Director of B-Film: The Birmingham Centre for Film Studies
Department of Art History, Film and Visual Studies
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
Ashley Building
The University of Birmingham
B15 2TT, UK

Tel: **44 (0)121-4148597
a.p.marlowmann at bham.ac.uk<mailto:a.p.marlowmann at bham.ac.uk>
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/historyofart/marlow-mann-alex.aspx


Archival Film Festivals

8Fest
Africa in Motion
Annual Buster Keaton Celebration
Annual Silent Film Festival
Australia's Silent Film Festival
Belye Stolby Film Festival
Bergman Film Week
Betzwood Film Festival
Biënnale, Eye Film Instituut (former  Filmmuseum Biënnale)
Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival
British Silent Film Festival
Capitolfest
Cinecon Classic Film Festival
Cinefest
Cinefest - International Festival of German Film Heritage
CinéMémoire
Cinesation
Cinevent Classic Film Convention
Classic French Film Festival
Denver Silent Film Festival
Fashion in Film Festival
Festival d'Aneres
Festival de Cine Recobrado
Festiwal Filmu Niemego
Festiwal Swieto Niemego Kina
Film-to-Film Festival
Film+MusikFest
Film & Musik in der Grossen Halle
Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema
Home Movie Day
Il Cinema Ritrovato
I mille occhi
Incontri Cinematografici di Grado
Ingolstädter Stummfilmtage
Internationale Stummfilmtage -Bonner Sommerkino
Internationale Stummfilmfestival Esslingen
Jornada Brasileira de Cinema Silencioso
Kansas Silent Film Festival
Karlsruher Stummfilmtage
Killruddery Film Festival
KRRR! 70mm Film Fest Krnov
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto
Le Printemps des Cinéconcerts
Lumière - Grand Lyon Film Festival
Manila Silent Film Festival
Mute Nights Odesa Silent Film Festival
Mykkäelokuvafestivaalit (Forssa Silent Film Festival)
Nitrate Film Festival
Opotiki Silent Film Festival
Orphan Film Symposium
Oslo 70mm Festival
Ottawa International Silent Film Festival
Plaza Classic Film Festival
Pomona Silent Film Festival
Pssst! Festival Nijemog Filma
Regensburger Stummfilmwoche
Retroback - International Classic Film Festival of Granada
Rimusicazioni
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Slapstick Silent Comedy Festival
Slapsticon
Solo für Licht
Sound of Silents Film Festival
Strade del Cinema
Stumfilmdager i Tromsø
Stumm & Laut
StummFilmMusikTage
TCM Classic Film Festival
To Save and Project: MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
Todd-AO Festival
Toronto Silent Film Festival
UCLA Festival of Preservation
UGA's Robert Osborne Film Festival
Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Vintage Film Festival
Voix du muet

A Selection of Significant Archival Sidebars of Major Film Festivals

Bangkok Experimental Film Festival
Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival
BFI  London Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
DOK Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Donostia Zinemaldia - San Sebastián International Film Festival
FESPACO - Festival Panafricain du Cinéma de Ouagadougou
FEST - International Film Festival
Festival de Cannes
Festival de Cine de Bogotá
Festival de Cine Santa Fe de Antioquia
Festival del Film Locarno
Festival do Rio
Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata
Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana
Festival International du Film de la Rochelle
goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
Hong Kong International Film Festival
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival
International Film Festival of India, Goa
International Film Festival of Kerala
International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Istanbul Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival
Jerusalem Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Kaunas International Film Festival
Kolkata Film Festival
LFS - Summer Film School
Ljubljana International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Mostra Internacional de Cinema em São Paulo
Mumbai Film Festival
New York Film Festival
Osian's-Cinefan
Festival of Indian, Asian & Arab Cinema
Shangai International Film Festival
Skopje Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Taipei Film Festival
Tampere Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival
Tokyo FILMeX
Venice International Film Festival
Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

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