The annual Congress of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) usually starts with a two day symposium on some subject of interest to the delegates from as many as 160 different countries. This year’s symposium, organized by the China Film Archive in Beijing on April 22 and 23 considered the history and preservation of animation.
Archival Spaces: Memory, Images, History
May 4, 2012 - 11:44 am
April 20, 2012 - 11:18 am
Last weekend, Turner Classic Movies staged their 3rd annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Los Angeles.
April 6, 2012 - 9:19 am
It never occurred to me that after our great adventure last fall with “L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema,” I would be writing this kind of blog so soon after. It is with deep sadness that I have to announce the passing of our brother, Jamaa Fanaka, on April 1, 2012.
March 27, 2012 - 3:25 pm
The buzz at Cinefest in Syracuse last weekend was palpable. For days, I heard that Mamba was going to be the event of the four-day festival. Here was a film made in 1930 that probably had not been seen in this country for at least 75 years or more.
March 16, 2012 - 11:35 am
I first became aware of Saul Bass in the early 1990s. Through my work as curator at George Eastman House, I had met various film poster dealers at collector conventions, like the Syracuse Cinefest and (now L.A. based) Cinecon.
