Cineteca di Bologna is happy to take part in the #IorestoinSALA initiative that wants the quality movie theater experience available on the internet. To launch the circuit that includes more than 70 cinemas from all over Italy with the collaboration of a great number of distributors and of mymovies.it, there will be one of the best movies of the year, recipient of the Silver Bear for Best Screenplay at the 70th Berlinale.
In this installment of our series on film archives’ offers during the COVID-19 crisis, we will discuss what ACE members from the Balkan Peninsula are organizing for their audiences.
CRNOGORSKA KINOTEKA has created a series of videos presenting different Montenegrin cities through time with material from the archives and an added soundtrack by Montenegrin alternative bands. This initative follows the contribution the Film Archive has provided to the film program of the Second Program of RTCG. The cycle “Crnogorski gradovi kroz vrijeme” can also be watched on the Crnogorska Kinoteka’s website. Via the following link you can watch one of the most recently published videos and have access to the others available: https://kinoteka.me/2020/05/19/crnogorski-gradovi-kroz-vrijeme-herceg-novi/
The festival “Il cinema svizzero contemporaneo – I film che non ti aspetti” is an online film festival dedicated to the contemporary Swiss cinema. It is organised by Cineteca di Milano with the support of the Swiss general consulate in Milan, with the collaboration of Cinema Svizzero from Venezia and with the contribution of the Swiss Institute.
The week between May 13 and 21 will see the premiere of 20 films between documentaries and feature length movies, an homage to the Swiss director Lionel Baier, an homage to the Swiss photographer René Burri and live conversations with directors.
In this installment of our series on film archives’ offers during the COVID-19 crisis, we will discuss what ACE members from Northern Europe are organizing for their audiences.
SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET has launched a new short film venture with special funds of the value of SEK 200,000. The investment consists of eight development grants of SEK 25,000 each to create short feature films that depict our present in the shadow of the Corona virus. The project is for both established filmmakers and new talent and its aim is to enhance as many different voices as possible. The short films must be produced in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Authority. The deadline for application is June 14. For more information, click on the following link: https://pressroom.filminstitutet.se/pressrelease/view/corona-2020-ny-kortfilmssatsning-fran-filminstitutet-18171
In this installment of our series on film archives’ offers during the COVID-19 crisis, we will discuss what ACE members from Germany and Austria are organizing for their audiences.
DFF – DEUTSCHES FILMINSTITUT FILMMUSEUM has an entire section on its website dedicated to its digital offer. There are a video tour through the permanent exhibition “Filmisches Sehen” with curator Stefanie Plappert, ideas on how to introduce children to film culture with games, streaming tips from DFF staff, virtual exhibition and videos. To find out more, click on the following link: https://www.dff.film/coronavirus/
In this installment of our series concerning film archives’ offers during the COVID-19 crisis, we will discuss what ACE members from the Iberian Peninsula are organizing for their audiences.
LA CINEMATECA PORTUGUESA has created “Gestos & Fragmentos”, a selection of films, museum pieces and records of the life in the Cinematheque. It is described as an enhanched version of the already existing initiative named “Cinemateca Digital” (that will still remain on the website). There are four different sections: films to see this week (a series of features from Portoguese Cinema with a temporary availability), a larger Cinemateca Júnior, “O museu vai a casa” which displays a series of pre-cinema objects from their collection and “Textos & Imagens” dedicated to reflections raised by items from the collection of their Documentation and Information Center. To find out more, click on the following link: http://www.cinemateca.pt/Cinemateca/Noticias/A-CINEMATECA,-A-DIFUSAO-EM-LINHA-E-A-SALA-DE-CINEM.aspx
In this installment of our series on film archives’ offers during the COVID-19 crisis, we will discuss what ACE members from Eastern Europe are organizing for their audiences.
FILMOTEKA NARODOWA from Poland highlights a home film competition named “Mistrzowskie wyzwania”. The rules are simple: stay at home, make a film (max. 3 minutes long) and send the file. There will be two rounds: one that has started on the 23rd with the participation of Jagoda Szelc and one starting on May 4 featuring Paweł Łoziński. The winners will receive prizes totaling PLN 2,000 and have their short featured on the prestigious Ninateka website. To find out more, click on the following link: https://fina.gov.pl/mistrzowskie-wyzwania-domowy-konkurs-filmowy/
ACE has decided to highlight the initiatives organised by its members during these difficult times, in which film archives have to reinvent themselves online. It’s in moments like these that we need culture, cinema, more than ever. After exploring the Italian film archives’ initiatives, now it is time to explore the francophone area’s offer.
Film:ReStored 2020 has decided to postpone the deadline for subsmissions for this years edition due to the circumstances related to the Corona epidemic. The deadline is now on May 15th.
For more information, click on the following link: https://www.deutsche-kinemathek.de/en/visit/festivals-symposiums
ACE has decided to award 5 (one more than last year) deserving participants of the 2020 FIAF Film Restoration Summer School with a scholarship in the amount of 750€:
