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Date: Wed Mar 17 2004 - 09:02:51 PST
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From: Margarita De la Vega-Hurtado, Executive Director, IFS
March 10, 2004
IFS presents:
THE 50th ROBERT FLAHERTY FILM SEMINAR:
Inspired Filmmaking: 50 years of the Flaherty
June 12- June 19, 2004
VASSAR COLLEGE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
This year’s Seminar is curated by Susan Oxtoby, Director of Programming at
Cinematheque Ontario (Toronto). Oxtoby will look to the future of independent
documentary and avant-garde cinema as she leads a team of noted programmers in
culling works from the five decades of the Flaherty to represent the changing
aesthetics and issues in the present, past, and future of independent media. These
five historical programmers are: Ruth Bradley, Richard Herskowitz, Louis Massiah,
William Sloan, and Patricia Zimmermann. Selected works will be chosen from a broad
range of genres: documentary, experimental, essay films, animation, and narrative.
Such a structure will weave together the artists who have influenced the direction
of the media arts while celebrating The Flaherty in its essential and historical
role as the primary venue for dialogue around issue-oriented cinema.
The Seminar is open to all artists, practitioners, students and enthusiasts of
film and video. Detailed information can be found at WWW.FLAHERTYSEMINAR.ORG.
Registration has already begun. PLEASE REGISTER ON LINE.
Space for the seminar is limited so register early.
FELLOWSHIPS:
Partial and total financial assistance is available to qualified candidates to
attend the Seminar. A portion of grants-in-aid funding is designated for New
Jersey residents, thanks to the Geraldine R Dodge Foundation.
This year we have also received a generous grant from the Anonymous Fund of the
Philadelphia Foundation for students and emerging artists from the Philadelphia
area to attend the 50th Seminar.
Application instructions and forms can be found on our website. Applications must
be submitted via e-mail.
APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR GRANTS-IN-AID: FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2004.
Contact:
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> 1. Women In the Director's Chair Festival Starts Tomorrow!
> 2. Does 16mm exhibition exist in the following states ? (2)
> 3. copyright/copyleft
> 4. Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinema (2)
> 5. Capro 300 battery
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:03:12 -0600
> From: KJ Mohr <email suppressed>
> Subject: Women In the Director's Chair Festival Starts Tomorrow!
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> Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March 21
> @ the WIDC Theater in Chicago
>
> Featuring 20 programs of new work by women, girls and transgendered
> people from over 15 countries- with features, documentaries, shorts
> programs, panels, and receptions with visiting makers every day!
>
> Check our website for a complete program & details:
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> CHAIR INTERNATIONAL FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL</b></font></div>
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> <div align="center"><font color="#000000"><b>Wednesday, March 17 -
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> Chicago</font></div>
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> <div align="center"><font color="#000000">Featuring 20 programs of new
> work by women, girls and transgendered people from over 15 countries-
> with features, documentaries, shorts programs, panels, and receptions
> with visiting makers every day!</font></div>
> <div align="center"><font color="#000000"><br></font></div>
> <div align="center"><font color="#000000">Check our website for a
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:25:22 -0800
> From: Brook Hinton <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: Does 16mm exhibition exist in the following states ?
>
> Last time I was in Hailey, Bruce Willis owned the Liberty and it
> alternated between first run Hollywood stuff and community theater
> performances.
>
> There's an arts center in Ketchum (http://www.sunvalleycenter.org)
> which is probably a better bet for arranging any sort of experimental
> exhibition.
>
> Brook Hinton
>
> On Mar 15, 2004, at 7:26 AM, Alain LeTourneau wrote:
>
> > Anyone ever been to the Liberty Theater in Hailey,
> > Idaho?
> >
> >
> > Alain
> >
>
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:00:27 -0800
> From: Jim Kytola <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: copyright/copyleft
>
> I hope this thread is not being overly-combined with
> the discussion going on about copyright and online
> publications (and therefore overlooked by those who
> might be interested).
> Both topics are interesting (to me anyway) talking
> points in regard to ownership and its relation to art
> and the artist. My interest in an open-sourced
> film/video co-op comes from both positive experiences
> in the computer programming world and negative
> experiences in the film/video world. It seems to me
> that all spectrums of film/video have been co-opted by
> this idea of ownership and sometimes, ego. I think
> this is evident from corporate media all the way to
> the a-g (obviously in different measure). And I think
> a more free, more open-sourced, environment could
> serve its purpose in the art world, much the same way
> open-sourced software serves its purpose in a
> proprietary-driven world. I think this is especially
> true in regard to education, marketing and production.
> But the idea may be much more difficult to get behind
> in a visual media-based environment. On one side you
> have the dominance of capital with the corporate
> driven creation of film/video and on the other you
> have an ego barrier that must be overcome to get
> people used to the idea (open-sourced software, while
> given a huge boost in popularity during the dot-com
> days, still suffers in support - although things are
> getting better). What I'm suggesting is not only
> starting the process by releasing a project in the
> already established places (thank you Jim Flannery for
> your links - I will be checking them out), but
> creating a community to push the development of the
> idea and supply resources for like-minded artists.
>
> Now for some other questions to Ana - I will post this
> one to the list. If anyone else is interested in
> further discussing this, please feel free to email me
> off-list. I'm assuming the conversation will be better
> served off-list (I really wish more list subscribers
> (including some here) would learn to do the same and
> keep the content of their posts on-topic)
> Ana - what license are you using? I have seen a few
> more art-related open licenses, but I like the GPL and
> their document-related license because of the idea of
> "open-source". Are you planning on releasing any of
> the so-called source? This is another sub-topic, in
> which, I am interested - what is the "source" - is it
> the final project, the source footage, EDL's, etc.
> Also, why did you choose the open divx codec? I'm
> pretty new to thinking about free codecs, but there
> are others, correct - has anyone had any luck with
> other open codecs? I'm not a big fan of divx, but
> perhaps that's due to the material I have seen. I will
> be interested in how your project turns out.
> I think systems like Gnutella, eMule, Kazaa, etc will
> be obvious, and hopefully successful, methods for
> distributing the projects. But I brought up the idea
> of building a website as a location, not only for the
> distribution of the projects, but also for a links,
> FAQ, forum of developers and many other things. I will
> gladly take links and ideas and work on putting
> something together. Does anyone have any experience
> working with internet companies in their work? I'm
> specifically asking about ideas in regard to hosting
> sites.
>
> And I have to come back (since I'm already posting) to
> the other copyright discussion. I think the problem
> behind the whole discussion is this ridiculous idea of
> paid content on the internet. I for one, think the
> internet should be a place of information and open
> discussion, not a place of commerce - especially in
> regard to information. Of course for material goods it
> serves as a great market, and of course my ideas are a
> bit naive, but I think our culture of ownership and
> capital is really getting in our collective way. I
> think preservation of a free flow of ideas and
> information, applied to all things, is essential.
> Should companies and people be able to make a living?
> Sure, but there's a fine line between making a living
> and exploitation, and I fear our culture (especially
> in the States) is getting close to forgetting the line
> even existed.
>
> Jim
>
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:11:44 -0600
> From: Kenneth Eisenstein <email suppressed>
> Subject: Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinema
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> In the Filmmakers' Coop catalog, the description of Ernie Gehr's Wait (1968)
> includes part of a review by Jonas Mekas from the Village Voice
> (8/2/68) which states:
>
> "Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinema has arrived."
>
> Does anyone know of a specific article by Foreman where he discusses this term?
>
> thanks,
> Ken Eisenstein
>
> __________________________________________________________________
> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
>
> Chicago
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> <div>In the Filmmakers' Coop catalog, the description of Ernie Gehr's
> Wait (1968)</div>
> <div>includes part of a review by Jonas Mekas from the Village Voice
> (8/2/68) which states:</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>"Richard Foreman's term:<u> ontological cinema</u> has
> arrived."</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>Does anyone know of a specific article by Foreman where he
> discusses this term?</div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div><br></div>
> <div>thanks,</div>
> <div>Ken Eisenstein</div>
> <div>Chicago</div>
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:21:38 -0800
> From: alex mackenzie <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinema
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> Richard Foreman's term: ontological cinemamaybe check out RF's website
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:11 AM
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> thanks,
> Ken Eisenstein
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> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:42:59 -0700
> From: Chad Gooch <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: Does 16mm exhibition exist in the following states ?
>
> In Utah, check out:
>
> Salt Lake Film Society. They are a non profit, art house movie
> organization that runs two theaters in Salt Lake City. They have a 16mm
> projector they occasionally screen films with.
> (www.saltlakefilmsociety.org)
>
> Also try the Utah Film and Video Center, also located downtown SLC. I
> think they have a 16mm projector. (www.ufvc.org)
>
> And also, try the Salt Lake City Film Center, another organization that
> promotes special film programming, brings it to SLC. They work with
> various venues. They might be most helpful in bringing a film or
> program in and raising some money for the artist/s.
> (www.slcfilmcenter.org)
>
> Good luck,
> Chad Gooch
> On Friday, March 12, 2004, at 09:49 PM, Alain LeTourneau wrote:
>
> > Does 16mm film exhibition exist in the follwing
> > states?
> >
> >
> > Idaho
> >
> > Montana
> >
> > Nevada
> >
> > Arizona
> >
> > Wyoming
> >
> > Utah
> >
> >
> > The criteria of my survey is > No festivals. Venues
> > can be existing cinemas with 16mm projection of some
> > kind, micro-cinemas or other small venues, college and
> > university film societies.
> >
> > I'm primarily interested in venues that can pay
> > something to exhibiting filmmakers, not festivals that
> > require the filmmaker pay to play. If there does exist
> > festivals occuring within these states that should be
> > considered then by all means let me know.
> >
> > Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Alain
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Alain LeTourneau
> > 425 SE 3rd, no. 400
> > Portland, Oregon 97214 USA
> > 503-231-6548
> >
> > LIGHTHOUSE CINEMA
> > http://www.lighthousecinema.org/
> >
> > 16mm - 80th anniversary! (1923-2003)
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:54:43 -0800
> From: Gigi Ng <email suppressed>
> Subject: Capro 300 battery
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew what kind of battery
> the Capro 300 super-8 camera takes. I haven't been
> able to find the correct circular watch battery to fit
> it nor any information on the camera itself.
>
> Any information will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Gigi
>
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