Orphans 2026? Ohio!

Orphans 2026? Ohio!

Save the dates!  

April 8-11, 2026
at Wexner Center for the Arts 
The Ohio State University, Columbus, O!

Our theme: Crisis and Community

The NYU Orphan Film Symposium convenes the next biennial edition at the Wexner Center for the Arts, at Ohio State University in Columbus. We look forward to collaborating with David Filipi (Head of the Film and Video program) as well as archivists Sarah Hartzell (A/V Preservation and Digitization Specialist, OSU Library; and a graduate of NYU’s MIAP Program) and Tim Lanza (Audiovisual Preservation & Digitization Lead, OSU Library), plus Rachael Barbash (projection operator and manager), and others.  

A call for presentations will be issued in June. Deadline for submissions: October 15.

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They have Dual 35mm/70mm Kinoton DP-75 projectors, Dual 16mm Kinoton FP-18 projectors, Super-8 projector, and lots of videotape formats and of course DCP projection. Photo from the Wexner. See Laura Sega, “Behind the Scenes: The Wexner Center for the Arts’ Film/Video Program,” Columbus Underground, Feb. 9, 2023.