NYU Cinema Studies and Concordia University presented the thirteenth biennial Orphan Film Symposium, Counter-Archives, in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal, Canada, June 15-18, 2022. Orphans 2022 resumed the symposium’s format as a three-day, four-night in-theater event, with an international group of archivists, scholars, and artists presenting and talking about previously-neglected films. More than 80 presenters took the podium in a total of 16 sessions. Orphans 2022 also met the new era’s expectation of “blended content,” live-streaming each session from the de Sève Cinema via the NYU Cinema Studies site. We thank Concordia’s Jean-Francois Martin and Alexandre Page for fluidly projecting and live-mixing
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Register for Orphans 2019 in Vienna
REGISTER now for RADICALS, the special edition of the NYU Orphan Film Symposium at the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna, June 6-8, 2019. Click here for registration information, with discount for early payment.s Thursday, June 6, 7pm: There Are No Rules! A screening of Dutch experimental films curated by Simona Monizza (EYE Netherlands Film Museum). An Örphans opening reception follows in the lobby and al fresco bar area (with drinks & nibbles) at das Österreichische Filmmuseum. Among the presentations and screenings slated for RADICALS throughout Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8. Kimberly Tarr (NYU Libraries) Angela Davis Report (DDR, 1972) Premiere
Froats, Noll, and Art
John Froats, a film collector and photography enthusiast from upstate New York, started the Technophilia session by sharing with the audience his love for photographs. In 2015, Froats came across a 16mm film, which was still threaded inside a projector. He acquired the film and after careful inspection, he determined it was a loop of dark lines moving in space. The images did not seem to be painted by a human and it made him curious. Froats’ investigation continued and he was able to determine the pattern present in the film had been created by artist A. Michael Noll. Noll was