From February 4 to March 10, EYE and the University of Amsterdam present This is Film! Film Heritage in Practice, a series of public lectures at EYE reflecting on exceptional film restorations and film heritage projects. Giovanna Fossati (Chief Curator at EYE and Professor of Film Heritage at the UvA) addresses, in the course of six lectures, a wide range of restoration and presentation projects, spanning from pre-cinema to recent experimental films and Hollywood Classics. The topics include not only regular theatrical projections, but also film installations and exhibitions of film apparatus. Each weekly edition features a guest speaker, a Q&A session and film screenings, often also accompanied by live music.
This is Film! Film Heritage in Practice, every Thursday afternoon, February 4 – March 10, 2016 in EYE, IJpromenade 1, Amsterdam, eyefilm.nl/thisisfilm
This is Film! is aimed at everyone who loves film and offers insight into what goes on behind the scenes of current film heritage practices. The lectures are in English and can be followed as a series or individually.
Program
What is Film Heritage?
Introduction by Giovanna Fossati (Chief Curator at EYE and Professor of Film Heritage and Digital Film Culture at the UvA)
Films: Beyond the Rocks (Sam Wood, 1922) and Short Film Pool compilation
Live music
February 4, 16:00 – 18:30h
Hollywood Studios: Twentieth Century Fox and the restoration of The King and I (1956)
Guest: Schawn Belston (Vice President and Executive Director of Film Preservation at Twentieth Century Fox)
Film: The King and I (Walter Lang,1956)
February 11, 15:30 – 18:30h
Film or Performance: Guy Sherwin
Guests: Anna Abrahams (Programmer EYE on Art) and Simona Monizza (Curator Experimental Film, EYE)
Films: compilation of films by Guy Sherwin restored by EYE
February 18, 16:00 – 18:30h
Restoring and Presenting Early Cinema: Fantasia of Color
Guest: Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi (Curator Silent Film, EYE)
Films: compilation of early colour films from the EYE Collection
Live music
February 25, 16:00 – 18:30h
Exposing Cinema: the exhibition Close-Up
Guest: Claartje Opdam (Project Manager Exhibitions, EYE)
Films: compilation of short films
March 3, 16:00 – 18:30h
Exposing the Film Apparatus: from magic lanterns to smartphones
Guest: Soeluh van den Berg (Curator Film related Collections, EYE)
Films: compilation of short films
Live music
March 10, 16:00 – 18:30h
In collaboration with the University of Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Centre for Cultural Heritage and Identity (ACHI) and the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA).