[Frameworks] Sources for digital "prints" of avant garde classics

[Esperanza Collado]

Hi Elena,

Once I rented Lemon by Frampton from Anthology Film Archives, it was a
digital file and was screened at Irish Film Institute. I think we couldn't
get the actual print as it was already booked, so we rented that file but
not for free of course.

So, in the end it costs money too if you screen digital, and you're not
even showing the original work. That sucks :)

What city is this? Can you tell us?

2018-02-15 12:53 GMT+01:00 Elena Duque <elenaduque at gmail.com>:

> Thanks, Pip
>
> I totally understand that, and I work for a festival that is very aware of
> that ((S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico in A Coruña). Ideally, I would
> suggest them to project in 16mm, but this is a test screening in a small
> Spanish town, happening in a month and a half thanks to a venue they just
> got recently. So, there is no time and no money for this edition (besides
> of getting a projector, it would be necessary to hire a projectionist and
> pay for the shipping of the prints), but hopefully we will be able to that
> properly next year. So, I'm trying to do my best with what's available, in
> a place with no avant garde screenings tradition whatsoever. It is
> important to be aware of the context, and as much as I think that the
> analog screening is a totally different experience, I think this is better
> than nothing. We go little by little, trying to create a new audience that
> does not exist now!
>
> Given that, thank you very much for your suggestion! I will look through
> your catalogue and maybe I will make you some enquiries, trying to be
> respectful to all the filmmakers involved.
>
> Cheers!
>
> 2018-02-15 12:39 GMT+01:00 Pip Chodorov <frameworks at re-voir.com>:
>
>> Dear Elena,
>>
>> Many filmmakers don't want their films shown digitally. A good example is
>> Stan Brakhage. It really denatures the intended image. Other filmmakers are
>> more tolerant, such as Jonas Mekas. It is a big debate.
>>
>> At Re:Voir in Paris we have digital files for our VOD platform and
>> DVD/Blu-Ray publishing but these are meant only for home video, and though
>> we do get requests for screenings we always encourage programmers to screen
>> film prints from the coops. A 16mm projector is really quite affordable.
>> But if the programmers insist and if the filmmakers agree, we can rent
>> files.
>>
>> In any case it is important to write in your screening programs and to
>> tell the audience that you are showing electronic reproductions. Just as if
>> you go to a museum you expect to see original paintings, not photocopies,
>> so reproductions would be indicated on the title card. It is important to
>> educate your audience and show them films on film!
>>
>> Pip Chodorov
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 12:28 +0100 15/02/18, Elena Duque wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to put together a couple of programs as a sort of
>>> introduction to experimental cinema for the audience of a small festival in
>>> a small town. They don't have the possibility to project in 16mm or 35mm
>>> (not this year at least), so I need to find digital files available to rent
>>> and screen. I have been browsing through the catalogues of all the
>>> cooperatives and distributors I could think of, but I am still missing some
>>> things I consider important. For instance, Stan Brakhage and Marie Menken.
>>> Do you know of any source, cooperative, distributor or individual, where I
>>> can find digital "prints" to rent?
>>>
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