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

Thu Feb 15 15:56:07 UTC 2018

De nada, Esperanza!

Hopefully this will bloom for 2019 spring in beautiful 16mm screenings in
Oviedo, let's see!

2018-02-15 16:01 GMT+01:00 Esperanza Collado <esperanzacollado1 at gmail.com>:

> «there is no time and no money for this edition» :)
>
> Gracias, Elena.
>
> 2018-02-15 13:33 GMT+01:00 Elena Duque <elenaduque at gmail.com>:
>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> It is for Oviedo, Asturias. Of course, you have to pay for the films for
>> a public screening, no matter if they are digital or prints in 16mm, that
>> is out of question!
>>
>> 2018-02-15 13:23 GMT+01:00 Esperanza Collado <esperanzacollado1 at gmail.com
>> >:
>>
>>> 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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