[Frameworks] Microcinemas around the world

[Darren Hughes]

Knoxville isn't rural or a very small town (about 400,000 people), but I
think the model we came up with for The Public Cinema
<http://www.publiccinema.org/films/> would work in most places. We've
partnered with a number of local venues that have been willing to give us
three hours for a free screening -- in most cases once per month, sometimes
more. We've used the auditorium of the Knoxville Museum of Art, a couple
music venues, and Central Cinema (a single-screen, for-profit theater that
opened after we started). At some venues we supply the projector, which we
haul with us in a Pelican case.

The key to our model is that my partner in the project, Paul Harrill, and I
raise money independently through donations and sponsorships so that we can
pay standard rental rates to filmmakers and distributors and make the
screenings free and open to the public. We volunteer our time, which we're
willing to do because we're eager to screen films in Knoxville that
wouldn't play here otherwise, and because we want to help foster the film
community here.

A couple years ago we got the attention of Big Ears festival and were
invited to curate the film program there, too. I've lost track of the
numbers of films we've screened over the past six years (300+, including
Big Ears) and we've been happy hosts to a number of Framework'rs for
screenings/installations of their work.

One of my daydreams is to establish a non-profit that raises larger sums of
money in order to seed projects like The Public Cinema in other cities.

Darren Hughes

On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 6:46 PM Matt Shaw <mshaw410 at protonmail.com> wrote:

> This has been great to see, 2020 was to be the year we began a microcinema
> on the Maine coast (USA).
>
> If the Microcinema Primer re-surfaces it would be excellent to see. And
> especially any rural / very small town peers would be nice to find.
>
> Matt
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> On Friday, March 12, 2021 5:24 AM, Elena Duque <elenaduque at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> And thanks, Albert, it is strange indeed to be communicating in English :)
>
> El jue, 11 mar 2021 a las 18:35, Albert Alcoz (<albertalcoz at gmail.com>)
> escribió:
>
>> Hello Elena,
>> It's kind of strange writing to you in English, but anyway. Here are some
>> links:
>>
>> One recommendation would be the Incite number 4 titled *Exhibition Guide
>> <http://www.incite-online.net/issuefour.html>*. Mainly focuses on North
>> America though.
>> Don't forget to check Marcos Ortega's website
>> <https://expcinema.org/site/en>.
>> Here <http://www.visionaryfilm.net/search/label/Microcinema> you can
>> find some resources related to Microcinemas.
>> Although we stopped doing screenings because of the pandemic here is the
>> link of the Cranc <http://cranc-projeccions.blogspot.com/> sessions.
>> Hopefully we can come back soon.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>> Albert
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 4:42 PM Elena Duque <elenaduque at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Alberto, this looks great, and thanks for the great tip, Pip!
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>>
>>> El jue, 11 mar 2021 a las 16:10, FrameWorks Admin (<
>>> frameworks at re-voir.com>) escribió:
>>>
>>>> Dear Elena,
>>>> There is a whole mailing list and collective for such microcinemas.
>>>> Please visit for more information: https://www.kino-climates.org/
>>>> -Pip <https://www.kino-climates.org/-Pip> Chodorov
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On Mar 11, 2021, at 7:35 PM, Elena Duque <elenaduque at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > I hope you are doing fine. I am reaching to you because I am
>>>> researching a little bit on microcinemas and independent venues that screen
>>>> experimental cinema all over the world. I would love to know what venues of
>>>> this kind do you have in your cities. I am thinking about places like Light
>>>> Industries in NY, or Close Up Cinema in London and so on. I would
>>>> appreciate any feedback you have on this!
>>>>
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