Conferences, Festivals and Events
Arbeitsgemeinshaft documentarfilm German documentary site, a compilation of festival and other links.
Broncho Billy Silent Film Festival
Two-day event held every June in Niles, California, site of the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. Focuses on regional silent film, with panel discussions and local events.
Buster Keaton Celebration Held every September in Iola, Kansas, near the birthplace (Piqua, KS) of Buster Keaton. Two days of films and panel discussions.
Cinecon Held every Labor Day weekend in Hollywood, California, with screenings at the historic Egyptian Theater. Four-day event focuses on silent and Early sound films. Features appearances by classic film stars, directors, and other industry notables as guests and honorees. Includes dealer rooms.
Cinefest Held every March in Syracuse, New York, and focuses on silent and early sound films. Four-day event takes place in hotel conference center and includes dealer rooms. Also includes special 35mm screenings at the historic Loew’s State Theatre.
Il Cinema Ritrovato, from the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna and the Mostra Internazionale del Cinema Libero. Annual film festival including "cinema's first great year, 1903, to the fanfare of CinemaScope; includes some new restorations of films both greatly loved and still to be discovered."
Cinesation Held every October in Massilon, Ohio.
Cinevent Classic Film Convention Held every Memorial Day weekend in Columbus, Ohio. Four-day event takes place in hotel conference center and includes dealer rooms. Also includes special 35mm screenings at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
Consortium of College and University Media Centers conference
2003 annual conference was held in Charleston, South Carolina.
FIAF Congress FIAF holds an Annual Congress, each year in a different country.
Film Commissions, Guilds, Unions & Distributors
Links hosted by the film commission of British Columbia, Canada.
Film Festivals.com Film Festivals Entertainment Group site for festivals and film news.
Le Giornate del Cinema Muto Silent film festival held every October in Pordenone, Italy (sometimes Sacile, Italy)
Independent Feature Project Organization for independent filmmakers with chapters in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York and Seattle. Holds an annual festival.
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Web-Wise Conference IMLS and Johns Hopkins University have hosted an annual conference, the 2003 topic was "sustaining digital resources."
International Documentary Association
Compilation of festivals and markets.
Kansas Silent Film Festival Held every February in Topeka, Kansas. Free two-day event.
Orphans Symposium
The University of South Carolina hosts an annual symposium on the preservation, study, and use of orphan films.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival Two-day event held every July at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco.
Slapsticon Four-day event devoted to early comedy film, held in July on the East Coast (location changes each year).
Toronto International Film Festival
To Save and Project: The MOMA International Festival of Film Preservation Museum of Modern Art, New York, a new annual series.
UCLA Festival of Preservation
UCLA Film and Television Archive’s biennial Festival of Preservation (even numbered years).
University Film and Video Association Conference Preservation and Convergence, the 2003 conference theme, included special events and sessions with topics such as: film preservation, New Media technologies, traditional Hollywood entertainment, international collaborations, and southern media arts.
Women and the Silent Screen, An International Congress
Women and the Silent Screen, An International Congress held June 2-6, 2004 Concordia University, Canada.