Film Culture (Spring 1963)

INFORMATION ON FILM FESTIVALS AND SEMINARS THE NINTH ANNUAL FLAHERTY FILM SEMINAR The ninth annual Flaherty Seminar will be held at Sandanona, five miles from the Flaherty home in Dummerston, Vermont. Distinguished film-makers from this country and abroad are being invited to present their work and to lead discussions. As enrollment must be limited to the accommodations available, early application is recommended. Starting time for the seminar will be 5:00 p.m. Saturday, August 24th; the final session will end at 12 o’clock noon, Tuesday, September 3rd. The all-inclusive fee for the ten-day period is $160.00. This includes all seminar meetings, film showings, housing, and meals. Inquiries may be addressed to: International Film Seminar, 1125 Amsterdam Avenue, New York 25, N. Y. THIRD INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL FILM COMPETITION Third International Experimental Film Competition, organized by Royal Film Archive of Belgium, will take place from December 26th, 1963 to January 2nd, 1964. “The term experimental film will be interpreted as embracing all works created for cinema or television, which gives evidence of an effort to regenerate or extend the film as a medium of expression. “The third Experimental Film Competition will be restricted to films not previously shown. The selection Jury may however accept little-known films which have already been presented at other international exhibitions or even shown to the public, provided they were completed since the second experimental Film Competition in 1958 and that their experimental interest remains valid. “Fach competitor may enter one or several films, 16mm or 35mm, standard picture or wide screen, sound or silent. “Films must be sent to arrive in Brussels by November 1st at the latest. Transport and insurance expenses, to and from Brussels, must be borne by the producer.” The competition Jury will make the following awards: Grand prix Gevaert, $5000; Prix Bell Telephone, $2000; Prix Baron Lambert, $2000; Prix Comte de Launoit, $2000; Prix Solvay, $2000; Prix Radio-Television Belge, $2000. 96 FILM CULTURE For a>plications and further information write to: Royal Film Archive of Belgium, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Ravenstein, Brussels. THE CAMERA MART FIRST ANNUAL FILM EDITING WORKSHOP-SEMINAR “The Camera Mart first Annual Film Editing Workshop-Seminar is scheduled for the entire week of October 7th through October 11th, 1963, and will be conducted in the Grand Ballroom of the Henry Hudson Hotel in New York City. Attendance at the Workshop is limited to film editors and related film personnel from government agency, university and industrial in-plant motion picture and photographic departments. All aspects of film editing, both as an art and as a technique, will be covered during the intensive five day (and evening) program through general lectures, demonstrations, workshop sessions, scene-by-scene editorial analysis of selected films, etc. “Special program segments will concentrate on such diverse subject matter as: special effects; titles; relations with the laboratory; characteristics of sound materials (optical and magnetic); problems encountered in handling syne and wild sound tracks; music and effects editing; preparation and editing of dubbed materials; use of the stock shot library; emulsion position; cutting and preparation of the work print; syne dialogue cutting; negative conforming; cutting animation sequences; editing single system footage; opticals; interlock screenings; edge numbering; handling original film materials; the use of Academy leader; splicing techniques (especially tape splicing); blooping techniques. Heavy stress will be given to A & B cutting techniques.” Among the instructors—speakers are John Flory (Eastman Kodak), Carl Lerner, Len Appelson, Stanley Buetens, George Stevens, Jr., Arnold Eagle, William K. Everson, Paul Falkenberg, Bill Kling (of CBS-TV News), Robert Loweree (of NBC), Edgar Schuller (of Reeves Sound Studios), Eli Levitan, and many others. There are no charges or fees of any sort for attendance. Participants will, however, be expected to make their own arrangements regarding transportation, room and board. Those interested in attending the Film Editing Workshop-Seminar are urged to write for application forms as soon as possible, before the attendance quota is filled. Special attention will be given to fulfilling the invitation requirements usually set by government agencies, universities and industrial firms. For application forms and full information, write to: Mr. Charles Lipow, General Manager, THE CAMERA MART, INC., 1845 Broadway, New York 23. NEW YORK’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL New York’s first international film festival will be presented by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Modern Art, in association with the British Film Institute, from September 10th through 19th. The New York Film Festival, like its London counterpart, will be non-competitive, with no juries or prizes. The emphasis will be on the films themselves, most of them chosen from among the best shown at other festivals, and all selected solely on the basis of quality. The Festival will open on Tuesday, September 10th, and run for ten days. It will consist of two concurrent programs. In Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center will present twenty new featurelength films, as well as the year’s best short subjects. Each film will receive a single showing with two different bills scheduled each evening at 6:30 and 9:15. The Museum of Modern Art, in its auditorium, will present ten programs from among distinguished films of the past decade which have never before been shown in New York. Each film will be shown twice daily during the afternoon. Richard Griffith, curator of the Museum’s Film Library, will select the films representing this segment of the Film Festival. The films to be shown at Lincoln Center during the Festival are being selected by Richard Roud, festival organizer of the British Film Institute. They will also serve as the program of the seventh London Film Festival in October, at the National Film Theater in London. Amos Vogel, executive secretary of Cinema 16, will serve as festival coordinator. In this capacity, Mr. Vogel will assist Lincoln Center in the planning and organization of the New York Film Festival.