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. FACSEA . Corinth Films Bufuel’s L’Age D'or, as well as 19: jects of up to $500,000 for up to a five year period for long-range planning for faculty training and curriculum development; and General Projects to support other curriculum improvements, such as testing new courses or new materials. Contact Judith Siegel, NEH, 806 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20506. . Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers gives grants to encourage graduate study and research by students interested in the sciences and technologies related to the production of motion pictures. Grants of up to $2500. Society of Motion Picture and TV Engineers, Scholarship Committee, 862 Scarsdale Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583. New Catalogues 1. Not so much a film catalogue as an invaluable reference work for teachers is the BFI Distribution Library Catalogue, 1978. Written by Julian Petty, it is designed to function as both a critical text and a source of information on all the 2700 titles of the British Film Institute. Essays on the avant-garde, Soviet cinema, New Politics. British Film Institute, Publication Department, 127 Charing Cross Road, London, ’ WC2H OEA, England. . Courses related to the Holocaust have become popular. Films for such courses are numerous. A valuable publication in this area is Films on the Holocaust from Images. Films on the Holocaust, Images, 2 Purdy Avenue, Rye, NY 10580. (Society for French American Cultural Services and Educational Aid) has published a catalogue of films available for classroom use. Films by Godard, Duras, Chabrol, Frenju, Renoir and a 13part series, History of the French Cinema By Those Who Made It. Catalogue and information available from FACSEA, 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10021. makes available feature-length British films produced by EMI including I’m All Right, Jack, ' Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Billy Liar. Corinth Films, 410 East 62nd Street, New York, NY 10021. Services 1. The National (NES) program of the American Film Institute has established a NES Curriculum Advisory Service providing three important services: a Course/Curriculum Bank—a collection of syllabuses, course descriptions, outlines and bibliographies on all levels from _ elementary Education Services. through post-graduate; Screen Education Consultation by NES staff on matters of program and course development; Model Course Outlines, including suggested bibliographies and filmographies. Submit material or questions to AFI, NES Curriculum Advisory Service, J.F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 20566. . One of the most important regional developments in film and video over the past few years has been the establishment by the NEA of Major Media Centers. These centers aim to advance the wider appreciation of film, video and radio. An outline of the services and resources of the 15 centers is outlined in Videoscope, vol. 2, no. 2, 1978. Videoscope, One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. . The Pacific Film Archive's Louis B. Mayer Public Service Media Program, coordinated by Linda Artel, offers a media information service, research screening and film programs for elementary and secondary school classes for those residing in California. Pacific Film Archives,: (c/o Linda Artel), Louis B. Mayer Public Service Media Program, 2625 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720. . Vivian Sobshack, recently appointed Research Chair for the University Film Association is looking for research suggestions and people to implement them. Vivian Sobshack, 4122 Diana Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117. Conferences 1. The International Association for Audio-visual Media in Historical Research and Education (IAMHIST), established in 1977 to facilitate cooperation in the field between scholars and institutions in different countries, invites applications for | membership. Ms. Elizabeth Oliver, Director of the British Universities Film Council, 81 Dean Street, London WIV 6AA,_ England. IAMHIST also announces its eighth annual conference to be held in the Netherlands September 17-21. For information or contribution suggestions contact Mrs. Stern, SFW, P.O. Box 9550, 3506 6 N Utrecht, The Netherlands. 2. Northwestern University is offering a summer seminar on the history of film sponsored by the NEH. It is for college teachers already teaching or about to teach film history. Jack Ellis, Film Division, Northwestern University, Evanston, I] 60201. Course Outlines and Special Events 1. Professor Theodore Price of the English Department at Monclair State College (New Jersey) has sent me an interesting syllabus on a film course inspired by Peter Drucker’s The Age of Discontinuity. For syllabus and list of films write Professor Theodore Price, Department of English, Monclair State College, Upper Monclair, New Jersey 07043. 2. “Women on the Fringe: A Film Series,” an article on women’s study courses was published in Film and History, Sept., 1978. Historian's Film Committee, c/o History Faculty, N.J. Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102. 3. Emile de Bugard, “Anthropological Film: Margaret Mead’s Legacy,” Film News, vol. 35, no. 5, Nov./Dec. 1978, pp. 8-16. 4. Of special interest: the Third World Moving Images Project has organized a series of programs of films, lectures, and program notes on the following topics: Films of Sembene, Paul Robeson, New Cuban Cinema, Africa Through European Eyes. Third World Film as Education Medium, P.O. Box 119, Amherst, MA 01002. Stuart Samuels is a lecturer in film history at the University of Pennsylvania and is co-director of the Walnut Street Theater Film and Video Center. Calling all Curators CURATOR OF FILM, Pacific Film Archive, major university art museum film department. Demonstration programming, management and development experience required, preferably within a musuem, cinémathéque or academic setting. Appropriate academic training in film. Position available late fall 1979. Minimum § salary $17,000. The University of California is an Affirmative Action Employer. Send letter, resume and salary history by October 1, 1979 to James Elliott, Director, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720. TAKE ONE 49