Italy – The Peeping Archivist

Home of the Home Movies: Backstage at the Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia, Bologna

Founded in 2002, the Home Movies – Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia in Bologna is committed to the conservation of home movies and amateur films. In addition to preserving and digitising small-gauge reels for members of the public, they play an active role in the research and dissemination of amateur Read more…

By Marina Butt, 7 yearsNovember 3, 2017 ago

Event

10 Super Cool Discoveries from this Year’s Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto!

1. Nasty Women Film scholars Maggie Hennefeld and Laura Horak devised an inspired program that skilfully brought together a selection of rarely seen comedy shorts and multi-reelers that were strange, scandalous, and at times frankly diabolical! All feature women who resist and rupture gendered social norms in the most destructive Read more…

By Marina Butt, 7 yearsOctober 24, 2017 ago