Celebrating Orphan Films: The Orphan Film Symposium West

 May 13-14, 2011

UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to partner with Los Angeles Filmforum and New York University’s Orphan Film Symposium to present an eclectic mix of screenings and discussions at the Billy Wilder Theater.

The Orphan Film Project consists of ongoing collaborations among archivists, lab and technology experts, scholars, filmmakers, curators and collectors with a shared passion for saving and screening neglected films from outside the commercial mainstream: home movies, outtakes, news film, sponsored works, silent-era cinema, fragments and experimental films. Join archivists, film historians, artists, technical experts and scholars as they discuss their efforts in finding, researching and presenting these rare gems.

Highlights include :

* Experimental films preserved by BB Optics and NYU Moving Image Archiving and Preservation students, including works by pioneering computer artist Lillian Schwartz, and Snail Film (1972), a mysterious and perhaps legendary piece made by animator Chris Casady while a student at CalArts..

* Rare local television screenings presented by the panel of Dan Einstein (UCLA Film & Television Archive), Featuring former iotaCenter Managing Director Stephanie Sapienza (The American Archive) and Mark J. Williams (Dartmouth).

* A panel featuring preservationists Bill Brand (BB Optics), Ross Lipman (UCLA Film & Television Archive) and iotaCenter Advisory Council member Mark Toscano (Academy Film Archive) and a screening of the David Wojnarowicz”™s A Fire in My Belly (1987) from NYU Fales Library.

Passes are only $10. **NOTE** One pass admits you to all “Celebrating Orphan Films” events throughout the weekend. For tickets and more information, visit the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s website.