Curator of Non-Fiction @BFI. It's a creative treatment of actuality thing. It's all about films! Sometimes tweets to John Grierson... as if he could reply!
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13 Sep 2024
Today we officially release our guidelines, “Best Practices for Use of GenAI in Documentaries”! Please make sure to read the “Methodology” section to get an idea of everyone who contributed. #GenAI #Documentary #archives
Read them here: bit.ly/3ZjCp2O
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9 Oct 2024
My @asda has 2 huge digital projectors in the car park. Tonight they went live & are now screening a promo ad for @CadburyUK. As a film historian I can tell you that this is exactly how motion picture ads started out before cinemas, just projected on the walls of buildings.
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30 Mar 2024
A most important member of our @PhoenixLeic family has died. In every way admired for his film knowledge, his passion for film and for his teaching, he will always be remembered as an incredibly kind and fun person to work with. He will be missed by all. Much love to his family.
29 Mar 2024
This is so sad. Alan was a lovely man and so important to the Leicester comedy scene and @PhoenixLeic
Sending lots of love to his family and friends who knew and worked with him.
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3 Mar 2024
Film academia mourns one of its most influential and prolific leading lights. As a student I knew much of David's and Kristin Thompson's work, and later, as a professional, I was able to meet David several times. Sad news today.
1 Mar 2024
It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of David Bordwell. Professor Bordwell’s contributions to film theory and history have been instrumental in shaping our understanding of cinema as an art form and storytelling practice.
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12 Dec 2023
#16mm Film in the @RailwayMuseum for the 'Friends' Christmas lecture. There's always something magical about being locked in the museum after the public have left. 👍😁👍
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30 Oct 2023
People say I'm hard to buy for at Xmas. This year I'd like one of these.. It's a Pathescope 17.5mm projector. This one is a silent but there was also a sound version. Can I have one of these? Originals are hard to find as most were converted to 16mm when the format was dropped.
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29 Oct 2023
Flying the @bfi flag today and celebrating light on the silver screen with collectors, film fans and fellow archivists. @PhoenixLeic for screenings & talks about caring for collections with #FilmIsFabulous & @CATHResearchDMU
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22 Oct 2023
Very sad to see this. Every museums worst nightmare. I hope the clean up goes swiftly and that nothing is too badly damaged or destroyed. @MuseumofMaking
Devastated to wake up today to this scene. We won't be opening today as I'm sure you can all understand. There will be a big clean up operation once the water recedes. Stay safe everyone
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9 Oct 2023
OTD in 1984 - 9th October 1984 – Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends, based on The Railway Series by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry, was first premiered on ITV.
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31 Aug 2023
Working in somebody else's film vaults today, I was surprised to find this box empty. I think the box was surprised to be disturbed too!
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27 Jul 2023
A before and after from a post I saw on Facebook. A sad tale of compulsive hoarding and council enforced clearence, but I see #16mm films! As curators we have visited sad sights like this before. Who knows what's on those reels but they look well looked after and labelled.
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18 Jul 2023
Crikey.. Anybody remember seeing this post-apocolyptic cold war terror 'Threads' unfold on TV? bbc.com/news/uk-england-sout…
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17 Jun 2023
Delighted to have played a tiny role in this rather wonderful production. Delighted to see it have some recognition too. 👍
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9 Jun 2023
I've had an ace time today at @bfi, I presented 3 x #16mmFilm events for #FilmOnFilm and met some really fantastic audience members that have said the nicest things. What a great day!! Huge thanks to everybody connected to today's events, staff and audience. It's been a blast.
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A hundred years after the invention of 16mm, we dig into the history and technology of a film format that transformed the way moving images were made and distributed.
#FilmOnFilm bfi.org.uk/features/all-abou…
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9 Jun 2023
#FilmOnFilm The Festival is here and today I'm celebrating 100 years of #16mmFilm at @bfi, I've got my 1923 Kodak Model A camera with me too! See you at BFI Southbank for some movie magic.
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17 May 2023
#FilmOnFilm A fantastic read here from my colleague @NonFicPatrick and an upcoming chance to see Louisiana Story (1948) on the big screen, from a beautiful #35mmfilm print. bfi.org.uk/interviews/forgot…
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6 May 2023
Well the Coronation is here... House decorated, now I feel the need to rush out and buy a telly like my grandparents did for the Queen's Coronation 🤣. Did you know the Queen's Coronation was nearly never broadcast? bigthink.com/pessimists-arch…
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1 May 2023
#16mmFilm was a great enabler. It allowed small film societies to book quality cinema programmes and flourish. During #FilmOnFilm festival @bfi we will be recreating a 1950s, 16mm themed, film society evening. There's Lottie Reiniger, Lindsay Anderson, BTF and The Woman's Angle.
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