[Commlist] 16th International Domitor Conference (online)

*Crafts, Trades, and Techniques of Early Cinema*

XVIe International Domitor Conference
Archive Partners: Cinémathèque française et Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé
Online – 17 - 20 November 2020 -  www.domitor2020.org

Calling all film historians, students, and film enthusiasts!

Since 1985, Domitor, the International Society for the Study of Early 
Cinema, has been bringing together those interested in cinema from its 
emergence to its institutionalization around 1915. Every two years, this 
association holds an international conference on a specific theme, and 
each colloquium gives rise to a publication (for details of previous 
conferences, see: https://domitor.org/conferences/). The two official 
languages of the association are English and French: papers are 
presented in one of these two languages.

While we were unable to hold the conference as planned in Paris due to 
the pandemic, the Domitor 2020 Paris Conference will be held online from 
November 17-20, 2020, making it more widely accessible. To commemorate 
the 125th anniversary of the first public ticketed screening via the 
Lumière Cinematograph, this year’s theme is the “Crafts, Trades, and 
Techniques of Early Cinema.” At the crossroads of the “cultural series” 
of photography and the performing arts, the cinematograph engendered 
the invention of new trades, gestures, and technical processes. You will 
find the complete program on our website: www.domitor2020.org

How to attend the conference?
Presentations are now available on the Domitor 2020 Conference site. 
Please be sure to register for the round table sessions, meetings 
and online exchanges that will take place, November 17- 20, 2020 
(www.domitor2020.org).

Free online screenings accessible to all
In addition, thanks to the partnership with the Cinémathèque 
française and the Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé, online screenings will 
be held in connection with the conference’s theme.

On 
the Cinémathèque française platform HENRI (https://www.cinematheque.fr/henri/), 
you can view:
1.   Les Collections d’appareils du Conservatoire des 
techniques (Chaab Mahmoud, 2008)
Available permanently beginning on Wednesday, October  28, 2020

2.   The Brillant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe 
(1897-1902) 1897-1902, selection
Available Wednesday, November 4 thru Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

3.   Paris-Cinéma (Pierre Chenal et Jean Mitry, 1928)
Available one week only, from Wednesday, November 11 thru Wednesday, 
November 18, 2020

Thanks to the Fondation Jérôme-Seydoux-Pathé, you may also view six 
Pathé films on early cameras, produced for the Fondation:

1.     La caméra réversible de Bunzli et Continsouza  (The reversible 
camera of Bunzli and Continsouza)
2.     Le Chrono Pathé-Lumière Transformé (The transformed Chrono 
Pathé-Lumière)
3.     Le Chrono Pathé renforcé de type A.B.R. (The reinforced ABR Type 
Chrono Pathé)
4.     La caméra Pathé Professionnelle Type (The Pathé Professional Type 
camera)
5.     La caméra reportage Pathé (The Pathé reportage camera)
6.     Le projecteur Pathé-KOK (The Pathé-KOK projector)

In addition, you can also access documents such as Marcel Mayer's 
handwritten notebook (circa 1920) dedicated to the factory and laboratory:

http://www.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pathe.com/repertoire-mayer

We would have preferred the colloquium be held in person to allow for 
the constructive off-the-cuff discussions that can only take place over 
a meal or a cup of coffee, but we hope that this format will allow a 
wider audience to follow and participate in the debates. Please invite 
your colleagues and/or students to attend the conference!


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