[Commlist] The ‘littleapparatus’: 100 years of 9.5mm film conference

*The ‘little apparatus’: 100 years of 9.5mm film*

16, 17, 18 June 2022

University of Southampton

Registration is now open for this international conference hosted online 
by the Department of Film Studies’  ‘Centre For International Film 
Research’ at the University of Southampton.

December 1922 will mark the centenary of the introduction of 9.5mm film 
to the French cinematographic market.  Pathé Freres first launched their 
‘Pathé Baby’ home cinema system on domestic territory in time for the 
Christmas season, with the promise of a soon to follow lightweight and 
modestly priced cine-camera using the same narrow gauge, that could fit 
in a vest pocket (1923, pp. 48–50). In time, the new gauge became 
available elsewhere -arriving just ahead of Kodak’s 16mm film/cinema 
system and together signalling the first major boom in amateur filmmaking.

The conference organisers are delighted to confirm keynote addresses by 
Dr Ryan Shand (Ravensbourne University London) and Dr Annamaria 
Motrescu-Mayes (University of Cambridge).

We are glad to confirm contributions from the following:

  * BFI National Archive
  * Cinémathèque Royal de Belgique
  * Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia
  * Austrian Film Museum Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital History
  * Cinémathèque suisse
  * Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern
  * INEDITS
  * Transylvanian Audiovisual Archive, Cluj N
  * East Anglian Film Archive
  * Institute of Amateur Cinematographers
  * Wessex Film & Sound Archive
  * Memorias Celuloides

The following panels have been confirmed, in addition to almost 30 papers:

*The importance of 9.5mm film in preserving lost films *

With Kevin Brownlow, Christopher Bird, Dino Everett and Dave Glass

**

*9.5mm and International Amateur Cinema between the Wars*

With Professor Keith M. Johnston, Dr Paul Frith University of East 
Anglia and Dr Enrique Fibla, Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE)

The event brings together speakers from across the globe to consider 
9.5mm and its 100-year history. A full list of speakers can be found on 
the conference website, 
<https://sites.google.com/view/100yearsof95mmconference/home>which will 
be updated with abstracts in due course.

*Conference date*: 16, 17, 18 June 2022

*Time*: Provisional timings for the event each day 09:30-15:00 GMT 
(exact timings will be confirmed as the schedule is locked in).

*Venue*: Hosted online via MS Teams

*Book online (for free)*: The ‘little apparatus’: 100 years of 9.5mm 
film (16-18 June) Tickets, Thu 16 Jun 2022 at 09:30 | Eventbrite 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-little-apparatus-100-years-of-95mm-film-16-18-june-tickets-217883223587>

_Links to the event and screening material will be shared with delegates 
2 weeks ahead of the event._

If you have any questions please do get in touch by email: 
(100yearsof9.5mm /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(100yearsof9.5mm /at/ gmail.com)>


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