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International home movie day – 16th of October 2010

Screen Your Home Movies in Public

Your old home movies are probably a lot more interesting than you remember!

The BBC’s recent TV series The Great British Home Movie Roadshow blew the dust off a treasure trove of amateur film reels found in the nation’s lofts, garages and garden sheds. Hot on its heels, the Cambridge Super 8 Group in association with Cambridge Folk Museum are hosting a Home Movie Day to celebrate the region’s amateur films and filmmaking.

The event is free and open to the public and experts will be on hand to evaluate films brought in by the public and offer advice on how to convert old cine reels to digital format. You will also have a chance to show your own films to a public audience. The Cambridge Super 8 Group will also screen films from their own archive, showing scenes of Cambridge life from the 1950s to the 1970s.

If you have home movies on film (Super 8 or 8mm) that you’ve never seen, or haven’t watched since you inherited them from your grandparents then… Don’t let your old films decay – bring them to Home Movie Day!

The Cambridge Super 8 Group would also like to receive any unwanted films for archiving and recycling.

When: 1:30pm to 5pm – Saturday 16th October 2010

Where: Cambridge Folk Museum, 2/3 Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ

Admission: FREE

http://www.folkmuseum.org.uk
http://www.homemovieday.com

Contact : memories@cambridge-super8.org

Get the flyer.

“Saving our film heritage should not be limited only to commercially produced films. Home movies do not just capture the important private moments of our family’s lives, but they are historical and cultural documents as well… Home Movie Day is a celebration of these films and the people who shot them. I urge anyone with an interest in learning more about how to care for and preserve their own personal memories to join in the festivities being offered in their community…”

Martin Scorsese


Best of the fest screening on the 7th and 9th of October 2010

An opportunity to see the winning films of the 2010 festival

Thursday the 7th of October 2010

Free event @ 6 pm  at ideaSpace in Cambridge (UK)   – Directions – Please register to attend the event

The Cambridge Super 8 Group in association with ideaSpace will be showing a Best of Fest selection from the 2010 Cambridge International Super 8 Film Festival. Come along and learn more about cine films and home movies. See how this retro, analogue film medium has maintained its cult status in the digital age. The Group will also hold a Q&A session and give a taster of their forthcoming Home Movie Day event at the Cambridge & County Folk Museum.

With thanks to ideaSpace and the CamCreative – Creative Industries Group

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Saturday the 9th of October 2010

Screening of the best of the fest @ 11:50 am at The Canton Palace Theatre First Annual International Film Festival (USA)

http://www.cantonpalacefilmfestival.com/