Special Event: Antique FILMS Roadshow

Jan 24, 2005
Canadian Heritage Film Festival

Special Event: “Antique FILMS Roadshow”, Saturday, Feb 20th, 2005

Join the Sunshine Coast Film Society in celebrating Canada’s Heritage Day through film by attending the “Antique FILMS Roadshow” workshop. As one of the many events taking place during the Canadian Heritage Film Festival – Friday, Feb. 18th to Monday, Feb. 21st – in this workshop you will learn how to preserve home movies, get a personal evaluation of their condition, and even have the opportunity to view some of your films on the big screen!

Home movies are family treasures – documents, really – just as significant as photographs, letters, journals and scrapbooks. Home movies are a place where children can meet, see and hear grandparents they never met, or to vividly revisit precious family vacations, birthdays and other events to which faded photographs can hardly do justice. To this extent, home movies are an invaluable part of family heritage. Sadly, however, many people don’t know what treasures they possess because most home movies require obsolete equipment and knowledge to access.

So, here’s your chance! Dig out those home movies from your attics, basements and closets, and bring them to the “Antique FILMS Roadshow” workshop. You’ll learn the basic steps in caring for home movies, as well as the options available for transfer to other mediums. Individual consultation time by appointment (though drop-ins are welcome, time permitting). If you films are safe to project, you might even have the opportunity to view some long-lost images.

Please note that only 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm home movies will be projected; however, people with home movies on other gauges (such as 9.5mm) and video are encouraged to attend the workshop to learn about preservation. Only films deemed in good condition will be projected, so please schedule an appointment.

If you have any of this older projection equipment (8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm) and are willing to lend it to the Film Society, we would like to hear form you. (Please be assured that only Emily, a trained moving film archivist, will be handling the equipment.) Please call 886.1226 or email scfs@dccnet.com if you can help.

The “Antique FILMS Roadshow” workshop takes place on Saturday, Feb. 19th, 2005, from 9am to noon, at the Gibson’s Heritage Playhouse. Admission is /.50.

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Canadian Heritage Film Festival – Friday, Feb. 18th to Monday, Feb. 21st
This project, presented by SCFS a registered non-profit since 2001, is made possible by funding provided through the Department of Canadian Heritage and is produced with the assistance of the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust.

Francine Lucas
Festival Coordinator
phone: 604.886.1226
email: scfs@dccnet.com
web: www.scfs.ca or www.heritagefilmfest.ca