11 Mar FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COLOUR IN FILM
TICKETS ARE NECESSARY – SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE
The event is co-organised by the Colour Group GB (http://colour.org.uk/) and HTW – University of Applied Sciences Berlin(http://www.fiafnet.org/pages/Community/Supporters-HTW.html and http://krg.htw-berlin.de/files/Stg/KR/Bachelor/KRG_Audiovisuelles_und_Fotografisches_Kulturgut-Moderne_Medien_En.pdf.pdf), and ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors (University of Zurich) (http://filmcolors.org/2015/06/15/erc/) in collaboration with The British Film Institute (BFI) .The event will include screenings, keynote lectures and presentations from international film and colour scholars in the BFI’s – National Film Theatre 3.
For the latest version of the conference programme please go to the conference site www.colour-in-film.net
Date & Time: Wednesday – Friday, 11 – 13 March 2020.
Programme and Registration:
DAY ONE
(Wednesday 11th March) – NFT3, BFI, Southbank
| 11:00
12:00 |
Consultation for prospective students
Registration BFI Southbank Foyer |
| 13:00 | Opening of the Conference |
| Screenings | |
| 13:10 | Number of short screenings (including Kellar-Dorian, La Roue exc., Suspiria (Dario Argento, 1977) and others) will be introduced by various scholars and practitioners, amongst them François Ede, France (Film Restorer); Anke Mebold, Germany, (National Deuche Archiv); James Layton, USA (MoMA), members of ERC Restoration team, Switzerland (University of Zurich). |
| 15:45 | TBA
Serge Bromberg, Lobster Film, Paris, France |
| 16:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Paolo Cherchi Usai , Head of the CSC Digital School of the National Film School, Lecce, Italy |
| 18:00 | Book Signing BFI Southbank Foyer
Paolo Cherchi Usai Silent Cinema and Art of Film Projection |
| 18:10 | Early Evening Public Screening MAGNIFISENT OBSESSION with introduction by Barbara Flueckiger, University of Zurich, Switzerland NOTE: Conference ticket does not admit to Public Screening – see below how to obtain a ticket. |
DAY TWO
(Thursday 12th March) – NFT3, BFI, Southbank
| 09:30 | Session ONE
Introduction: FilmColors, an Interdisciplinary Approach Barbara Flueckiger – Project leader and Principal Investigator, ERC Advanced Grant FilmColors and SNF Film Colors, University of Zurich |
| 10:00 | “We will be in the market for some color that is satisfactory”. Negotiating Colour Film Technology at Fox
Noemi Daugaard, SNF Film Colors, University of Zurch |
| 10:50 | COFFEE BREAK BFI Southbank Foyer |
| 11:20 | From Méliès to Technicolor: Artistic Practices and Scientific Strategies for Designing Colour Film
Olivia-Kristina Stutz, ERC Advanced Grant Film Colors, University of Zurich |
| 12:00 | Color Mania
Eva Hielscher |
| Session TWO | |
| 13:40 | VeCoScan
Lutz Garmsen, Giorgio Trumpy, David Pfluger, ERC Advanced Grant Film Colors, University of Zurich |
| 14:30 | Colour Group KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
TBA Charles Poynton |
| 15:20 | COFFEE BREAK BFI Southbank Foyer |
| Session THREE | |
| 15:50 | La Roue
TBA |
| 16:40 | TBA
Anke Mebold, Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF, Filmarchiv |
DAY THREE
(Friday 13h March) – NFT3, BFI, Southbank
| 09:30 | Chromatic Lighting in Science Fiction Films
Joëlle Kost, ERC Advanced Grant Film Colors, University of Zurich |
| 10:20 | How to save the environment with ‘less’. Discourses on Colour Film Preservation and Recycling in the Socialist Planned Economy
Josephine Diecke, University of Zurich, ERC Advanced Grant Film Colors |
| 11:10 | COFFEE BREAK BFI Southbank Foyer |
| 11:40 | Colour and Genre. Negotiating Colour Film Technology, Aesthetic Conventions and Artistic Creation in the 1940s
Michelle Beutler, University of Zurich, ERC Advanced Grant Film Colors |
| 12:30 | LUNCH BFI Southbank Foyer |
| 13:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER
TBA |
The Thursday Evening Public Screening will not be included in your conference fee. Separate ticket will need to be purchased, maximum one each per registration. Admission to the Screening will only be allowed upon presenting a ticket.
Booking is now open via the BFI website and be sure to use the code COLOUR so the BFI can issue with the correct ticket.
NOTE: No recording or streaming is allowed during the conference.
TICKETS
Decide which class of ticket you require, click the orange EVENTBRITE button and proceed to order and pay.
Non-Member of CG (GB), HTW Berlin, University of Zurich, BFI
Member of CG (GB), HTW Berlin, University of Zurich, BFI
Student Non-Member CG (GB), HTW Berlin, University of Zurich, BFI
Student Member CG(GB), HTW Berlin or University of Zurich, BFI
£118
£95
£45
£25
ABSTRACTS
The abstracts are here as a downloadable PDF.