Film History Converence in Supernova cinema 18-19th June

Films have been screened in Estonia since 1896 so the local cinematography extends over one hundred years.

What was expected from the cinema in the early years, what type of buildings were the films shown in, who and what influenced the film language and what are those films offering us today?

Everyone interested in finding answers to these questions are welcome to the international conference "Emerging Screen Sites/Sights: Cinema Culture around the Baltic Sea 1895-1920".Conference is held on June 18-19 in Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School cinema hall. Besides exiting speeches some „new“ old material will be screened.

JUNE 18, 2014

11.30 Opening 12.00 Yuri Tsivian (Latvia-USA) - Early Cinema in Russia, Or: What Makes Us Think of Films as Being National?

13.00 Lunch 14.00 Lars Kristensen (Sweden) - Early Non-Fiction Filmmaking in the Baltic Region: Identity, Ethnography and Spectacle

14.30 Outi Hupaniittu (Finland) - The German Influence in Finnish Cinema Business in late 1910s - the Turn from the Adversary to Confederate

15.00 Coffe break

15.15 Karen Jagodin (Estonia) - The Birth of Cinema Architecture in Estonia 1901–1918: From Fair Pavilions to Movie Theatres

15.45 Pelle Snickars (Sweden) - Mediating the Past – Twice. On Digital Film Archives and Media Specificity

JUNE 19, 2014

10.00-11.00 Film Programme 11.00 Karl Taul (Estonia) - Film Programmes in Estonian Cinemas 1896–1920

11.30 Virve Sarapik (Estonia) - On Film Reception in Estonia in the Early 20th Century

12.00 Alo Paistik (Estonia) - A Brief Detour into the Discourses on Art in Early Cinema

12.30 Closing and coffee Conference is organised by: Estonian Film Museum, Estonian Film Institute, Estonian Film Archives, Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School. Conference will be held in english.

Free entrance.

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