More than 60 presenters at IU's Orphan Film Symposium (Orphans Midwest)

Registration is open for the Orphan Film Symposium at Indiana University Bloomington

Orphans Midwest:  Materiality and the Moving Image, September 26-28, 2013

More than 60 presenters!  Filmmakers, archivists, scholars, curators, technology experts, librarians, preservationists, collectors, media artists, programmers, producers, distributors, museologists, students, educators, fellows, musicians, DJs, composers, projectionists, enthusiasts, researchers, historians, digital humanists. . . . 

Join us.

Slated presenters:

Albert Steg (Center for Home Movies)   

Alex Kupfer (NYU) 

Allyson Nadia Field (UCLA)

Amy Beste (School of the Art Institute of Chicago) 

Anaïs Nony (U of Minnesota)

Andrea J. Kelley (IU)

Andrew Beckman (Studebaker National Museum)

Andy Uhrich (IU)

Anne Wells (Chicago Film Archives)

Ashley Blewer (U of South Carolina)

Ashley R. Smith (Northwestern U) 

Ben Strassfeld (U of Michigan)

Bill Morrison (Hypnotic Pictures)

Bradley Reeves (Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound)

Brian Graney (IU Black Film Center/Archive) 

Brian Real (U of Maryland) 

Carolyn Faber (Kartemquin Films) 

Craig Kridel (U of South Carolina Museum of Education) 

Dan Streible (NYU Orphan Film Symposium)

Dave Sagehorn (Northwestern U) 

Donald Crafton (U of Notre Dame)

Eric Schaefer (Emerson College)  

Gabriel Gutierrez Arellano (composer)

Garden Gates (Josephine McRobbie, et al.)

Greg Pierce (Orgone Archive)

Greg Wilsbacher (U of South Carolina)

Gregory A. Waller (IU) 

Heddi Vaughan Siebel (media artist) 

Jacqueline Stewart (U of Chicago)

Jake Austen (Roctober Productions)

James Paasche (IU)  

Jane Gillooly (School of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Jeff Martin (Independent Media Arts Preservation) 

Jen Hughes  (U of Minnesota)

Jennifer Reeves (Cooper Union)

Jon Vickers (IU Cinema)

Joseph Slade (Ohio U)

Kelli Hix  (Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum)

Kit Hughes (U of Wisconsin - Madison) 

Liana Zhou (IU Kinsey Institute)  

Liz Coffey (Harvard Film Archive)

Luke Stadel (Northwestern U)   

Lylas (Kyle Hamlett, et al., Nashville, Tennessee)

Marsha Gordon (North Carolina State U)

Martin Johnson (Catholic U)

Matt Levine (U of Minnesota)

Maya Beiser (Opus 3 artist)

Mike Casey (IU Media Preservation Services)  

Mike Mashon (Library of Congress)

Mona Jimenez (NYU)

Nadia Ghasedi (Washington U)

Natasha Ritsma (Kenyon College) 

Nate Brennan (NYU)

Noelle Griffis (IU) 

Rachael Stoeltje (IU Libraries Film Archive)

Rachel Schaff (U of Minnesota)

Russell Sheaffer (IU)

S. Torriano Berry (Howard U) 

Sara Chapman (Media Burn)

Skip Elsheimer (A/V Geeks)

Stefan Elnabli (Northwestern U Library) 

Tom Gunning (U of Chicago)

Travis Wagner (U of South Carolina)  

Submit poster designs for Orphans Midwest: Materiality and the Moving Imag

Poster contest! (Win free registration to the symposium.)

The IU Cinema, IU Libraries Film Archive, and the Orphan Film Symposium invite aesthetically-minded fans of the moving image to submit poster designs for Orphans Midwest: Materiality and the Moving Image. This three-day symposium hosts an impressive gathering of scholars, archivists, and media artists, screening dozens of cinema rarities and rediscoveries, as well as new productions, music performances, and curated presentations. “Orphan films” are all manner of neglected and ephemeral cinematic artifacts, ranging from home movies to outtakes to educational movies to newsreels. More information:

Design Details:

All information below must be included in the poster

● Size: 12in x 18in
● Title: Orphans Midwest: Materiality and the Moving Image
● Dates: September 26-28, 2013
● IU Cinema website: http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/
● Additional Information number: 812-856-2503
● IU Cinema logo: Download versions here.
● Sponsors (can be in small print if needed): Presented by IU Libraries Film Archive, Indiana University Cinema and NYU Cinema Studies. This project is supported by Indiana University’s New Frontiers in the Arts & Humanities Program and the College of Arts and Humanities Institute (CAHI). Other partners include IU’s Department of Communication and Culture’s Film and Media Studies Program, Black Film Center/Archive, The Kinsey Institute, Lilly Library, and the Media Preservation Initiative.

NOTE: Design contest winners may need to make minor edits to design prior to printing

Winning Design

● Will be printed and distributed around campus and community, and will be included in promotional materials online and at conference
● Designer will receive their choice of a framed copy of the poster or a pass to the 2013 Orphan Film Symposium

Submission Deadline and Technical Specifications

● Design submissions are due by August 12, 2013
● Design must not include copyrighted images, characters, or clip art
● Submissions should be in the form of a high resolution (150 dpi minimum) .pdf file
● Submissions can be sent to orphansmidwest@gmail.com.
● If submissions are too large to email, submissions can be in the form of a downloadable file, with a link provided

about Early Registration

Happy Two Thousand Eight!

We've been getting a flurry of questions about the early registration cut off date for the Orphan Film Symposium. Not to worry. If you didn't register by January 6th, you can still pay the reduced fee until the end of January.

People are registering at a steady clip now, so the available seats may sell out before the end of January. Register soon!