PANEL EVENT
Join Paul Frith and Keith Johnston (University of East Anglia), and Melanie Selfe (University of Glasgow) for an insightful discussion of amateur filmmaking during the inter-war period, to complement our IAC World Tour screening.

n the 1920s, interest in amateur filmmaking expanded rapidly across the globe thanks to affordable and widely available filmmaking equipment and materials. Although often dismissed, these DIY makers of “home movies” offered exciting alternatives to the predominant mainstream movie industry.

This talk will consider how the work of the 'serious' amateur filmmaker pioneers blossomed during this lively period, producing unorthodox and ground-breaking films to rival the mainstream with their imagination and creativity.

1h 30m incl. Q&A. BSL-English supported event

In association with the East Anglian Film Archive, Filmoteca de Catalunya, Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, University of Calgary, and the Social Sciences and Humanties Research Council of Canada