Happy Home Movie Day!
Saturday, October 21st is the “official” HMD date for 2023, but like last year we welcome events throughout October and beyond – any day can be Home Movie Day! As many events have shifted back to being in-person, we’ve implemented a new calendar and submission form, all of which can be found at our About Home Movie Day page, along with lots of info about the history of global Home Movie Day and how to host your own. See you over there, and at the movies!
Smartphones have largely replaced film cameras and camcorders as tools for amateur filmmakers. What you see is what you get is taken for granted today. In the past, it was a case of anxious waiting until the last second of film development. Were all the parameters on the camera set correctly? Sometimes exposed material was carelessly left lying around to be developed years later and then inserted into a projector.
Anticipation of the unknown – this is also what drives a cine film scene that is still alive today. In this spirit, we cordially invite you to bring your home-made films to the Home Movie Day at the Filmmuseum Potsdam. Trained experts will view and check your films with you on site (8mm, 9.5mm and 16mm). Specialists from the company Screenshot will show you how analogue films can be digitised and even offer a free sample. If you dare, you can present selected films you have brought with you on the big screen in front of a cinema audience at the end. We are also looking forward to current films. In addition, a varied accompanying programme invites you to immerse yourself in the world of narrow and amateur film.
With presentations from the festival Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, the archive of family- and amateur film at university of Paderborn and a new book about the Ozaphan home cinema.