The Eighth International Conference, Colour in Film: TV, Video and Film, 11-13 November 2024, will take place in Bristol, UK at Watershed, an independent cultural cinema and creative technology research centre on the city’s historic harbourside. The conference – co-organized by Colour Group of Great Britain and HTW – University of Applied Sciences, Berlin – will focus on colour in the context of history, aesthetics and technology in television, video, and electronic displays. Additional sessions cover historical film colours in different gauges and formats, from the silent days to the modern era including in natural history film. As always, a host of international scholars, curators, and specialists will present their latest insights.
Please find the schedule, as well as in a separate sheet, the speakers, bios and abstracts (alphabetically) HERE.
Confirmed speakers include Professors Sarah Street; Jonathan Bignell and Kirsten Moana Thompson. Also, Kirsty Dootson; Mark Fuller; Vicky Jackson; Bruno Mestdagh; Charles Poynton; Tom Vincent; Anke Wilkening. As always, silent film music will be a treasured addition to select screenings, and towards that end we are very much looking forward to welcome silent film musician and composer, Andreas Benz. For their invaluable help in making the screenings happening, we are very much indebted to the support from British Film Institute, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium – CINEMATEK, Filmarchiv Austria and Dr. Michael Jung, Rosie Taylor and Stefanie Benz, and the Watershed, Bristol.
Bookings are now available for General Admission at £85, Members of Colour Group (GB) and HTW – University of Applied Sciences, Berlin at £65 and Students at £20 (student ID is required for verification at the conference registration).
Register at: https://www.colour.org.uk/the-eighth-international-conference-colour-in-film/
