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!
The Opelika Public Library will be hosting (so far as we know) Alabama’s first Home Movie Day on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, presented by the Opelika Auburn Film Arts (OAFAC).
From 9-11:30, OAFAC’s technicians will teach those who bring films the proper methods of keeping and maintaining films. We will clean the films and do what we can to make these archives playable. We will also offer resources for transferring films to a more accessible and less delicate form.
After a lunch break -12:30 – Dr. Andrea Kelley, Associate Professor in Media Studies at Auburn University, will offer a brief introduction to the event.
After that we’ll show as many films as we can before 5:00. Depending on the community response, we may have to limit time so everyone can get a glimpse of their films.
OAFAC is choosing to focus on reel-to-reel films for our first go at this event. We will have a 16 mm projector, an 8mm projector, and a Super 8 projector. We will introduce VHS and other media at future events.