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!
HMD-LA is stoked to be back for our first in-person Home Movie Day in a few years! Hosted again by LAasSubject’s Archives Bazaar on the USC campus (Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall), archivists from the Academy Film Archive, UCLA Film and Television Archive, USC Cinematic Arts, and UCLA’s Association of Moving Image Archivists Student Chapter will be conducting the event and providing expertise on how to better care for your films. It’s proven to be a fun and educational afternoon of screenings, Home Movie Bingo and raffle prizes.
Film drop-off and inspection begins at noon and we welcome submissions in 16mm, 8mm, Super 8 and VHS. Participants may also register and submit their media for free digitization by 10/12 in advance of the event here: https://www.bit.ly/homemoviedayla
After two years of excellent virtual events, we’re excited to gather again for the 20th Annual Los Angeles Home Movie Day as part of the Los Angeles Archives Bazaar, presented by L.A. as Subject and the USC Libraries. Archivists from the Academy Film Archive, UCLA Film and Television Archive and USC Cinematic Arts will be conducting the event and providing expertise on how to better care for your films. It’s proven to be a fun and educational afternoon of screenings, Home Movie Bingo and raffle prizes.
Special thanks to our digitization sponsor, the UCLA IS Media Preservation Lab, serving students in the Department of Education and Information Studies and the campus at large. The IS Media Lab provides equipment, training, and services for film and video transfer, digital preservation, and audio and video editing.
Further thanks to UCLA’s Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Student Chapter for event assistance and coordinating volunteers to help digitize materials. Founded in 2000, the UCLA AMIA Student Chapter advocates for archivists new to the field by providing a social and intellectual forum for students interested in preserving, restoring, and providing access to moving image heritage.
Questions? HomeMovieDayLA@gmail.com
