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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · 10d

Registration’s open for the online launch of exciting new book - Color Protocols, Eds. Carolyn L. Kane & Lida Zeitlin-Wu colourandfilm.com/cfps/

Announcements/CFPs

British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies Colour and Film Special Interest Group. Current events, calls and announcements for work on colour, film, tv, screen studies and cultures …

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Jul 7

STUDIOTEC’s results in brief article just published in 6 languages!

cordis.europa.eu/article/id/4...

Beyond Hollywood: inside Europe’s golden age film studios

Discover how European film studios evolved from 1930-1960 and why their legacy matters in today’s film industry.,,,European Commission

cordis.europa.eu

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Jul 4

Amazing posters for Hindi colour films at the V&A

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · May 28

So sad - she was a wonderful archivist - so sorry to hear this news

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · May 27

Great colour conference here in Amsterdam!

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · May 23

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · May 9

STUDIOTEC project book Film Studios now in production with Bloomsbury!

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/film-stud...

Film Studios in Britain, France, Germany and Italy

www.bloomsbury.com

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · May 7

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...

Trump’s foreign film tariffs could ‘wipe out’ UK movie industry, ministers told

Union warns that 100% levy could be ‘knockout blow’ and urges government to defend sector and those who work in it

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Watkins @liziwat.bsky.social · May 1

Looking forward to the online book launch of Bregt Lameris’ ‘Feeling Colour’ in discussion with Lucy Fife Donaldson (St Andrews) and Joshua Yumibe (Michigan State) @openbookpublish.bsky.social
3:00-4:15pm (London) Friday 23 May 2025
Further details & registration colourandfilm.com/cfps/

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Apr 26

Great Agnès Varda exhibition here in Paris

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Apr 19

New colour discovered! Looks familiar and Wizard of Oz connection!

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Hue new? Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before

Contested discovery achieved by experiment firing laser pulses into eyes, stimulating retina cells

www.theguardian.com

Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Apr 11

What’s this amazing plant?

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · Apr 5

A Girl's Folly (1917) offers a behind-the-scenes look at a 1910s movie studio

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Apr 6

Recent trip to Amsterdam - the fabulous Tuschinski cinema, and EYE Filmmuseum

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Apr 4

My latest article arising from the STUDIOTEC project on the dangers of working in film studios. It's Open Access so read for free!
doi.org/10.1080/0143...

This Studio is Dangerous! Hazards of Working in British Film Studios in the 1930s and 1940s

This article examines the high number of fires in British film studios which occurred in the 1930s and 1940s. The reasons for studios’ vulnerability to fires, and other workplace accidents, are exa...

doi.org

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Sarah Street @sarahstreet.bsky.social · Apr 4

My latest article arising from the STUDIOTEC project on the dangers of working in film studios. It's Open Access so read for free!
doi.org/10.1080/0143...

This Studio is Dangerous! Hazards of Working in British Film Studios in the 1930s and 1940s

This article examines the high number of fires in British film studios which occurred in the 1930s and 1940s. The reasons for studios’ vulnerability to fires, and other workplace accidents, are exa...

doi.org

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