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Kate Saccone
@katesac.bsky.social
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Silent cinema, curating, and feminist practice and theory at the University of Amsterdam; project manager/editor, @WFPProject.
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Kate Saccone @katesac.bsky.social · 12d
Excited to be in Bruges, and at this festival, this weekend!
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 12d
Great line-up for the Silent Film Festival in Bruges this week!!! Including guest intros by @wfhinetwork.bsky.social Prez @katesac.bsky.social & live music by Maud Nelissen, Hilde Nash, Daan van den Hurk, & Kabir Khan. 😍🎶🎞️

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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · 19d
We've reactivated WFHI's listserv!!

You can join here:
lists.simplelists.com/WFHINetwork/...

We look forward to exchanging feminist film historiographical research (and research questions), relevant scholarly and archival news and events, resources, and more with you all!
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San Francisco Film Preserve @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · Aug 28
🎥✨ Step into the world of early cinema innovation! Join us Friday, September 19, for the next edition of ONLINE WITH SFFP: Preserving Douglass Crockwell’s Mutoscopes.
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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · Jul 10
On Friday, July 18, Dr. Veronica Johnson will give an online presentation on the history of the Film Company of Ireland, and its co-founder Nell O’Mara Sullivan. Hosted by San Francisco Film Preserve, this event is not to be missed!

Register here: filmpreserve.org/event/online...
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Maggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · Jun 27
Sold out screening of THE RED KIMONA (1925) at #IlCinemaRitrovato with brilliant intro by @shelleystamp.bsky.social & sizzling catalog notes by @katesac.bsky.social & live accomplishment by Meg Morley!!! 🎞️🎶🤩 festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/proiezion...
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Cinema's First Nasty Women @nastysilents.bsky.social · Jun 22
Come break plates with us today at #IlCinemaRitrovato!!! 4:30pm in DAMSLab 🎊😍🎞️ @karenpearlman.bsky.social @hennefem.bsky.social @richardjamesallen.bsky.social @katesac.bsky.social @physicaltv.bsky.social

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physicaltv.bsky.social @physicaltv.bsky.social · Jun 20
@physicaltv.bsky.social @nastysilents.bsky.social's BREAKING PLATES screening at Il Cinema Ritrovato this Sun, June 22, 4.30pm.

Tix: www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Join @karenpearlman.bsky.social @hennefem.bsky.social Elif Kaynakci, Kate Saccone & @richardjamesallen.bsky.social for the panel/Q&A!
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Women Film Pioneers Project @wfpproject.bsky.social · Jun 19
#bornonthisday: actress, director, producer, and screenwriter Helen Holmes!
Helen Holmes – Women Film Pioneers Project
Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.
wfpp.columbia.edu
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Kate Saccone @katesac.bsky.social · Jun 19
Don't miss the BREAKING PLATES screening on Sunday afternoon at Il Cinema Ritrovato! It's sure to be a smash with @hennefem.bsky.social, @karenpearlman.bsky.social, @richardjamesallen.bsky.social, and Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi on stage 😀

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Kate Saccone @katesac.bsky.social · Jun 19
Any chance I'll see you in Bologna after NECS?
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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · Feb 3
Notifications regarding Women and the Silent Screen XII submissions will be sent out slightly later than planned. Please expect to hear back around mid-February.

The conference committee apologizes for any inconvenience that this delay may cause!
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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · Jan 27
Congrats to @alixbeeston.bsky.social and @stefansolomon.bsky.social whose *phenomenal* collection INCOMPLETE won Best Edited Collection at this year’s @scmstudies.bsky.social Book Awards!! Proud to have it in my Feminist Media Histories series @ucpress.bsky.social
www.ucpress.edu/books/incomp...
Incomplete by Alix Beeston, Stefan Solomon - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
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Tanya Goldman @tanyagoldman.bsky.social · Jan 25

New in #openaccess! STRETCHING THE ARCHIVES TOWARD A GLOBAL FILM WOMEN’S FILM HERITAGE.
Eds. Lizelle Bisschoff, Ana Grgić, Stefanie Van de Peer.

Book has particular emphasis on feminist cultural memory and film heritage in the Global South.

www.archivebooks.org/stretching-t...
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · Jan 23
As it stand, we sadly don't have enough votes in this year's poll. If we don't get a few more surveys completed, it wouldn't be fair to name any winners – so please vote! silentlondon.co.uk/2024/12/22/t...
The Silent London Poll of 2024: vote for your winners now
Season’s greetings Silent Londoners. It has been a whirlwind of a year. How much do you remember? Personally, I watched silent movies on three different continents this year, so I have some g…
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Kate Saccone @katesac.bsky.social · Jan 16
Excited to be heading to the Netherlands Silent Film Festival tomorrow! 🎞️ 🎶

On Saturday, Anke Brouwers and I will present our program "Nice Work (if You Can Get It)," which is dedicated to women at work and working women of various kinds!
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Women Film Pioneers Project @wfpproject.bsky.social · Jan 8
The Nederlands Silent Film Festival runs from January 16-19, 2025!

There's already a great article about the festival (in Dutch) in Filmkrant, which focuses on the many women film pioneers featured in this year's lineup (with a shout-out to WFPP 🥰)!

filmkrant.nl/artikel/nede...
Nederlands Silent Film Festival - Filmkrant
Het Nederlands Silent Film Festival besteedt dit jaar opnieuw veel aandacht aan vrouwelijke makers, zowel voor als achter de schermen. Zo kunnen we hun pionierswerk herwaarderen en belanden ze alsnog ...
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Dave Kehr @davekehr.bsky.social · Jan 9
TO SAVE AND PROJECT, MoMA's annual festival of preserved films, starts tonight and continues through Jan. 30. www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · Jan 1
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · Dec 25
Let's do a silent movie alphabet!

A is for The Adventures of Prince Achmed
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · Dec 22
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Time to vote in the Silent London Poll of 2024! silentlondon.co.uk/2024/12/22/t...
The Silent London Poll of 2024: vote for your winners now
Season’s greetings Silent Londoners. It has been a whirlwind of a year. How much do you remember? Personally, I watched silent movies on three different continents this year, so I have some g…
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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Dec 13
As we approach the holiday I want to share some Christmas shorts directed by women.

Czech animator Hermina Tyrlova, created wonderful worlds of wool & string. A stop motion innovator, her career spanned almost 60 years, 1927-86. Here is her delightful SNOWMAN (1966) www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtNo...
Snehulak (1966)
YouTube video by GeneralArmorus
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Dave Kehr @davekehr.bsky.social · Dec 12
The schedule is up for MoMA's annual festival of film preservation, TO SAVE AND PROJECT. Organized by yours truly this year, with the invaluable help of Cindi Rowell. Starts Jan. 9 with our upgraded restoration of Frank Borzage's silent masterpiece, 7th HEAVEN.

www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
To Save and Project: The 21st MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation | MoMA
Film series. Jan 9–30, 2025. Our annual To Save and Project festival returns in 2025 with a rich selection of newly restored treasures from archives around the world. This year’s program spans nearly ...
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Women and Film History International @wfhinetwork.bsky.social · Dec 6
You still have this weekend to submit to Women and the Silent Screen XII, "Form and Feeling in Silent Cinema."
2025 BRUSSELS & ANTWERP, BELGIUM — Women and Film History International
Registration available for the Women and the Silent Screen XI Conference for our members. Click Here to register and learn more
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Women Film Pioneers Project @wfpproject.bsky.social · Dec 5
The surviving fragment of VICENTA (Musidora, 1919) is now streaming online on HENRI!

www.cinematheque.fr/henri/film/1...
Vicenta (Musidora, 1919) à voir en ligne sur HENRI, la plateforme des collections films de la Cinémathèque française
Le prince Romano séduit Vicenta, serveuse dans une auberge minable. Elle s'échappe pour le rejoindre à Paris.
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Silent London @silentlondon.bsky.social · Dec 5
Save the dates for Hippodrome Silent Film Festival 19-23 2025. Festival passes for the 15th edition on sale now www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/hippfest/
HippFest
HippFest is Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music, centred in and inspired by Scotland’s first and oldest cinema; featuring exceptional screenings, commissions, workshops, ...
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Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social · Nov 26
Just finished reading a draft of @aurspiers.bsky.social book manuscript, Archiving the Past: Women’s Film History in France, which will be published in my Feminist Media Histories book series @ucpress.bsky.social. Can’t wait for you all to read it!
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