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Domitor 2018 Student Essay Award submissions

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Published: Monday, 23 July 2018 10:49
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We are pleased to share the call for submissions for the Domitor 2018 Student Essay Award.

Call for Submissions

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If you are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, or have received a degree after January 2018, please consider submitting your paper.

Submissions may be written in either French or English and should not exceed 7000 words. All submissions are due electronically (as a PDF or Microsoft Word document).

All entrants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the time of submission, or have received a degree no earlier than January 2018. Essays prepared by students to fulfill course requirements may be submitted. An essay will not be accepted, however, if it has been previously published or issued in any form of general distribution. Each student may enter only one essay.

The deadline is September 1, 2018, and the award consists of a $500 prize and assistance with its publication in a professional film historical journal.

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Parker Cinema Collection

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Published: Sunday, 23 April 2017 10:54
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"A.G. Parker Cinema Collection", of the "European Collections and Cataloguing" (ECC) as part of the Cambridge University Library film book collections

Parker Cinema Collection

A.G. Parker Cinema Collection

Former University Library staff member Glynne Parker died in October 2011 - After his death, collection of printed matter and ephemera on film was presented to the Cambridge University Library film book collections.

Glynne Parker’s own records show that his book collection ran to 2774 books. Journals make up a minor component of the overall collection, but include some fairly rare small-run publications. Glynne concentrated on American, British, and European cinema and bought chiefly in English, French, and Italian. His great interest in silent cinema is reflected strongly in the collection, with many major Italian titles about the genre and over 50 books about Buster Keaton.

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Joseph Halachmi

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Published: Wednesday, 11 November 2015 10:16
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Joseph Halachmi a retired film & tv director - producer and now a world renowed film & cinema hostorian with an Israeli Early Cinema speciality.

Halachmi is the son of early israely film director Chaim Halachmi & acctress Dvora Halachmi.

MSPC
Film & TV Director-Producer
Israeli Film Historian & Researcher
Israeli Educational Television (Retired)

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75 years of Hebrew film commemoration stamp

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Published: Thursday, 05 November 2015 14:02
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oded hanodedIn commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hebrew film, the Philatelic Service issued a series at stamps. Dedicated to three Hebrew films, each one being a landmark in the Hebrew cinema, both silent and sound: "Judah Liberated", the first Hebrew film; "Oded the Wanderer" ("Oded Hanoded"), the first full-length Hebrew feature film; and "This is the Land", the first Hebrew "talkie".

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Oded Hanoded

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Published: Friday, 31 October 2014 14:44
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odded hanodedOded Hanoded is 1932 Drama film directed by Chaim Halachmi (Haim Halachmi), and written by Chaim Halachmi (Haim Halahmi) and Tzvi Lieberman-Livne (Based on his childrens book).

Considered first full-length Hebrew feature film.

"A cornerstone for the Hebrew cinema was laid yesterday" by Doar Hayom after the film's premiere at Jerusalem's Zion Cinema.

Uri Klein, Ha’aretz film critic: “Today, 78 years after its making, the major interest in watching the film stems from its attempt to deal with the conflict between the collective and the individual".

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Israeli Film Database

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Published: Monday, 05 October 2015 18:24
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Israel Film CenterIsrael Film Center at JCC Manhattan is a resource for Israeli film, with the goal of expanding Israel's emerging film industry and promoting Israeli culture in America.

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