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@weirdfilmgauges

A Curator of Fiction Film at the BFI National Archive, and PhD student at the University of Bristol researching the History and Culture of 9.5mm private film collecting in Britain.

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Our 'brew and biccies' matinee at 3:05pm stars #BroderickCrawford #DonnaReed #JohnDerek in SCANDAL SHEET (1952) crime drama #TPTVsubtitles

18.02.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Start your #FilmNoir weekend with @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 6:55PM with British crime film Recoil (1953) directed by John Gilling and starring Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars and Edward Underdown. #BritNoir

07.02.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Seen the new #Nosferatu yet?

Now try the #SilentFilm original with a live music by Stephen Horne shown as part of a double-bill with The Lost Boys (1987) on Sat 18 Jan brought to you by our friends @swsilents.bsky.social

15.01.2025 08:57 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The video!!!

15.01.2025 20:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a viewer and one reel already. Then, the complete set came up on eBay! Prime piece of British moving image history and culture! πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯° #film #super8film #takethat #boybands πŸ“½πŸŽžπŸŽΆ

15.01.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Programming silent cinema: An interview with Oliver Hanley (1/3) To start off the new year, I’m doing something a little different. At the end of August 2024, I watched the streamed content of the Stummfilmtage Bonn. In the wake of my series of posts, I was cont…

Programming silent cinema: An interview with Oliver Hanley (1/3) via Paul Cuff’s The Realm of Silence: therealmofsilence.com/2025/01/06/p...

06.01.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Me playing with my new toy! Pathe Baby #filmprojector πŸ“½πŸŽžπŸ“½πŸŽžπŸ“½πŸŽž

06.01.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally got my shelves built, so there's room to store all my #filmprojectors properly! Which is good as I have another five to stuff in here. One in my room, one still with an engineer, and two new acquisitions being delivered soon! πŸ“½πŸŽžπŸ“½πŸŽžπŸ“½πŸŽž

05.01.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scarf numero deux! It's actually pink yarn (not salmon red!), with added randoms knitted into it! Still added too many stitches though! I am the Queen of oversized scarves! πŸ§ΆπŸ§£πŸ‘Έ

03.01.2025 22:55 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“½οΈ Directed by #JoanLittlewood 60s British classic SPARROWS CAN'T SING (1963) 5pm #TPTVsubtitles

⭐ Stars #BarbaraWindsor #GeorgeSewell #JamesBooth #RoyKinnear among an all-star cast.

01.01.2025 15:00 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A star-studded short film featuring #TessieOShea #EddieGray #MaxBygraves #HattieJacques #JeanCarson and many more in:

⭐ TONIGHT IN GREAT BRITAIN (1955) Premiere 4:35pm on #TPTV

01.01.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Open call for collaborators, partners and sponsors

Open call for collaborators, partners and sponsors

Encounters has always been a place to discover and celebrate diverse new voices and innovative storytelling, foster empathy and connect through global stories.

This September, we celebrate the festival’s 30th edition with a new team, fresh perspectives, and an opportunity for new partners to be part of this exciting, forward-thinking programme for audiences in Bristol, the UK, and beyond.

Encounters has always been a place to discover and celebrate diverse new voices and innovative storytelling, foster empathy and connect through global stories. This September, we celebrate the festival’s 30th edition with a new team, fresh perspectives, and an opportunity for new partners to be part of this exciting, forward-thinking programme for audiences in Bristol, the UK, and beyond.

While focused on making this year’s festival extraordinary, we also look to the future.

Bristol, with its radical spirit of creativity and inclusivity, is the ideal home for an internationally significant festival that discovers and champions the emerging storytellers of tomorrow across all forms of visual media.

While focused on making this year’s festival extraordinary, we also look to the future. Bristol, with its radical spirit of creativity and inclusivity, is the ideal home for an internationally significant festival that discovers and champions the emerging storytellers of tomorrow across all forms of visual media.

Recent years have brought funding challenges and we need partners and sponsors who share our vision.

If you’re inspired to help make this vision a reality then let’s build it together. Contact us now at hello@encounters.film

Recent years have brought funding challenges and we need partners and sponsors who share our vision. If you’re inspired to help make this vision a reality then let’s build it together. Contact us now at hello@encounters.film

This is an open call for collaborators, partners and sponsors.

Bristol is the ideal home for an internationally significant festival that discovers and champions the emerging storytellers of tomorrow across all forms of visual media.

If you share that vision then let’s build it together. πŸš€

01.01.2025 15:04 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD reading in between films! Love getting the felt tips out! πŸ“š πŸŽžπŸ–βœοΈπŸ–‹

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My Rifle, My Pony And Me 2024 Wrapped

Starting the New Year going to see RIO BRAVO at the BFI Southbank ... to watch and listen to Dean Martin sing to me! 🀠 🐎 🎢 😍😍😍
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01.01.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Noooooooo!!!!!!!! this can't be real. πŸ˜°πŸ’” Donna was such a kind, generous, passionate human and contagiously inspiring cinephile & writer. This hurts. I'm in shock & disbelief.

31.12.2024 03:39 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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New Year's Eve afternoon on #TPTV All programmes #TPTVsubtitles
13:35 LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER (1982) Premiere
15:10 THE GHOST OF GREVILLE LODGE (2000)
17:20 EDGAR WALLACE: CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE (1960)
18:30 COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD (1956)

31.12.2024 12:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This scene from #FaceOff is legit me walking round Waitrose this afternoon with headphones on, listening to calming music to help me cope! youtube.com/watch?v=wLIF...

29.12.2024 15:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nice bit of light Christmas PhD reading! πŸ“šπŸ“–πŸ“šπŸ“–

23.12.2024 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#RogerMoore has the halo at the ready as Simon Templar in πŸ˜‡ THE SAINT (1965) 3pm #TPTVsubtitles

'The Persistent Parasites' with guest stars #CecLinder #JanhHolden

23.12.2024 13:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Sunday Intertitle: Monkey Island Lupino Lane, with his brother Wallace Lupino playing his Eric Campbell heavy, get washed up on a desert island in this scrappy two-reeler. Lupino Lane comes up with really inventive gags, although …

A trip down Lupino Lane.
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22.12.2024 19:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

20 female stars that bring you joy. Always. 1 per day, no explanations, just the name and a photo.

Day 1: Mae

22.12.2024 18:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The new Nosferatu: silent-style horror in 2025 Robert Eggers has remade Nosferatu. Finally, after long promising to do so. His new take on the FW Murnau classic from 1922 is in UK cinemas on 1 January 2025. To be completely honest with you, I h…

Newsferatu! silentlondon.co.uk/2024/12/22/t...

22.12.2024 16:45 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“½οΈ Classic wartime thriller with an all-star cast THE DAY WILL DAWN (1942) 7:30pm #TPTVsubtitles

⭐ Stars #DeborahKerr #HughWilliams #RalphRichardson #GriffithJones #NiallMacGinnis

22.12.2024 17:30 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Knitting to pass the time, whilst waiting to make a last-minute stealth eBay purchase! 🧢 🐍 πŸ’° πŸ“½

22.12.2024 18:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us at 9pm for ⚰️ THE CELLAR CLUB with #CarolineMunro

The documentary series THE WORLD OF HAMMER (1994) continues with a look at their Frankenstein films and #SusanGeorge #PatrickMower star in HAMMER HOUSE OF MYSTERY & SUSPENSE: CZECH MATE (1984) #TPTVsubtitles

20.12.2024 19:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight's watching!!!

20.12.2024 20:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Internet Archive is fighting the digital dark ages β€” that also means saving the GIF pandas From dancing pandas to under construction signs, early internet GIFs tell us something critical about digital preservation β€” and why the Internet Archive's fight against vanishing culture matters more...

Why is @jdshadel.bsky.social working to save animated GIFs? www.esckey.co/internet-arc... #VanishingCulture

20.12.2024 16:25 πŸ‘ 700 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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Pyjamas, wine, knitting, ...and odd socks! At me mums! Christmas has arrivedπŸ‘˜πŸ·πŸ§Ά 🧦

20.12.2024 19:24 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Boxing Day 5:15pm on #TalkingPicturesTV Unseen since the original broadcast!

πŸŽ„ CHRISTMAS ON THE STREET (1968) #TPTVsubtitles A festive one-off festive Coronation Street special. ⭐ #DorisSpeed #WilliamRoache #PatriciaPhoenix #ArthurLeslie https://buff.ly/4f6cUG8

11.12.2024 19:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wild landscapes, dark comedy and the Irish language: the rise of β€˜Gaelic noir’ CrΓ‘ is the first Irish language drama shown on prime-time BBC Northern Ireland and is pioneering the new TV genre

Wild landscapes, dark comedy and the Irish language: the rise of β€˜Gaelic noir’

CrΓ‘ is the first Irish language drama shown on prime-time BBC Northern Ireland and is pioneering the new TV genre #FilmNoir: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

11.12.2024 16:10 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2