Four essentials in staging film festivals and competitions are: facilities, films, equipment, and an audience. Basic steps in getting these essentials together are outlined. Surveying available facilities first helps you gauge the scale of the festival, estimate the likely costs and receipts, and plan for the projection equipment necessary.…

Critical reviews and evaluations of 16 mm. educational and informational films for the year 1970 are indexed. The index lists films alphabetically by title and gives the volume, issue, page, and date of the publication in which the review appeared. The reviews are located in 15 publications devoted mostly to education. Reference books which list…

Critical reviews and evaluations of 16 mm. educational and informational films for the year 1971 are indexed. The index lists films alphabetically by title. and gives the volume, issue, page, and date of the publication in which the review appeared. Reference books which list addresses and subscription prices for these publications are indicated.…

Children's librarians are increasingly aware of the value of films in programing: films are attractive to children, they illuminate the familiar and suggest new areas of interest to explore, and they can provide background and open new vistas for the culturally disadvantaged child. This third edition of the listing presents selections for use in…

Government films are listed according to producing or distributing agency in this film guide. The films cover such areas as atomic energy, environmental pollution, mental health, career guidence, space achievements, sports, art, civil rights, aviation, drug problems, agriculture, labor, personnel management, and outdoor recreation. Listed…

The mythical hero figure is examined in various genres of film. (DE)

The remarks of President Carter delivered on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the American Film Institute are presented. (JMF)

Lessons, controversies, implications, and audience reaction to film festivals. (DAG)

Discusses the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School and how it offers a way of seeing normally obscured relations of social power in the details of modern capitalist culture. Concentrates on claims about critical theory that have functioned as strategies of denial. (MS)

Discusses Laura Mulvey's 1975 essay, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema," and the ideas about feminist film theory and psychoanalysis as a critical tool which it raises. Suggests contradiction is the central issue in feminist film theory. Explores definitions of women's cinema. (SA)

Analyzes Latin American film histories, emphasizing the cinema in Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Bolivia. (PD)

Some ideas on how to produce animated films for children, using characters created by the children. (AK)

A description of a new process which creates motion pictures without the usual motion materials, without the usual production crews.. and at lower costs." (Author/AK)