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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Film Arts Foundation collection
source:
Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: M1897
Physical Description:
5 Linear Feet
(422 audiocassettes in 12 boxes)
Physical Description:
693 computer file(s) (mp3)
(422 cassettes from 216 events)
Date (inclusive): 1984-2000
Abstract: Audio recordings of lectures and workshops about independent film production sponsored by the Film Arts Foundation, 1984-2000.
The Film Arts Foundation was a non-profit organization founded by independent filmmakers in San Francisco, California in 1976,
providing services such as professional training, equipment, information, consultations and exhibition opportunities to support
artists across the Bay Area. FAF offered a film festival, exhibitions, workshops, grants, fiscal sponsorship programs, and
an equipment rental facility. They also published the magazine Release Print. In 2008, they were absorbed by the San Francisco
Film Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Media-Microtext, Accession 2012-096.
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Open for research. Content has been transferred and is available digitally. Non-Stanford-affiliated patrons may access files
in Green Library.
[identification of item], Film Arts Foundation Collection (M1897). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
This collection consists of over 400 audiocassettes recording lectures and workshops hosted by FAF in the 1990s, including
many sessions from the International Film Financing Conference (IFFCON). Participants include Les Blank, Errol Morris, Caveh
Zahedi, Millard Kaufman, Denise Bostrom, Hiro Narita, Debra Chasnoff, Brodsky & Treadway, and Kenn Rabin. These cassettes
have been digitized and cataloged individually. More information can be found here: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9704519
and here: http://searchworks.stanford.edu/catalog?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=9704519
Audio files are available from Searchworks for Stanford-affiliated patrons. Files may also be accessed from Stanford's Green
Library reading room.
UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library holds the Film Arts Foundation records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Independent films
Motion picture industry.
Motion pictures -- Production and direction
Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)