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Film Arts Foundation pictorial archive.
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Title:

Film Arts Foundation pictorial archive

Creator/Contributor:

Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.), creator

Abstract:

Includes FAF people files (directors and other independent filmmakers) and film files (production stills and other promotional material). Also includes photographs documenting the Film Arts Foundation Festival of Independent Cinema, Sundance Film Festival, and other independent film festivals and film events held at various movie theaters throughout the San Francisco Bay Area; conferences; classes; and FAF office activities. Also includes posters promoting the FAF Festival of Independent Cinema.

Date:

ca. 1985-ca. 2005 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Independent filmmakers -- Photographs
Film festivals -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
Motion picture theaters -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Photographs
Cinéastes indépendants -- Photographies
Festivals de cinéma -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Photographies
Film festivals
Independent filmmakers
Motion picture theaters
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.)
Film Arts Foundation Festival of Independent Cinema -- Pictorial works
Film Arts Foundation Festival of Independent Cinema -- Posters
Sundance Film Festival -- Pictorial works
Sundance Film Festival.

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Date supplied by cataloger.
RESTRICTED NEGATIVES. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Container listing available in the library.
Transferred from the Film Arts Foundation records (BANC MSS 2008/279).
Digital material transferred to the Digital Collections of the Bancroft Library.
"Founded by independent filmmakers in 1976, Film Arts Foundation was an inspirational leader in the media arts field for more than 30 years, providing comprehensive training, equipment, information, consultations and exhibition opportunities to independent filmmakers across the Bay Area." (from FAF web site, January 2010).

Type:

graphic
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Posters.
Slides.
Slides-Color.
Posters.

Physical Description:

photonegative
photoprint
print
slide
4 cartons, 6 boxes and 3 oversize folders (ca. 6,285 photographic prints, ca. 5,150 negatives, ca. 750 slides) : b&w and color ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

RESTRICTED NEGATIVES. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

Related Item:

Film Arts Foundation records : Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, Calif.).