HANDMADE FILM

The Handmade Film Institute makes only the assertion that film is a beautiful medium in its own right, and as such warrants preserving as a viable artistic medium. It represents an enormous technical and aesthetic achievement, and is in many ways a crowning glory of industrialism and science up to the late twentieth century. Like oil painting in the age of photography, it offers the artist a creative possibilities which cannot be fully duplicated by any other means, particularly in its unique combination of the tactile and the ephemeral. We make no claims as to the relative merits of this or any other imaging technology; all media have their place, and precisely that insight underlies our formation... We exist to promote and convey the knowledge necessary to individual artists to use film as a creative medium. We offer workshops that explore particular techniques, all-inclusive immersive retreats in beautiful places to provide artists an opportunity to really dive in to the medium..

Also known as: Handmade Film Institute

Primary location: Ward United States