CINECON Classic Film Festival is held, since 1964, on Labor Day weekend, for five days, in Los Angeles.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

"The first Cinecon was sponsored by 8mm Collector publisher Samuel K. Rubin in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and for many years the Cinecon moved from city to city..."[14]

Cinecon is a film festival and a film-collecting fan convention.[15][16]

Cinevent, of Columbus, Ohio, is held on Memorial Day weekend.[16]

Leonard Maltin has attended since he was 14 years old.[17][18]

In 1997, Leni Riefenstahl received a lifetime achievement award from Cinecon.[19]

In 2009, Cinecon 45 took place at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.[15]

In 2017, Stan Taffel was President of Cinecon Classic Film Festival.[20]

In 2019, Richard Adkins wrote: "In regards to Cinecon, Hollywood Heritage has the non-profit operator of Cinecon for the past three years. We have been associated with the festival since the museum was established inn 1985, but only began managing the festival following the passing of Robert S. Birchard (1950–2016)[21] who was the president of Cinecon..."[22]

Further reading

  • Horak, Jan-Christopher. Archiving, Preserving, Screening 16mm Cinema Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 112–18. JSTOR
  • "Classic Hollywood: Cinecon 51 refocuses on film, with Stooges, Arbuckle, Laurel and Hardy rarities". Los Angeles Times. 29 August 2015.
  • Bengtson, John (11 July 2013). "Silent Era Hollywood Tour – Cinecon 49 – Author Presentation". silentlocations.com.
  • King, Susan (23 August 2014). "Cinecon hopes you haven't heard of these films". Baltimore Sun. Los Angeles Times.
  • Mallory, Mary (9 September 2016). "52nd Cinecon Offers Something for Everyone". ladailymirror.com.
  • Mallory, Mary (10 September 2018). "54th Annual Cinecon Goes to the Movies". ladailymirror.com.

References

  1. ↑ "ABOUT". Cinecon.
  2. ↑ "Annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival". lac-group.com. 2014-02-24.
  3. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival kicks off next week". LAist - KPCC - 89.3 FM.
  4. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival". Time Out Los Angeles. 2021-08-13.
  5. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival Archives". Beverly Press & Park Labrea News.
  6. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival finds new home at Hollywood Legion Theater". spectrumlocalnews.com.
  7. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival reels in some gems at the Egyptian". Los Angeles Times. 2013-08-26.
  8. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival". Los Angeles Magazine.
  9. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival, Los Angeles Indonesian Film Festival to host special movie screenings". dailynews.com. 2014-08-27.
  10. ↑ Painter, Alysia Gray (2022-09-02). "Classic Films Are the Reel Deal at This Hollywood Fest". nbclosangeles.com.
  11. ↑ "Gigi Perreau to attend upcoming Cinecon". Mansfield News Journal.
  12. ↑ "Cinecon 46-The 46th edition of the Classic Film Festival". Cinema Without Borders. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival". ednapurviance.org. 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "NEVER BEEN TO A CINECON?". cinecon.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  15. 1 2 "Chester Morris + Sylvia Sidney + Denise Darcel in 'Rare Film' Festival". altfg.com. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  16. 1 2 Wilson, Eric G. (Spring 2009). "The Most Dangerous Hobby in the World: Film Collecting in the Digital Age". The Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  17. ↑ Maltin, Leonard (5 September 2019). "FORTY YEARS OF TELLURIDE". Leonard Maltin .com. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Cineconline". Hollywood Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  19. ↑ Riding, Alan (9 September 2003). "Leni Riefenstahl, Filmmaker and Nazi Propagandist, Dies at 101". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "2017 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS". Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival. April 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  21. ↑
  22. ↑ Cooper, Kim (10 September 2019). "The Cinecon Caper revealed in emails between Hollywood Heritage, Netflix and Councilman Mitch O'Farrell's Office". Esotouric.


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