9.5 International Festival 2023

[Dominique De Bast]

Spain will be the host this time. Hope to see as many as ninefivers as possible!

[Dominique De Bast]

Lluis sent me the programme (too heavy to post, so I took screenshots)

[Dominique De Bast]

Here is the last message I got from Lluis :

"Hello ninefivers,


The next international 9,5mm Calella film festival is near and ready. Some of you have already booked so we will met soon.
For those who are still thinking about, remenmber that after March 31 we can't guarantee Hotel rooms availability nor our special prices.
Fortunately We have also some film entries. Some of you reported that we have not send the oficial film entry form,..., and you are right. so here it is!!

We will send during April the last program updates concerning the activities during cinema market on saturday 29 morning and the 9,5mm film projection on Friday 28 night. We will send also information about train schedules to go from Barcelona airport to Calella.

Thanks to all who are helping us and see you soon.

Best wishes from Barcelona"

The form arrived on a form that cannot be put on its original design on the forum (at least, I didn't succeed). If anyone wants to send one (or more) film(s) to the festival, don't hesitate to ask me by pm to send the form by e-mail.
50th 9,5mm Calella film festival



Film Entry Form

• 1.- Films must be amateur prints in standard 9,5mm film format.
• 2.- Maximum length should be 12 minutes.
• 3.- Color; black and white; silent and sound films all accepted.
• 4.- Films will have to be sent to Barcelona before april 21. After the festival all the films will be sent back to the authors. The festival attendants can bring the films by hand and deliver them to the organization on Friday April 28.
• 5.- Screening will take place on Saturday 29 April at the "Can Saleta" theatre, located in Calella town.
• 6.- To confirm a entry, please just answer this email providing the information requested below. After form reception, Grup 9,5mm will contact you in order to arrange film shipment.

Author/Director

Name/Nom:-

Address/Adresse:-

Country/Pays:-

Email:-

Telephone:-

Film

Title/Titre:-

Year/Année:-

Length/Duree:-

Speed/Vitesse:-

Sound/Son:(Indicate: Stripe Left / Piste gauche; Tape / Cassette; CD):-

Category/Categorie: (Indicate: Travel / Voyage; Reportage; Screenplay / Scénario; Animation):-

Theme/Sujet:-

[Dominique De Bast]

The promotional clip, shot in...9.5 !

SPOT FESTIMATGE 2023 - YouTube

[Dominique De Bast]

This is a message received from Lluis : "Hello ninefivers,


We are happy to share the spot for the 9,5 mm Calella film festival (50 aniversary) and Europe 2023, made, ofcourse, in 9,5mm during last January.
During Festival days you will be able to enjoy the original 9,5mm version.

The countdown begins!!! see you all in a few weeks!
If you are still thinking and doubting........, go ahead!! book now!

See you soon in a short time."

Hope to see many ninefivers from around the world in Calella next month.

[Dominique De Bast]

FOTOFILM CALELLA RESUM CINEMA 95 FESTIMATGE 2023 - YouTube

[Dominique De Bast]

A message from Lluis :

Hello "ninefivers"


The 9,5mm international in Calella is finally at the corner. Great!
We are really exited waiting for all of you who are coming.

Here a few updates for the official program. For all people who are registered, you will receive in a separete e-mail some information and train schedules in order to help moving to Calella.

Program updates:

For the Friday excursion: We are forced to change the order for the visits.
Now we visit the Pedralbes Monastery during Friday morning and The Sagrada Familia basilica after lunch. This is due the Sagrada Familia have a lot visits requests and they have been forced to reorganize the group visits.

For the Saturday morning: During the cinema market, in the same hall but in an appropiate area, we have planed three short conferences/presentations.

1.- 11:30h to 11:50h.Alejandro Paino, CEO from a Spanish company who has the sole distribution for the Kodak products "motion picture division" for the Spanish territory, will present to the audience all the cinema products available from Kodak at our days and he will talk about Kodak's future views for those products

2.- 12:00h to 12:20h. Josep Blay will present his new design for a 9,5mm projector made on a 3D printer. He will explain the design and manufacturing process. The projector works and some demostrations will be done.

3.- 12:30h to 12:50h. Vinegar syndrome on the acetate film. Francisco Nicolas, chemical engineer who worked a lot studying the problem will explain what is exactly the vinegar syndrome, how to prevent our films being affected and how to take care of the affected films.

This is all!! Have a nice flights and see you soon

Lluís

[Dominique De Bast]

First meeting. Not everybody has arrived, yet.

Lluis is distributing the badges.
The Dutch team.
The French club présidepresident and his wife.
Cliff... and Graham from the UK Group.
The Spanish enthusiasts
On the right, Santiago who organized the festival for years, with his grands grandson

Two more important local characters of the festival.

[Dominique De Bast]

The "excursion day" started by a panorama spot in Barcelona

[Dominique De Bast]

Some mote pictures.

[Dominique De Bast]

Going to make a photo of the group. I'm on it so couldn't take one but when I get a copy I will post it.
Lunch time (very late in Spain !)

[Dominique De Bast]

Visiting the famous Sagrada Familia.
Third startinstarting from the right : Daniel Colland, the former owner of Ciné-Dia (now Color Films Archives), talking with Lluis, well known from those who attend the Calella festival or watch it online. Out of topic : ciné stands for cinema and dia (or diapo or diapositive) stands for slide.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Dominique,

Thank you for the amazing pictures. I was last in Barcelona about six years ago. The Sagrada Familia and Antoni Gaudí's other structures are breathtaking. Enjoy the festival and please let us know what you learn at the presentations, particularly the one concerning vinegar syndrome.

[Dominique De Bast]

Douglas, I'm glad you enjoyed Barcelona, as well. Tomorrow, I will open my ears widely and see if anything might be of some interest for the forum members.
The projections that were supposed to be done tonight had to be postponed to tomorrow for availability of the projection room reasons (the organizators were, needless to say, not happy with that last minute change), so we had a "singing evening" instead.

A glass of sangria and a glass of cava (the local champagne) helped us to overcome the disappointment of the projectionless night.

[Douglas Meltzer]

Dominique,

I'm sorry the screening was postponed, however if you're having an evening of singing you can always rewrite Dolly Parton's song "9 to 5".....


Screening 9.5,

Will it happen? They say maybe,

Let us in the room,

We can use my Pathé Baby........


Sorry. I should have spent more time on that one.