The Indiana University Cinema is an

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cinema located in

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, USA, on the

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campus. Opened in January 2011 under the direction of Jon Vickers, the cinema occupies the former University Theatre building, which was built in the 1930s. The cinema features a variety of film series, restorations, award-winning arts films and new releases.

Director

Jon Vickers, former directing manager of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at the

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, was appointed as the first director of the IU Cinema on 22 March 2010. At the time of his appointment, the building was undergoing renovations that started in October 2009. As director, Vickers works with the university to develop each semester's program for the cinema, as well as working on independent film projects. In addition to his experience at Notre Dame, Vickers has been operating an independent art film cinema of his own since 1996, which he opened with his wife in

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, as the Vickers Theatre.

Facilities and technology

The IU Cinema projection room includes 16 mm and 35 mm reel-to-reel projectors as well as 2K and 4K digital cinema projectors. In January 2011, the IU Cinema became the second theatre in Indiana to become

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certified, after the University of Notre Dame's DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. The cinema is also equipped to play 3D films in

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Film collection archives

The Indiana University Libraries Film Archive (IULFA), held by the university's libraries, is varied in terms of collections. Most of its films are academically oriented. It contains more than 55,000 films spanning 80 years of film production, including many rare and last-remaining copies of prominent 20th-century films. The library holds works by filmmakers including

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and

Clifford Odets Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdra ...

. In conjunction with the IULFA, the

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holds approximately 8,000 educational films relating to human sexuality. The Black Film Archive is home to many African-American historical films from 1920 to the present. The David Bradley Film Collection consists of an anthology of more than 2,000 films exhibiting early developments of filmmaking. The collection also includes comedies.

Jorgensen lecture series

The cinema invites filmmakers as participants in the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lectures. The German-born filmmaker

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was a guest speaker in September 2012; he lectured at the cinema and had ten of his films exhibited. Other guest filmmakers include

Albert Maysles Albert Maysles (November 26, 1926 – March 5, 2015) and his brother David Maysles (January 10, 1931 – January 3, 1987; ) were an American documentary filmmaking team known for their work in the Direct Cinema style. Their best-known films i ...

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, Charles Burnett,

Claire Denis Claire Denis (; born 21 April 1946) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her feature film ''Beau Travail'' (1999) has been called one of the greatest films of the 1990s, as well as of all time. Other acclaimed works include '' Trouble Ev ...

and

Walter Salles Walter Moreira Salles Júnior (; born 12 April 1956) is a Brazilian filmmaker. Early life Salles was born on 12 April 1956 in Rio de Janeiro and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. He is the son of Brazi ...

Programs

Programs offered by the IU Cinema include both film screening and guest lectures. It has had more than 340 different public programs since its opening. Up to 15 April 2012, almost 40,000 tickets had been sold to students and community members. The IU Cinema partners with community organizations as well as more than 40 academic departments at Indiana University-Bloomington.

References

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