It features over 1,400 artifacts, from nineteenth-century optical toys to video games, as well as an array of interactive experiences, audiovisual material, and artworks. The Museum’s core exhibition, Behind the Screen, immerses visitors in the creative process of making moving images. Many of these conversations are available online. This initiative includes conversations from the Museum’s stage with such leading figures as Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet, Agnieszka Holland, Ava DuVernay, David Cronenberg, Charles Burnett, Wong Kar-wai, Todd Haynes, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Glenn Close, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam, Albert Maysles, Mira Nair, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Frank Oz. Some of these are part of our ongoing series of audio conversations with creative professionals in film, television, and digital media made possible by the Pinewood (now Pannonia) Foundation. The Museum is pleased to welcome some of the world’s great film, TV, and digital artists for in-depth conversations and Q&As, which we record for posterity and many of which are made available on our website as video or audio conversations. The Museum’s diverse screening program presents a panoramic view of the moving image, from the global discoveries presented in the annual showcase First Look to the popular ongoing series See It Big!, which celebrates the excitement and immersive power of big-screen moviegoing. With live music for silent films, restored prints from the world’s leading archives, and outstanding new films from the international festival circuit, Museum programs are recognized for their quality as well as their scope. Screenings, Public Discussions & ExhibitionsĮach year the Museum screens more than 500 films in a stimulating mix of the classic and the contemporary. A ubiquitous and powerful form of creative expression and communication, the moving image can serve to enliven, uplift, and build a deeper understanding of ourselves and one another. MoMI’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is informed by an anti-oppressive, intersectional, international, and community-centered approach to all that we do. MoMI strives to be welcoming to everyone who passes through our doors, with programs, exhibitions, and a staff that reflect the diversity of our community. Museum of the Moving Image serves as a bridge to connect diverse communities to the moving image, in all its forms, with the goal of together building a more equitable and inclusive cultural future. ĭiversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Statement Follow MoMI on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. The Museum’s Education department serves approximately 70,000 students each year, through guided tours of its exhibitions, educational screening programs, and hands-on workshops. The Museum fulfills its mission in person and online through temporary and permanent exhibitions film screenings live conversations with artists, filmmakers, scholars, media educators, and other industry professionals articles published in MoMI’s online film magazine Reverse Shot and science and film resource Sloan Science & Film access to the Museum’s collection of more than 130,000 objects and the online presentation of a range of films-including acclaimed new release features and award-winning science shorts, plus archived video of Museum events, and more. Our aim is to screen experimental and Artist Moving image and films with themes of climate and social justice.The Museum’s mission is to advance the understanding, enjoyment, and appreciation of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. Significant donators included: Connecting Threads, Borders Book festival, Eribe, Cornucopia, EcoArt and Birkhill House. The project was made possible by invaluable support from Alchemy Film & Arts as part of The Teviot, The Flag & The Rich, Rich Soil programme and supporters of a Creative Scotland Crowdmatch crowdfunder campaign. Moving Images is completely self sustained running on solar power. With a full HD screen and projector, stereo sound and chairs with comfy velvet cushions it is now a space to immerse yourself in films that inspire and spark discussion. An 8 seater cinema in a converted 1980's Swift Pirouette caravan, completely stripped out, re- panelled, waterproofed and lovingly turned into a unique red and black cinema space to watch films. A self contained cinema traveling around the South of Scotland and beyond screening cutting edge, non-mainstream films to rural and urban communities, schools, youth groups and festivals.
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