Hi Steve, I actually emailed Katie Trainor yesterday at MoMA to see what was going on. The answer is that the films are not available. The Museum has not yet hired anyone to do the Circulating Library. Kind of a nightmare, on top of Art Institute firing most of the VDB staff. There is no one to contact at MOMA Circulating Library and the films are not with anyone else.
Best, Adam From: Frameworks <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Polta <[email protected]> Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: [Frameworks] MOMA Circulating Film Dear Frameworks, Hello! I'm attempting to track down 16mm films in distribution (or formerly in distribution) with the Museum of Modern Art's Circulating Film and Video Library. I'm aware that the website linked there says "While the Department of Film continues its evaluation and inspection of this historic 16mm collection, the Circulating Film Library will remain temporarily closed. Please check back in 2025" but wonder—does anyone on this list know whether these films can actually be rented? has anyone had successful contact with MOMA Circ? If so, I'd greatly value insights. Thanks so much… Steve Polta San Francisco Cinematheque -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
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