Thanks for that. I should point out that, for this initial year of the festival, we're not talking about actual film reels, they can be shown on DVD. There is no DVD with English subtitles, as far as I know, but we can have the subtitles made.
Let's presume it's not public domain. If the DVD rendering is adequate, why is this not simply a question of finding the rights holder and talking to them? I need some schooling here! Thanks again. --- On Mon, 3/19/12, Jessica Rosner <jessicapros...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jessica Rosner <jessicapros...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Help finding Rights for (nonprofit) film festival To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Monday, March 19, 2012, 9:44 AM A more basic question at least with the film you mentioned is how would obtain a copy. Under the terms of the GATT treaty virtually no European film made after 1923 would be PD. It is long and complicated explanation.] Again I see no likelihood that this film is legally released in the US and tracking rights and copy down would likely take a long time. There are of course PD American films but I have trouble imagining most of them being good for festivals but if you want to run some Ed Wood films or Hi Diddle Diddle, or even Keaton's The General ( provided you don't use Kino or other versions copyrighted by the music score, you can. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:32 PM, khvostov <khvos...@yahoo.com> wrote: I'm new at this "finding the rights" thing, but it's needed for a film festival that's happening relatively soon (too soon!), so your help will be appreciated! The questions, I suppose, concern (i) whether any of the films we want are in the public domain, and (ii) if not, how do I go about talking to someone about the rights to show them at the festival. The first film I have in mind is Castellani's "Un colpo di pistola" (The Pistol Shot) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033475/) Our genuine thanks in advance for ANY and ALL counsel, advice, leads, contacts, etc.! VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
