AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE

THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE ENSURES PUBLIC ACCESS TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL FILMS, MANY OF WHICH ARE UNAVAILABLE ELSEWHERE AND ARE OF HISTORICAL, CULTURAL, OR EDUCATIONAL IMPORTANCE. PROGRAMS INCLUDE CLASSICS OF AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL CINEMA, NEW INDEPENDENT AND WORLD FILMS, INCLUDING RARE NITRATE AND ARCHIVAL PRINTS, 70MM, DIGITAL LASER PROJECTION, ETC., WITH POST-SCREENING FILMMAKER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUDIENCE. FILMS ARE PRESENTED IN STATE-OF-THE-ART THEATERS AS THEY WERE MEANT TO BE SEEN AND HEARD, PROVIDING ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCES. IN 2024, THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE PRESENTED OVER 1,500 SCREENINGS AT THE EGYPTIAN, AERO, AND LOS FELIZ THEATERS IN LOS ANGELES, IN COLLABORATION WITH AMAPS, UCLA ARCHIVE, EASTMAN MUSEUM, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, JAPAN FOUNDATION, CINEMATHEQUE FRANCE, FIAF MEMBER ARCHIVES, AMONG OTHERS. MEMBERSHIP HAS INCREASED TO 10,000, WITH AN ACTIVE MAILING LIST OF 200,000.THE CINEMATHEQUE AWARD (GIVEN TO A FILMMAKER MAKING A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA) WAS PRESENTED TO HELEN MIRREN IN FEBRUARY 2024.

TRIBUTE TO THE CRAFTS 2024PRESENTED BY AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE AND PRESENTED BY DELL, KODAK, AND SHOTDECK.TRIBUTE TO THE CRAFTS HONORS THOSE CRAFTSPERSONS AND ARTISTS WHO ARE AT THE VERY HEART OF FILMMAKING AND HAVE EXHIBITED EXTRAORDINARY WORK BEHIND THE CAMERA OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE EVENING CELEBRATES INDIVIDUALS IN 12 SEPARATE CATEGORIES COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF FILMMAKING AND SHOWCASES CLIPS FROM EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FILMS. THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS INVITATION-ONLY EVENT IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS FROM AMPAS, PGA, WGA, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, BAFTA, AND FILM CRITICS.IN 2024, CRAFTS OCCURRED DAYS AFTER THE DEVASTATING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES, AND THE EVENT PAID TRIBUTE TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS WITH SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF WATCH DUTY CEO AND CO-FOUNDER JOHN CLARKE MILLS, THE MAN BEHIND THE ALERT APP THAT KEPT MILLIONS OF ANGELENOS INFORMED DURING THE CRISIS AND SAVED LIVES, MANY OF WHOM ARE PART OF THE FILM COMMUNITY.