In 1969, Frank Zappa judged the third annual Yale Film Festival, along with fellow judges Will Hindle and Paul Sharits. The festival was organized by Standish Lawder, with prize money donated by Hans Richter. Read about this moment in Yale film history in the Yale Daily News.
Zappa To Judge At Film Festival
By John Coots
Yale Daily News
Thursday, October 9, 1969
The Yale Film Archive has received a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation to support preservation of two films by Sheldon Renan '63, Basic Film Terms: A Visual Dictionary (1970) and Basic Television Terms: A Video Dictionary (1977).
Good news, film fans! The Yale Film Archive has announced a new slate of films for the fall, all free and open to the public.
Unless noted, screenings take place on the lower level of the Yale Humanities Quadrangle, located at 320 York Street, between Elm and Grove in New Haven. Doors to the building open half an hour before each screening.
Learn more about our long-running public screening program.
Fall Series
Page 100 celebrated the centenary of actress Geraldine Page, who was born on November 22, 1924, and who went on to become one of the most revered performers of American stage and screen. This short series was presented by the Yale Film Archive and the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, home to the Geraldine Page papers.
The Treasures from the Yale Film Archive screening series premiered ten years ago with a 35mm screening of David O. Russell's Three Kings on June 12, 2014. Since then, the series has presented more than 200 films, all free to the public, all shown in their original formats as they were meant to be seen. Read some stats about the series so far, film fans!
14,781 attendees
134 screenings
205 films
Boy meets girl in a Parisian cabaret, boy loses girl to Mumbai gangsters, boy and girl jump a gap in the 105 freeway in a bomb-laden city bus.
The Yale Film Archive presents these tales to you this summer through three 35mm film screenings, all free and open to the public.
Screenings take place on the lower level of the Yale Humanities Quadrangle, located at 320 York Street, between Elm and Grove in New Haven.
Summer Series
CLUELESS
7 p.m. Thursday, May 2, 2024
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01 (320 York)
Introduction by Archer Neilson
Film Notes by Michael Kerbel
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CLASS PICTURES: STUDENT ARCHIVIST SCREENING NIGHT #4
7 p.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L01 (320 York)
16mm rarities presentd by students in Film 604: The Film Archive taught by Brian Meacham, with introductions and film notes by students in the class
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CHINATOWN
7 p.m. Friday, April 12, 2024
Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02 (320 York)
Introduction by Rayer Ma
Film Notes by Michael Kerbel
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