Home Movie Day
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Home Movie Day is an annual event that celebrates amateur films and filmmaking. It is a worldwide event, held at local venues all over the world and organized locally by volunteers. Home Movie Day events provide the opportunity for individuals and families to have their films inspected and to see and share their own home movies
with an audience of their community. The event is an opportunity to discover the personal, historical, and social importance of home movies and for individuals to learn how to best care for them.
From 2003 to 2007, Home Movie Day was usually held on the second Saturday of August. The first Home Movie Day was held August 16, 2003 (8/16), a play on the respective film gauges. In 2008 the official day was moved to the second Saturday of October. The 2011 date is Saturday, October 15.
Three films first publicly screened at Home Movie Day events were subsequently named to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry
. Think of Me First as a Person
, an amateur documentary about a boy with Down syndrome
, was shown at the New Orleans event in August 2006 and added to the National Film Registry in December 2006. Our Day
, a 1938 amateur film about the day in the life of a Kentucky family shot by Wallace Kelly of Lebanon, Kentucky
was first screened at the August 2007 New York City Home Movie Day held at Anthology Film Archives
, and named to the Registry in December 2007. "Disneyland Dream
", a 1956 amateur film about the Robbins Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, winning a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest, was shown at the August 2006 Home Movie Day in New Haven, Connecticut, and was named to the National Film Registry in December 2008.
The founders of Home Movie Day established The Center for Home Movies in 2005 as a non-profit organization to administer Home Movie Day and other home movie and amateur film preservation projects.
A tagline for Home Movie Day is "Don't let your films decay! Take them to Home Movie Day!"
Home movies
A home movie is part of the motion picture filmmaking process made by amateurs, often for viewing by family and friends. When the hobby began, home movies were produced on photographic film, but accessibility of video production with video cameras and low cost data storage devices has made the...
with an audience of their community. The event is an opportunity to discover the personal, historical, and social importance of home movies and for individuals to learn how to best care for them.
From 2003 to 2007, Home Movie Day was usually held on the second Saturday of August. The first Home Movie Day was held August 16, 2003 (8/16), a play on the respective film gauges. In 2008 the official day was moved to the second Saturday of October. The 2011 date is Saturday, October 15.
Three films first publicly screened at Home Movie Day events were subsequently named to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry
National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008...
. Think of Me First as a Person
Think of Me First as a Person
Think of Me First as a Person is a documentary film and home movie about Dwight Core, Jr., a boy with Down syndrome. The footage was originally shot throughout the 1960s and 1970s by Core's father, Dwight Core, Sr. The footage was later discovered and completed by the filmmaker's grandson, George...
, an amateur documentary about a boy with Down syndrome
Down syndrome
Down syndrome, or Down's syndrome, trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866. The condition was clinically described earlier in the 19th...
, was shown at the New Orleans event in August 2006 and added to the National Film Registry in December 2006. Our Day
Our Day
Our Day is a silent documentary short directed by Wallace Kelly in 1938, about a day in the life of the Kelly family in Lebanon, Kentucky. It starred his mother, wife, brother, pet dog, and Wallace himself...
, a 1938 amateur film about the day in the life of a Kentucky family shot by Wallace Kelly of Lebanon, Kentucky
Lebanon, Kentucky
Lebanon is a city in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 6,331 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Marion County. Lebanon is located in central Kentucky, southeast of Louisville. A national cemetery is located nearby....
was first screened at the August 2007 New York City Home Movie Day held at Anthology Film Archives
Anthology Film Archives
__notoc__Anthology Film Archives is a film archive and theater located at 32 Second Avenue on the corner of East Second Street in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City devoted to the preservation and exhibition of experimental film. It is the only non-profit organization of its...
, and named to the Registry in December 2007. "Disneyland Dream
Disneyland Dream
Disneyland Dream is a home movie made by Robbins and Meg Barstow that documents their family's free trip to the newly opened Disneyland. The one-week trip was a prize that they won in a contest sponsored by Scotch tape. The movie was shot with a 16 mm handheld camera. It lasts approximately 30...
", a 1956 amateur film about the Robbins Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, winning a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest, was shown at the August 2006 Home Movie Day in New Haven, Connecticut, and was named to the National Film Registry in December 2008.
The founders of Home Movie Day established The Center for Home Movies in 2005 as a non-profit organization to administer Home Movie Day and other home movie and amateur film preservation projects.
A tagline for Home Movie Day is "Don't let your films decay! Take them to Home Movie Day!"