Launch of Celluloid Remix on BeamLab

April 16th 2009

Filmmuseum and Images for the Future launched Celluloid Remix, an online remix competition with films from the beginning of Dutch film history. Professionals and amateurs will remix special Dutch cinematographic material, dating from the period 1917-1932, into new, short films with their own soundtrack. Yesterday, the competition kicked off with a thrilling live performance by Eboman at a packed BeamLab.

The theme of Celluloid Remix is ‘Modern Times’, the film maker’s vision on modernity. Filmmuseum has selected 21 fragments from its collection of Dutch Early Cinema. This is unique digital cinematographic material from the beginning of Dutch film history, the period of the silent film, which is digitized as part of the Images for the Future project.

Modern Times
The film fragments show the industrial and social changes in the years after the First World War in Holland. Celluloid Remix triggers the contestants to use their remixes to share their views on the rapid changes in the world of today, yesterday, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. The fragments, the remixes and the terms of the competition can be found at www.celluloidremix.nl (in Dutch only).

Inspiration
Eboman (www.eboman.info), the most famous sample artist in the Netherlands, is ambassador of Celluloid Remix and head of the jury. Inspiring remixes by Eboman and other media artists, together with the entries will be made available on Blip TV (www.blip.tv) with a Creative Commons licence. The winning entries will be presented during the Celluloid Remix Event as part of the Dutch Film Festival 2009 (www.filmfestival.nl) from 23 September to 2 October 2009.

Trophies
First prize of Celluloid Remix is a €1,000 remixpackage, to spend on hardware or software (e.g. Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 or Final Cut Studio 2), second prize is a Flip MinoHD camera (www.theflip.com). Furthermore, all prize winners will receive a Gouden Kalf ticket for the Dutch Film Festival and free entry to the Filmmuseum for a year. The closing date for the competition is 1 September 2009.

Eboman on BeamLab
Celluloid Remix was launched on 15 April with a live performance by Eboman at BeamLab (www.beamlab.nl) in Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Eboman demonstrated various remixing techniques and made the first remix of the unique film fragments of Filmmuseum’s collection together with the audience.

For more information see: www.celluloidremix.nl
Pictures of the launch event: www.flickr.com/photos/imagesforthefuture

Also see:
www.beamlab.nl
www.eboman.info