As we make preparations for the 2024 Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention, here’s a round-up of reports from the 2023 Convention.
Convention attendee Brian Saberton has written a report of the event: The Blackpool Bash 24th – 26th November 2023.
The 8mm forum has a thread of pictures contributed by attendees. You can see them all at https://8mmforum.film-tech.com/
Member of Bradford Movie Makers, Harry Nicholls, made a short video of the event Blackpool – The Magic of the Cinema. You can watch it on our official YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NedqLEAOLS4
Film collector and Blackpool attendee Eivind Mork runs The Humming Projector podcast. Episode 11 is dedicated to a report of the 2023 convention.
Eivind also runs the Super 8 Database and produced a video of the event. You can watch it on Eivind’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcSEK25XAZo
Joachim Schmidt runs Off2 – a website featuring interviews, reports, videos and articles on Super 8 and film collecting. Joachim visited Blackpool and also produced a video of the weekend. You can watch it on Off2’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ML8LMinds
Ged Jones, former director of Derann Film Services, was interviewed at the Convention by co-organiser Adrian Winchester. The full interview and Q&A has been released as an audio podcast on The Humming Projector, and as a video on Super8Database’s YouTube channel.
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