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The Cinecon Classic Film Festival (a.k.a. Cinecon) is a film festival and a film-collecting fan convention held,[1][2] since 1964, on Labor Day weekend, for five days, in Los Angeles.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

"The first Cinecon was sponsored by 8mm Collector publisher Samuel K. Rubin in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and for many years the Cinecon moved from city to city..."[13]

Leonard Maltin, who grew up to become a film critic and film historian, started attending Cinecon as a 14-year-old boy.[14] He attended every Cinecon from 1965 to 1978, skipped it to attend the coincident Telluride Film Festival in 1979, then alternated between the two through to 1991 – co-hosting Cinecon in 1990 and 1991, before locking in on the Telluride event.[15]

In 1997, Nazi Germany propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl received a lifetime achievement award from Cinecon.[16]

The 2006 Cinecon 42,[17] 2009's Cinecon 45,[1] and 2014's Cinecon 50,[18] all took place at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The 2006 and 2014 conventions also held some of their events a short walk away, at a hotel on Highland Avenue.[17]

In 2017, Stan Taffel was President of Cinecon Classic Film Festival.[19]

In 2019, Richard Adkins wrote: "In regards to Cinecon, Hollywood Heritage has the non-profit operator of Cinecon for the past three years. We have been associated with the festival since the museum was established inn 1985, but only began managing the festival following the passing of Robert S. Birchard (1950–2016)[20] who was the president of Cinecon..."[21]

In 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on film festivals, Cinecon 56 was held as a three day online event, streaming under the promotional banner Cineconline,[22] while Cinecon 57 was held as a four day online event, streaming under the same Cineconline banner.[23]

In 2022, Cinecon was held at American Legion Post 43, in Hollywood.[24]

Further reading

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  • Horak, Jan-Christopher. Archiving, Preserving, Screening 16mm Cinema Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 112–18. JSTOR
  • "Classic Hollywood: Cinecon 51 refocuses on film, with Stooges, Arbuckle, Laurel and Hardy rarities". Los Angeles Times. 29 August 2015.
  • Bengtson, John (11 July 2013). "Silent Era Hollywood Tour – Cinecon 49 – Author Presentation". silentlocations.com.
  • King, Susan (23 August 2014). "Cinecon hopes you haven't heard of these films". Baltimore Sun. Los Angeles Times.
  • Mallory, Mary (9 September 2016). "52nd Cinecon Offers Something for Everyone". ladailymirror.com.
  • Mallory, Mary (10 September 2018). "54th Annual Cinecon Goes to the Movies". ladailymirror.com.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chester Morris + Sylvia Sidney + Denise Darcel in 'Rare Film' Festival". altfg.com. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ^ Wilson, Eric G. (Spring 2009). "The Most Dangerous Hobby in the World: Film Collecting in the Digital Age". The Virginia Quarterly Review. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ "ABOUT". Cinecon.
  4. ^ "Annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival". lac-group.com. 2014-02-24.
  5. ^ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival kicks off next week". LAist - KPCC - 89.3 FM.
  6. ^ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival". Time Out Los Angeles. 2021-08-13.
  7. ^ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival Archives". Beverly Press & Park Labrea News.
  8. ^ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival reels in some gems at the Egyptian". Los Angeles Times. 2013-08-26.
  9. ^ "Cinecon Classic Film Festival". Los Angeles Magazine. September 2016.
  10. ^ Painter, Alysia Gray (2022-09-02). "Classic Films Are the Reel Deal at This Hollywood Fest". nbclosangeles.com.
  11. ^ "Gigi Perreau to attend upcoming Cinecon". Mansfield News Journal.
  12. ^ "Cinecon 46-The 46th edition of the Classic Film Festival". Cinema Without Borders. 2 January 2001. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  13. ^ "NEVER BEEN TO A CINECON?". cinecon.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2000. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  14. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2019-09-05). "Forty Years of Telluride". leonardmaltin.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-29. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Cineconline". Hollywood Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  16. ^ Riding, Alan (9 September 2003). "Leni Riefenstahl, Filmmaker and Nazi Propagandist, Dies at 101". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  17. ^ a b Wada, Linda (2006-09-02). "Cinecon Classic Film Festival". ednapurviance.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  18. ^ Andres, Holly (2014-08-28) [2014-08-27]. "Cinecon Classic Film Festival, Los Angeles Indonesian Film Festival to host special movie screenings". Los Angeles Daily News. Archived from the original on 2023-07-04.
  19. ^ "2017 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS". Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival. April 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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  21. ^ Cooper, Kim (10 September 2019). "The Cinecon Caper revealed in emails between Hollywood Heritage, Netflix and Councilman Mitch O'Farrell's Office". Esotouric.
  22. ^ "Cineconline Show Schedule". cinecon.org. 2020-08-24. Archived from the original on 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  23. ^ "Cineconline Show Schedule". cinecon.org. 2021-09-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  24. ^ Gee, Kristopher (2022-08-31). "Cinecon Classic Film Festival finds new home at Hollywood Legion". Spectrum News 1 North Carolina. Archived from the original on 2023-07-18.
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