AMERICAN MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE

SCREENINGS, EVENTS, AND ONLINE PROJECTS:EACH YEAR THE MUSEUM SCREENS MORE THAN 500 FILMS, PRESENTING A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE MOVING IMAGE, WITH LIVE MUSIC FOR SILENT FILMS, RESTORED PRINTS FROM THE WORLD'S LEADING ARCHIVES, AND NEW FILMS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CIRCUIT, THE MUSEUM'S SCREENING PROGRAM PROVIDES A STATE-OF-THE-ART, IMMERSIVE VIEWING EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS. ANNUAL PROGRAMS THAT CONTINUED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDED THE 14TH ANNUAL EDITION OF FIRST LOOK, WHICH INTRODUCED AUDIENCES TO WORKS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, ENCOMPASSING FEATURE AND SHORT FILMS, FICTION AND NONFICTION, AND PERFORMANCES AND EXPERIMENTS; AND SEE IT BIG, THE MUSEUM'S REGULAR SHOWCASE OF FILMS THAT ARE MEANT TO BE SEEN ON THE BIG SCREEN, WITH PROGRAMS DEVOTED TO 70MM FILMS AND HOLIDAY FILMS. WIDE-RANGING PROGRAMS PRESENTED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDED PERSONAL BELONGINGS: FIRST- PERSON DOCUMENTARY IN THE 1990S AND THE MAGIC OF OZ: A FRANK OZ RETROSPECTIVE. AS PART OF OPEN WORLDS, A 15,500 SQUARE-FOOT, WI-FI-ENABLED, FREE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR VISITORS TO CONVENE, FIND CREATIVE INSPIRATION, AND EXPERIENCE NEW MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, THE MUSEUM PRESENTED FREE PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON THE CRAFT BEHIND MOVING IMAGES, PUPPETEERING WORKSHOPS, AND LIVE MUSIC AND DANCE CELEBRATIONS . THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE, MOVINGIMAGE.ORG, IS A REPOSITORY OF MOVING IMAGE RELATED MATERIAL AND LORE AND FEATURES THE ONLINE JOURNALS REVERSE SHOT AND SLOAN SCIENCE & FILM, WHICH CONTINUE TO PUBLISH WORKS EXPLORING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE MOVING IMAGE, AND THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND CINEMA, RESPECTIVELY.

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTTHE MUSEUM PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES TO MORE THAN 70,000 STUDENTS EACH YEAR, AS WELL AS AN ARRAY OF DYNAMIC AND MULTI-LINGUAL TOURS, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, AND SCREENINGS FOR CHILDREN, TEENS, FAMILIES, ADULTS, AND SENIORS. IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS RANGE FROM FILM APPRECIATION AND WORLD-BUILDING WITH VIDEO GAMES TO SCIENCE-FICTION CINEMA, HANDS-ON MEDIA MAKING AND PUPPETRY FOR THE SCREEN. GAME LAB OFFERS A DYNAMIC SPACE FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE LATEST IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE GAMES AND ANIMATIONS. MARVELS OF MEDIA, THE MUSEUM'S ANNUAL FESTIVAL RECOGNIZING THE OUTSTANDING MEDIA WORK OF AUTISTIC MEDIA-MAKERS THROUGH FILM SCREENINGS, AN EXHIBITION, AND IN-DEPTH PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND ACCESS MORNINGS, A FREE PROGRAM PROVIDING FAMILIES ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE EXHIBITIONS AND PARTICIPATE IN SPECIALIZED WORKSHOPS, CONTINUED IN FISCAL YEAR 2025. DIGITAL GAME DESIGN INTENSIVES AND SUMMER MEDIA CAMPS, LED BY PROFESSIONAL FILMMAKERS AND GAME DESIGNERS, PROVIDED TEENS AND TWEENS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE IN THE CREATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA. THE ANNUAL TEEN COUNCIL PROGRAM CONTINUED TO SERVE AS A JOB DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR TEENS INTERESTED IN THE MEDIA ARTS, WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CURATING AND PROGRAMMING PUBLIC EVENTS FOR YOUTH. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, MUSEUM EDUCATORS BRING THE LATEST IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO STUDENTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS.