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Theatrical Venues for Documentary Films

Academic Venues

NOTE: The venues listed here are not considered commercial motion picture theaters for the purposes of meeting the “qualifying exhibition” requirements of the special rules for documentary films (Rule IV:1). Some of them may meet the “theatrical run” requirements (Rule IV:2). Please contact the Academy if you have questions.

Colleges

Bennington College
Student Life Office
Bennington, NY 05201
Contact: Eva Chatorjee-Sutton
802-440-4330

Bloomfield College
Humanities
467 Franklin Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
973-748-9000 x.268
www.bloomfield.edu

Cinema 320 At Clark University
Jefferson Academic Center- 3rd Floor
Clark University (Main and Downing St)
Worcester, MA
(508) 793-7477
http://www.cinema320.com/

Cinestudio @ Trinity College
300 Summit St.
Hartford, CT 06106-3173
(860) 297-2463
http://www.cinestudio.org

Cornell Cinema
Willard Straight Theatre @ Cornell University
(Offices: 104 Willard Straight Hall)
Ithaca, NY, 14853
Main Office Phone Number: 607/255-3522
Contact: Mary Fessenden, Director
http://cinema.cornell.edu/

Duke University - Freewater Films
Freewater Presentations/Duke Union
101-3 Bryan Center
Durham, NC 27514-1541

Duke University -Screen/Society
Box 90671
Durham, NC 27708
Contact: Tom Whiteside
(919) 660-3030
http://www.duke.edu/web/film/screensociety/

Film League of Vassar College
Box 612
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0612
Contact: Stephen Motika
914-451-3726

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy Street, Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4700
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/info.html

Minnesota Film Center/Bell Museum Theatre
2331 University Avenue SE
Suite 130B
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3076
(612) 627-4432

Missouri Students Association Film Committee
A022 Brady Commons
Columbia, MO 65201
(573) 882-3780

Nickelodeon Theatre (Columbia Film Society)
937 Main St
Columbia, SC 29201
803.254.3433
http://www.nickelodeon.org/

North Carolina State University
Campus Cinema/Student Activities
Box 7318
Witherspoon Student Center
Raleigh, NC 27695-7318
Contact: Larry Campbell
(919) 515-5161
http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/student_center/sca_office/cinema.html

Pacific University
Media Arts
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR 97116
Contact: Nancy Breaux
(503) 359-2749

Portland State University
PSU Film Committee
P.O Box 757
Portland , OR 97207
Contact: Erik J. Romano
(503) 725-3557

Rutgers Film Co-Op/New Jersey Media Arts Center
(108 Ruth Adams Building
Rutgers University)
131 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414
(732) 932-8482
www.njfilmfest.com/

Skidmore College
Davis Auditorium
815 N. Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
(518) 580-5733

The Snark Theatre
Hopkins Film
c/o Student Activities Council
Johns Hopkins University
122 Merryman East
Baltimore, MD 21218

Southern Utah University
Building Manager
351 West Center
Cedar City, UT 84720
Contact: Mindy Benson
(435) 586-7763

Southwest Film Center
University of New
Mexico
Sub Room 105
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-5608
http://www.unm.edu/~swfc/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Union Film Committee
200 Student Union Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Contact: Britta Sjoren
919-962-1157

University of North Texas
University Program Council
P.O Box 310710
Denton, TX 76203
(940) 565-3825
http://orgs.unt.edu/pfs/

University of Texas at El Paso
Union Cinema
302 Union East Bldg.
El Paso, TX 79968
www.utep.edu

University of Texas - Pan American
Student Activities
1201 W. University Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539
www.panam.edu

University of Utah
876 E. 900 South
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Contact: Greg Turner
801-328-9775
http://www.film.utah.edu

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Office of Student Life PO Box 413-118
Molloncamp Hall
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Contact: Jim Hill
414-229-4632

University of Wisconsin at Madison
Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee 800 Langdon Street
Rm. 514
Madison, WI 53706
Contact: Jon Hertzberg
608-262-1143

University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
Modern Languages
Student Activities Office
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Contact: David Coury
920-465-2097

University of Wisconsin at Parkside
University Activities
900 Wood Road
Kenosha, WI 53144
Contact: Stephanie Sirovatka
414-595-3339

University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh
International Film Series
Oshkosh, WI 54901

Vassar College- Film League of Vassar College
Film League
Box 612
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0612
Contact: Stephen Motika
914-451-3726

Vassar College- International Film Seminar
198 Broadway, Suite #1206
New York, NY 10038
Tel: 212.608.3224
http://www.flahertyseminar.org/index_hp.htm

Webster University Film Series
470 East Lockwood Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63119
(314) 968-7487
www.webster.edu/filmseries.html

William Paterson University
Instruction & Research Technology
300 Pompton Road
Wayne, NJ 07470
(973) 720-2980

Additional Resources for Self-distribution- Books, Guides and Websites

Taking it to the Theaters: The Empowerment Project's Guide to Theatrical and Video Self-Distribution of Issue-Oriented Films and Videos (1993) By Michael Wies. Available from National Video Resources: http://www.nvr.org

The Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers Film and Video Exhibition Guide: http://www.aivf.org/resources/exhibitors

Flicker, "the home page for alternative cinematic experience": http://www.hi-beam.net

Film Arts Foundation's Alternative Exhibition Information of the Universe database (aka the A.E.I.O.U. Guide available in print and online for Film Arts members: http://www.filmarts.org

 

 

 

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