AMIA Legacy Award

AMIA Legacy Award

AMIA to Honor Dr. Carla Hayden with Inaugural Legacy Award  AMIA is proud to announce that Dr. Carla Hayden, former Librarian of Congress, will receive the organization’s inaugural Legacy Award at the AMIA 35th Annual Conference, held December 3–5, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland. The award will be presented on December 3 during a special event at the historic Parkway Theatre in Baltimore. The Legacy Award honors individuals whose visionary...

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2025 | Restoration Screening

2025 | Restoration Screening

“Innumerable blessings, countless felicitations. Thank you beyond number and additional good stuff!”   Thursday, December 4 Parkway Theatre | 7:00pm Restoration Screening THE WIZ   Nearly five decades since its original release, The Wiz remains a defining moment in cinematic history, celebrated for its bold, revolutionary vision of Oz. Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, The Wiz tells the story of Dorothy...

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2025 | Trivia Night

2025 | Trivia Night

Test your skills, win prizes, all for a good cause.  And, more importantly, dethrone the reigning AMIA Trivia Champs!   Do you know what Shakespearean character Edgar Allen Poe is named for? Or the name of the poodle Elvis gave his daughter? Or the name of the city in Maryland that hosts the National Hard Crab Derby? If not, you’ll want to find a colleague that does as you form your team for Trivia – on Thursday night at the...

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2025 Keynote | Alex Ross Perry

2025 Keynote | Alex Ross Perry

  Filmmaker Alex Ross Perry to Deliver Thursday Keynote  Alex Ross Perry will deliver the Thursday keynote address on Thursday, December 4th.  Perry’s presentation will center on his film Videoheaven, an innovative feature-length collage film constructed entirely from scenes set in video rental stores across decades of film and television history. Recognized for his sharply observant and adventurous approach, Perry has emerged as a...

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2025 Keynote | Bill Morrison

2025 Keynote | Bill Morrison

  Acclaimed Filmmaker Bill Morrison will deliver the AMIA 2025 closing keynote with a special screening of Incident 8:00am — Incident (Screening)*Content Advisory: This film includes real-world violence and racially charged content. 8:40am — Keynote Discussion Acclaimed filmmaker Bill Morrison will deliver the closing keynote address on Friday, December 5, 2025. Morrison’s presentation will feature a special screening of his celebrated,...

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2025 | Things to do in Baltimore!

2025 | Things to do in Baltimore!

A few suggestions from AMIA locals while you’re in Baltimore!   Baltimore Street Car Museum Great Blacks in Wax Museum Enoch Pratt Free Public Library Walters Art Museum American Visionary Arts Museum Baltimore Museum of Art The Reginald F. Lewis Museum National Museum of Dentistry B&O Railroad Museum   Baltimore Heritage Tours Holiday Markets & Festivities National Aquarium The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore Tour the...

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2025 | The Schedule

2025 | The Schedule

Download a PDF version of the Conference Program here. Use Sched to schedule your conference sessions and keep up with the latest changes in the program.View the AMIA 2025 schedule & directory.

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2025 | Speaker Information

    Adie Montes Adie Montes (they/them) is a film projectionist and student, originally from Massachusetts. They recently completed the AMIA Pathways internship at Texas Archive of the Moving Image and are currently working as an archival film handler and digitization specialist at the American Genre Film Archive.   Adrianne Lundy Adrianne Lundy (she/her) is the Archival Collections Assessment Coordinator at the UCLA Film &...

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