SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS Wednesday | 7:00 pm | Harris Theatre | First 75 attendees (with badges) F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) is often, and deservedly, recognized as the supreme achievement of the silent era cinema—and of all the eras that followed. For nearly one hundred years, critics, historians, scholars, and film lovers have recognized its artistry, emotion, and technical brilliance. The film’s excellence...
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Thursday, December 3 | 8:00 am Start your Thursday morning at AMIA 2026 with coffee, conversation, and a little Wikipedia editing! Help improve and expand Wikipedia entries about films on the National Film Registry. While some titles are well documented, many lesser-known films, home movies, and collections have little information available on Wikipedia, and some have no entries at all. Help us bring greater visibility to these...
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Wednesday, December 2 7:30–10:00 PM We’re getting into the Pittsburgh bingo spirit at AMIA 2026! Join us Wednesday evening for a little friendly competition, some great prizes, and a chance to support the AMIA community. We’ll play 10 rounds of bingo, with a prize awarded each round, so there will be plenty of chances to win! It’s a great way to meet new colleagues and catch up with familiar faces. Best of all, Bingo Night is...
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For more than 50 years, Tony Buba has made a single Pennsylvania mill town the subject of his life’s work. Since 1974, he has directed over 40 films, including four features, documenting working-class life in and around his hometown of Braddock, PA. His career began with The Braddock Chronicles, a dozen short documentary portraits capturing the stubborn signs of life in a dying steel town. That commitment to Braddock carried...
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12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Screening Session: From the Cellar to the Cinema: Pittsburgh Sound + Image’s Origins Steven Haines, Pittsburgh Sound + Image Archivist and programmer Steven Haines introduces you to Pittsburgh film culture past and present. Over the last decade, using an archival activist approach of locating the nearly forgotten films and people of the region’s cinematic history, Steven has helped...
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The 2026 edition of ARCHIVAL SCREENING NIGHT will take place on Thursday, December 3, 2026 at Row House Cinemas in Pittsburgh. Archival Screening Night provides AMIA members attending the conference with an opportunity to showcase recent acquisitions, discoveries, and preservation efforts in a program that represents the magnificent spectrum of formats, works, and collections protected and preserved by the AMIA community. Please consider...
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Join us in The Pavilion! The Pavilion is scheduled for two days – Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4. A central meeting point at the conference, it brings together exhibit booths, skill shares, “ask an expert” spaces, and poster sessions. Our goal is to create a hub for sharing information at the conference. Suppliers and service providers have always been a great source of information about what’s new and...
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