FILMWERKPLAATS RESEARCH

Research by Filmwerkplaats members and collaborators

RE MI was a two-year European cooperation project (2016-2017) run by Mire (Nantes, FR), WORM’s Filmwerkplaats (Rotterdam) and LaborBerlin (Berlin, DE), focused on the creation, preservation and circulation of technical knowledge of analogue film in order to support its use as a creative medium.

The project involved other film labs, cinemas, art schools and other cultural organizations, as well as a broad international audience of film enthusiasts.

RE MI
2-year European cooperation project run by Mire (FR), WORM.Filmwerkplaats (NL) and LaborBerlin (DE)

PHOTOGRAPHIC GARDEN
A series of lectures & research workshops, filmic try-outs and presentations hosted by Filmwerkplaats.

FREE RESOURCE

Filmwerkplaats has committed to making sure filmmaking techniques are available online to all, as a free resource.

Filmwerkplaats wants to encourage personal experimentation and try-outs through formulae and processes reached through its members' research.

Re-Engineering Moving Image

Expanding Film Communities

Re-Exploring Unexplored Paths

Re-Engineering the Industry

Low Toxic Film Development

RE MI RESEARCH
The different sub-projects lead as part of RE MI are organised in three fields of action :

Working with analogue film involves a large number of chemical processes. The Photographic Garden project sees Filmwerkplaats researching (and developing) photochemical processes that do not unduly burden the environment.

ONLINE LECTURES
There are 6 online public lectures,
available to anybody with an interest in film:

Notes, reports and other outputs from three programs dedicated to the exploration of three specific equipments discarded by the film industry…

Outputs from actions dedicated to the continuation of early cinema photo-chemical experiments to create handmade emulsion & primitive colour.

Two major events bringing together film enthusiasts and new audiences, plus a practical guide collecting filmmakers special tips.