As the result of a recent grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, MIAP students will be given a unique opportunity to contribute to the preservation of the works of Paul Sharits, an important figure in American avant-garde filmmaking.
The Academy Foundation announced a grant of $10,000 to MIAP for the 2008-2009 academic year through their Academy Internship Grant Program. The grant will fund two semester internships at Anthology Film Archives, one each for first and second year students.
The focus of the internships will be works by Sharits that were created for theatrical, or single screen projection. John Passmore, in his second year of MIAP, has been selected for the fall internship, and will be undertaking collection assessment, cataloging, and prioritization of the film titles for preservation. Anthology Film Archives, an international center for the preservation, study and exhibition of film and video, has been a partner with MIAP since the program’s inception in 2003. The Academy Internship Program, part of the Institutional Grants Program, supports student internships in professional film organizations, meeting Foundation goals of enhancing relationships between the public and the film industry and deepening the appreciation of film as an art form and a vocation.
