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  Festival Pages & Program Festival Reports & Reviews Introductions & Features Picture Galleries
1996 • Widescreen Weekend 1996
 
• Mission Report from Widescreen Weekend 1996
 
 

• Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 1996

1997 • Widescreen Weekend 1997

By Bill Lawrence:
3rd Bradford Film Festival 1997
 
  • Is "Windjammer" the Queen of Kitsch?

By Bill Lawrence:
• Misconceptions about the Bradford setup
 
• Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 1997

 
1998 • Widescreen Weekend 1998
 
• Mission Report from Widescreen Weekend 1998
 
• Projecting the Widescreen Weekend
 
• Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 1998
 
1999 • Widescreen Weekend 1999
 
Mission Report Widescreen Weekend 1999
 
By Ingolf Vonau:
• "Orpheus in the Underworld" - Introduction

• Planning the Widescreen Weekend
 
• Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 1999
 
2000 • Widescreen Weekend 2000
 
• Widescreen Weekend 2000 Review
 
• Ken Annakin. Director in Todd-AO and Ultra Panavision 70
• Ken Annakin. Director in Todd-AO and Ultra Panavision 70
 
• Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 2000
 
2001 • Widescreen Weekend 2001
 
• Wide Screen Weekend 2001

PDF: Widescreen Weekend Review
 
• "Windjammer" Director Passed Away

By David Page:
• Louis de Rochemont III - a remembrance
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2001
 
2002 • Widescreen Weekend 2002

PDF:
The 70mm Newsletter - WSW edition
 
• Confessions of a Widescreen Weekend Fan

• What did you think of the 2002 Wide Screen Weekend?
 
• Speech for Willem Bouwmeester 2002
 
• Digital: Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 2002

• 35mm: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2002
 
2003 • Widescreen Weekend 2003
 
• Widescreen Weekend 2003 report

• What did you think of the 2003 Wide Screen Weekend?
 
• Projection Team Of The Year Award 2002

• Speech for Keith Swadkins 2003
 
• Digital: Bradford, Widescreen Weekend 2003

• 35mm: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2003


• By Richard Greenhalgh: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2003

• By Paul Rayton: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2003
 
2004 • Widescreen Weekend 2004

PDF:
The 70mm Newsletter Issue 68
PDF: The 70mm Newsletter Issue 69
PDF:
WSW Delegate Info
PDF: “Audience on Stage”
 
• 2004 Widescreen Weekend - my story
• Widescreen Weekend 2004 report
• What did you think of the 2004 Wide Screen Weekend?

PDF: Cinema Technology
 
By Darren Briggs:
• "Earthquake" at the Bradford Widescreen weekend 2004

By Darren Briggs and Bill Thomson:
• Re-creating "Earthquake" in Sensurround

• Speech for Tony Sloman 2004
 
• Digital: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2004

• 35mm: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2004

• By Paul Rayton: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2004
 
2005 • Widescreen Weekend 2005

PDF: The 70mm Newsletter Issue 70

PDF: Cineramacana 2005
 

• Widescreen Weekend 2005 report

• Widescreen Weekend 2005 - what the audience thought about it
 

• Speech for Poul Rayton 2005

• John Harvey's Cinerama Achievements Recognized
 
• Digital: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2005

• 35mm: Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2005

• By Paul Rayton:
Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2005
 
2006 • Widescreen Weekend 2006

PDF: Cineramacana 2006
PDF: The Todd-AO song
 
• Widescreen Weekend 2006 - what the audience thought about it

2006 Widescreen Weekend report

FLYT By Mark Trompeteler:
Wide Screened and Wide Eyed

PDF:
Keith Eisberg’s Six Minute 70mm Demo
 
• Speech for Francois Carrin

• Projecting Cinerama @ the Pictureville

65mm Workshop:
• 65mm Film Workshop @ the Pictureville
 • Re-introduction of 70mm as a Commercial Cinema Exhibition Format
• Re-introduction of 70mm - Workshop in Progress
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2006
 
2007 • Widescreen Weekend 2007, Bradford, England

• Widescreen Weekend 2007 Program

PDF: BIFF 2008 Booklet
PDF:
Cineramacana 2007
 
• Widescreen Weekend 2007 - reviews
 
• Speech for Dave Strohmaier

65mm Workshop:
• Exhibitors - 65/70mm Workshop
• Report on the 65/70mm Workshop March 2007
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2007

• By Paul Rayton
Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2007
 
2008 • Widescreen Weekend 2008, Bradford, England

• Widescreen Weekend 2008 Program

PDF: Cineramacana 2008
 
• Widescreen Weekend 2008 - what the audience thought about it

FLYT By Mark Trompeteler:
• Quality, Quantity and Width

 
• Speech for Bill Lawrence

65mm Workshop:
• Report on the 65/70mm Workshop March 2008
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2008

• By Paul Rayton
Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2008

• By Richard Greenhalgh
Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2008
 
2009 • Widescreen Weekend 2009, Bradford, England

• Widescreen Weekend Program 2009, Bradford, England

PDF:
Cineramacana 2009
 
• “Broadsword Calling Danny Boy” Widescreen Weekend Report 2009

•
Audience feedback - Widescreen Weekend 2009

• Thomas Hauerslev Receives BKSTS Award

By Ramon Lamarca Marques:
• Widescreen Weekend review

FLYT By Mark Trompeteler:
• Digital Cinerama! D150, CinemaScope 55, Ultra Panavision and much much more !

By Wolfram Hannemann:
• PDF
Jδger der verlorenen Filmschδtze
 
By Bob Jessopp:
"This is New Zealand" introduction

By Sheldon Hall:
Introduction to "Khartoum"

By Wolfram Hannemann:
Introduction to "West Side Story"

By Dave Strohmaier:
Introducing "How the West Was Won" in Digital

By Wolfram Hannemann:
Introduction to "The Bible...in the beginning"

By Wolfram Hannemann:
Introduction to "The King and I"

By Randy Gitsch

The History of 70mm Short Subjects

By Dave Strohmaier:
Lost For Years, Orphan Films Discovered Abandoned in Hollywood Basement.

• "Where Eagles Dare" - 40th Anniversary 1969 - 2009
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2009
 
2010 • Widescreen Weekend 2010
 
By Jim Barg:
Meeting Abel, Baker, and Charlie: The 2010 Bradford Widescreen Weekend

By Wolfram Hannemann:
There are more things in life than just widescreen!

By Francis BARBIER
:
Widescreen Film Festival – Bradford 2010
 
By Wolfram Hannemann:
Wolfram Hannemann's 70mm Film Introductions

By Sheldon Hall:

• Introduction to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

• Speech for John Harvey
 
By Tom March:
John Harvey's visit to Europe
 
2011 • Widescreen Weekend 2011

• 2011 Widescreen Weekend Program
 
• Widescreen Weekend Mission Report 2011

• "It's Bloody Marvellous" Widescreen Weekend 2011
 
• WSW 2011 Film Introductions

• Stanley Long, Mr. "Circlorama" Visits Widescreen Weekend, Pictureville

• Speech for Joe Dunton

• The Making of "Dance Craze" by Joe Dunton

• Joe Dunton Q/A
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2011
 
2012 • Widescreen Weekend 2012

• 2012 Widescreen Weekend Program
 
  • WSW 2012 Film Introductions

•
Speech for Kevin Brownlow
• Speech for Tom March
• Speech for John Mitchell
• Cinerama's Ramine visits Widescreen Weekend 2012

By Mark Lyndon:

• The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. The legendary “lost” Cinerama Reviewed
 
• Bradford, Widescreeen Weekend 2012
 
2013 • Widescreen Weekend 2013
 
By Mark Trompeteler
• Widescreen Weekend 2013
 
• 2013 Widescreen Weekend Introductions

• 2013 Academy Member Randy Gitsch (USA)
• 2013 Academy Member Johan Wolthuis (The Netherlands)
 
By Ulrich Rostek:
WSW 2013 gallery Reception

By Anders Olsson:
WSW 2013 gallery Friday
WSW 2013 gallery Saturday
WSW 2013 gallery Sunday
 
2014 • Widescreen Weekend, Bradford, 2014
 
By Gerhard Witte:
• Attending the Widescreen Weekend from 10 to 13 April 2014

By
Ulrich Rostek
• Widescreen Weekend – It is tradition!
• Widescreen Weekend – Es ist Tradition!

By Mark Trompeteler
• Cinerama Birthday Bradford Celebrates Cinerama’s 60th. Anniversary

• By Dave Strohmaier & Tom March
New Cinerama Restorations at Widescreen Weekend 2014
 
By Wolfram Hannemann: 2014 Widescreen Weekend Introduction
By Tony Sloman:
• PDF: The Way We Were
• PDF: White Christmas

By Duncan McGregor:

Tony Cutts Passed Away
 
By Ulrich Rostek:
Widescreen Weekend 2014
By Anders M Olsson:
Widescreen Weekend 2014
By Gerhard Witte:
Widescreen Weekend 2014
 
2015 • Widescreen Weekend 2015

PDF: Widescreen Weekend 2015 Brochure
 
By Mark Trompeteler
• The Magic of Large Format Cinema

By Lisa Brook, Widescreen Weekend Coordinator
• Douglas Trumbull's "Silent Running" screens in Bradford

By Tony Earnshaw
• Douglas Trumbull

By Mark Lyndon
• Wide Screen Weekend 2015

By Mark Trompeteler
• Large Format Cinema as Communal Virtual Reality
 
By Wolfram Hannemann:
• 2015 Widescreen Weekend Introductions
 
By Anders M Olsson:
Widescreen Weekend 2015

By Francois Carrin:
Widescreen Weekend 2015
 
2016 • Widescreen Weekend 2016
 
By Hannemann, Lyndon & Rostek
• Memories from Bradford

By Mark Trompeteler

• Widescreen Weekend 2015 / Widescreen 2016

By Mark Trompeteler
• PDF: Screening Celluloid
 
  By Ulrich Rostek:
Widescreen Weekend 2016
By Anders M Olsson:
Widescreen Weekend 2016
 
2017 • Widescreen Weekend 2017
 
By Bill Lawrence:
Keith Swadkins Passed Away
 
2017 Widescreen Weekend Introductions
 
By Ulrich Rostek:
Widescreen Weekend, 2017
2018 • Widescreen Weekend 2018
 
  • 2018 Widescreen Weekend Introductions
 
By Ulrich Rostek:
Widescreen Weekend 2018
 
2019 • Widescreen Weekend 2019
 
• Bill Lawrence in Conversation
 
• The WIDESCREEN WEEKEND October 2019
•
“Faith, Hope & Chariots”: Programming Widescreen Weekend
• 2019 Widescreen Weekend, Bradford, UK
 
         

Online: 02-06-1999. Updated: 28-07-2024