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International festival winners

Top prize winners at the October, 1994, Biennale Internationale du Film sur l'Art, in Paris, included Sophie Tauber-Arp, a profile of the avant-garde artist by Christophe Kuhn; Money Man by Philip Haas; and The Stained Glass Windows of Soulages at Conques by Jean-Noël Cristiani. The Biennale is sponsored by the Musée Nationale d'Art Moderne at the Centre Georges Pompidou.

Cristiani's film was also a prize-winner at the 13th annual International Festival of Films on Art, held in Montreal in March, 1995, where the grand prize went to French director Stan Neumann's Nadar, Photographer. Other winners at Montreal included The Raft of the Medusa, an informative and humorous work by U.K. director Sheree Folkson; Yati, the story of a boy and his father, a potter in India; and The Human Comedy, a profile of American painter Alice Neel, by Swedish producer Lars Lambert.

The catalogue for the Montreal Festival, with filmographic data and synopses in French and English, is available from the Festival office for $12 (U.S.), which includes postage. For more information, contact: Festival International du Film sur l'Art, 640 rue Saint-Paul Ouest, Bureau 406, Montréal H3C 1L9, Canada. Tel (514) 874-1637; Fax (514) 874-9929.

Ovation and New York Times Company launch arts cable network

J. Carter Brown, chairman of Ovation, and Arthur Ochs Sulzburger, chairman and chief executive of the Times Company, announced in September that the New York Times Company would acquire a minority interest in Ovation -- the new arts cable network. Ovation launched its service on October 3 with two hours of weekly programming on a cable channel owned by Tele-Communications Inc. Ovation plans to begin operating its own channel later on, on cable television systems reaching about four million subscribers.

With a programming mix that includes artist and museum profiles, architecture and design, jazz and classical music, art films and children's programs, Ovation aims to combine high art and popular culture. The Times Company will support Ovation in advertising sales, publishing, and interactive services.

Ovation was started by Mr. Brown, director emeritus of the National Gallery of Art, and Harold E. Morse, president and chief executive officer of Ovation and a founder of the Learning Channel. It is privately owned by a group of investors.

Ovation is looking for programming -- specifically, videos on museums' permanent collections, travelling exhibitions, and educational extension programs. Producers must have cleared all rights necessary for national cable television distribution, and the programs must be of broadcast quality. The network also invites video news releases for potential use in short news-format segments. For more information, send inquiries in writing to Ms. Susan Wander, Ovation, 211 N. Union St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

AVICOM meeting

AVICOM is the international museum committee for audiovisual and new technology. Affiliated with ICOM, the International Council on Museums, AVICOM holds regular meetings and symposia, publishes newsletters and reports, and organizes international SIGs (Special Interest Groups) on a range of topics.

The next AVICOM meeting is scheduled for July 2 - 7, in Stavanger, Norway. You must be an ICOM member to attend. For more information about AVICOM and ICOM, contact: Mr. Claude Camirand, AVICOM Americas, c/o Musée de la civilisation, 85, rue Dalhousie, Québec G1K 7A6, Canada. Tel 418-643-2158 x384 ; Fax 418-646-9705. Internet: [email protected]

Archaeology on screen

1995-1996 will be a banner year for archaeology on screen with eight European events scheduled between October, 1995, and October, 1996. See Calendar below.

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