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CSUN Cinematheque
The screenings sponsored by the CSUN Cinematheque support the academic mission of the Cinema and Television Arts Department. They are usually provided in conjunction with a required class lecture. Seating is reserved for those students enrolled in the course. If extra seating is available, it will be offered to anyone wishing to audit the lecture.
The Alan Armer Theater is located in Manzanita Hall. For DIRECTIONS, click on QUICKLINKS for a map of the campus. The University requires a parking permit to park in the University parking lots. Parking permits are available for purchase ($6) at the Information Booths located on Prairie Street on the west side of campus and Lindley Avenue on the south side of campus. Exact change is required.
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Monthly Screening Schedules
Spring 2010
To Reserve the Armer
The primary use of the Armer Theater is to support the teaching curriculum of the Department of Cinema and Television Arts. Other departments on campus may reserve the facility for screening events when it is available. There is a cost recovery fee for this service.
Contact Mark Schaubert for information about reserving the theater for on-campus events.
Contact Dr. John Schultheiss to suggest a film or event for the CSUN Cinematheque.
Requests for use of the theater by off-campus clients must be submitted through University Licensing.
Welcome to the CSUN Cinematheque
Cinematheque (noun) |sin e mah tek|
a motion picture theater, often part of a university or private archive, showing experimental or historically important films.
The CSUN Cinematheque is an innovative year-round film screening program housed in the Alan and Elaine Armer Theater, a state-of-the-art 130 seat motion picture theater on the CSUN campus. The only venue of its kind in the San Fernando Valley, the Cinematheque presents thematically designed retrospectives of classic films, as well as aesthetically significant contemporary releases--in conjunction with the appearance of featured guest artists for lectures and panel discussions. Conceptual presentations are devoted to: filmographies of important directors, writers, actors, cinematographers; essential genre works; seminal documentaries; major literary, philosophical, narrative themes and traditions; defining technical and artistic models and styles. The Cinematheque is also intended as a regular venue for film organizations, student film competitions, and conferences. Collaboration is encouraged with local studios, guilds, and academies for screenings and related events.
The Alan Armer Theater
The theater is equipped with 35mm film projectors and a theatrical digital projection system with BluRay, DVD, DVCPRO, DVCAM, DV, and VHS sources.
