Cinecon
CINECON Classic Film Festival is held, since 1964, on Labor Day weekend, for five days, in Los Angeles.

"The first Cinecon was sponsored by 8mm Collector publisher Samuel K. Rubin in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and for many years the Cinecon moved from city to city..." 

Cinecon is a film festival and a film-collecting fan convention. 

Cinevent, of Columbus, Ohio, is held on Memorial Day weekend.

Leonard Maltin has attended since he was 14 years old.

In 1997, Leni Riefenstahl received a lifetime achievement award from Cinecon.

In 2009, Cinecon 45 took place at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. 

In 2017, Stan Taffel was President of Cinecon Classic Film Festival.

In 2019, Richard Adkins wrote: "In regards to Cinecon, Hollywood Heritage has the non-profit operator of Cinecon for the past three years. We have been associated with the festival since the museum was established inn 1985, but only began managing the festival following the passing of Robert S. Birchard (1950–2016) who was the president of Cinecon..."

Further reading 
 Horak, Jan-Christopher. Archiving, Preserving, Screening 16mm Cinema Journal, vol. 45, no. 3, 2006, pp. 112–18. JSTOR

References

External links 
 Cinecon
Cinecon silentcinemasociety.org
 Cinecon Film Schedule 2006-2022
 Society for Cinephiles/Cinecon, Inc. (2000)

1964 introductions
Conventions in California
Collecting
Film festivals in Los Angeles
Film markets