Film Culture

American film journal

*Film Culture*
Categories	Film
Founder	Adolfas Mekas and Jonas Mekas
First issue	1954 (1954)
Final issue	1996 (1996)
Country	United States
Based in	New York
Language	English
ISSN	0015-1211

Film Culture was an American film magazine started by Adolfas Mekas and his brother Jonas Mekas in 1954.^[1] The publication's headquarters were in New York City.^[1] Best known for exploring the avant-garde cinema in depth, it also published articles on other aspects of cinema, including Hollywood films.

Articles from Film Culture are compiled in a book entitled Film Culture Reader, published by Cooper Square Press.

Film Culture ceased publication 1996.^[1] During its existence the magazine produced 79 issues and issue 80 was published shortly before Mekas’ death in 2018.^[1]

Film awards

The magazine presented awards to independent film makers:

First Independent Film Award: John Cassavetes for Shadows (1959)
Second Independent Film Award: Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie for Pull My Daisy (1960)
Third Independent Film Award: Ricky Leacock, Don Pennebaker, Robert Drew and Al Maysles for Primary (1961)
Fourth Independent Film Award: Stan Brakhage for The Dead and Prelude (1962)
Fifth Independent Film Award: Jack Smith for Flaming Creatures (1963)
Sixth Independent Film Award: Andy Warhol for Sleep, Haircut, Eat, Kiss and Empire (1964)^[2]
Seventh Independent Film Award: Harry Smith for his entire body of work (1965)
Eighth Independent Film Award: Gregory Markopoulos for his entire body of work (1966)
Ninth Independent Film Award: Michael Snow for Wavelength (1968)
Tenth Independent Film Award: Kenneth Anger for Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kareem Estefan (September 2007). "Selections from FILM CULTURE Magazine (1955-1996)". UbuWeb. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
^ "Film Culture 6th Award - Andy Warhol". Warholstars. Retrieved 28 April 2018.