[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] "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..."[13]Leonard Maltin, who grew up to become a film critic and film historian, started attending Cinecon as a 14-year-old boy.
[15] In 1997, Nazi Germany propaganda filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl received a lifetime achievement award from Cinecon.
The 2006 and 2014 conventions also held some of their events a short walk away, at a hotel on Highland Avenue.
[17] In 2017, Stan Taffel was President of Cinecon Classic Film Festival.
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)[20] who was the president of Cinecon..."[21] In 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on film festivals, Cinecon 56 was held as a three day online event, streaming under the promotional banner Cineconline,[22] while Cinecon 57 was held as a four day online event, streaming under the same Cineconline banner.