Editing 1911 in film (section)

==Events==
*February: ''[[Motion Picture Story|The Motion Picture Story Magazine]]'', the first American film [[fan magazine]], is published. It is followed later in the year by ''[[Photoplay]]''.
*April 8: [[Winsor McCay]] releases his first film ''[[Little Nemo (1911 film)|Little Nemo]]'', one of the earliest animated films.
*October 23 (October 10 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]): [[Svetozar Botorić]]'s ''[[The Life and Deeds of the Immortal Leader Karađorđe]]'' (''Život i dela besmrtnog vožda Karađorđa'', Живот и дела бесмртног вожда Карађорђа) premieres in [[Belgrade]] and becomes the first [[feature film]] made in [[Serbia]] and the [[Balkans]]. 
*October 26: ''[[Defence of Sevastopol]]'' («Оборона Севастополя») premieres at the Crimean palace of Tsar Nicholas II and becomes the first feature-length film made in the Russian Empire and one of the first in the world. It is also the first known film to use a [[multiple-camera setup]] (2 cameras) 
*October 27: [[David Horsley]]'s [[Nestor Studios|Nestor Motion Picture Company]] opens the first motion picture studio in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]].
*November: The [[Kalem Company]] of [[New York City|New York]] pays the estate of author [[Lew Wallace]] $25,000 in legal settlement for having adapted [[Ben Hur (1907 film)|''Ben Hur'' (1907 film)]] from [[Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ|his novel]] without securing prior rights.