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02 News from the Affiliates

The Journal of Film Preservaton is in aperiod of transition, following Cathy

Surowiecs stepping down as Chief Editor.I would like to thank Gail Rubenstein,former Associate Editor of the P.I.P., forstepping in at a rather short notice andhelping us edit #89 of the Journal inrather difficult circumstances. I also wantto thank Cathy Surowiec for the amazingwork she has done, first as assistant editorand then as Chief Editor, on the Journalover the last eight years. And of coursea warm welcome to Elaine Burrows, ourfreshly appointed new Chief Editor, whommany of know know well already.

Finally, the FIAF Secretariat is workinghand in hand with the staff of theKinoteka na Makedonija to ensure thatthe 70th FIAF congress in Skopje will be assuccessful as the last one in Barcelona.

The congress website is now ready (www.fiafcongress.org/2014) and registration isopen. We do hope to see you there in May!

Best regards,

Christophe Dupin,FIAF Senior Administrator

>AMSTERDAM On March 30th, EYE FILM INSTITUTENETHERLANDS is organizing the internationalCelebrate Cinema day during which anumber of recently restored films such as The

Last Edition(Emory Johnson, 1925) will premiere

in EYE. All day long, EYE curators will present andtalk about important archival projects, such asthe European Film Gateway (EFG1914) project[contributing hundred hours of moving images


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about the WWI, EYE is the second biggest contentprovider], and the upcoming collaborationbetween the NFPF (National Film PreservationFoundation) and EYE. The day will be concludedwith the world premiere of East is West (SydneyFranklin, 1922 starring Constance Talmadge)

with live music; this screening also kicks off theOrphan Film Symposium in EYE.

In collaboration with New York Universityand the University of Amsterdam, EYE FILMINSTITUTE hosts the 9th Orphan Film Symposiumin Amsterdam, March 30 through April 2, 2014.The theme of Orphans 9 is The Future ofObsolescence. More than 50 speakers archivists,preservation experts, scholars, curators will

screen and discuss dozens of previously neglectedand newly preserved films, including worksfrom Albania, Argentina, Colombia, the CzechRepublic, Germany, the Philippines, Poland,Russia, Switzerland, and elsewhere. Artists

including Bill Morrison, Rebecca Baron, and FrankScheffer will debut new works. Registration andfurther information at http://www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm.

Contact: Elif Rongen

[email protected] www.eyefilm.nl/en

>BERKELEY The UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,BERKELEY ART MUSEUM and PACIFIC FILMARCHIVE (BAM/PFA), has begun constructionof its new facility in downtown Berkeley. Thenew building, which will open to the public in2016, is designed by the New York-based firm

Diller Scofidio + Renfro and will provide improvedtheaters, galleries, and access to collections.

Fassbinder NOW. Film and video art (till 1st June 2014) the new exhibition at the DEUTSCHES FILMMUSEUM Frankfurt


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In order to allow our staff time to make thetransition into our new building, the BAM/PFAfilm and video collection will be closed fromMarch 2015 through February 2016. During thisperiod we will not be able to fulfill loan requests.We apologize for any inconvenience.

Contact: Mona Nagai [email protected] http://bampfa.berkeley.edu

>FRANKFURTFassbinder NOW. Film and video art

(till 1st June 2014) the new exhibition in theDEUTSCHES FILMMUSEUM Frankfurt: Excerptsfrom Fassbinders films make his motifs andaesthetic methods clear. Juxtaposed with themfor comparison are the works of contemporaryvideo artists. They thematically and aestheticallyconnect to Fassbinders work.

Beyond that, the exhibition provides a glimpseinto Fassbinders work and personality: extractsfrom TV interviews may be seen, as well as many

original documents from the archive of theRainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation Berlin, acooperating partner in the exhibition. In thecinema, a retrospective of Fassbinders films,as well as those of directors influenced by him,complements the show. A catalogue is beingpublished in German and English editions.

Contact: Frauke Hass [email protected] http://bit.ly/1a1Sw86

>HELSINKIKANSALLINEN AUDIOVISUAALINEN

ARKISTO (National Audiovisual Archive) andMEDIAKASVATUS- JA KUVAOHJELMAKESHUS(Finnish Centre for Media Education andAudiovisual Media) will merge from the 1stof January 2014 to form a new organization,KANSALLINEN AUDIOVISUAALINEN INSTITUUTTI(National Audiovisual Institute). Our addresswill remain the same as before: Srnistenrantatie 25 A, P.O. Box 16, 00501 Helsinki, Finland.However, our homepage can be found at www.kavi.fi and our e-mail addresses will change to

[email protected]

Contact: Outi Heiskanen [email protected]

www.kavi.fi

>JERUSALEM On 17 November 2013 Deborah Steinmetz,director of the STEVEN SPIELBERG JEWISH FILMARCHIVE, was invited by the Villa Manin, FriuliVenezia Giulia, in Italy to present a lecture on

the film The Journey(Robert Capa, 1951) whichwas shown at the ROBERT CAPA LA REALTA DIFRONTE exhibition. After her lecture and thescreening there was a panel discussion with LivioJacob of the Cineteca Del Friuli, and Piero Colussi,Consigliere regionale FVG . Mrs. Steinmetz hadthe pleasure of visiting the Cineteca del Friuli.

Contact: Deborah Steinmetz [email protected] www.spielbergfilmarchive.org.il


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02 News from the Affi liates

>LJUBLJANAExhibitions in 2013 at the SLOVENIAN

CINEMATHEQUE / SLOVENSKA KINOTEKA: Pridite v kino! Slovenski filmski plakat[Come to the cinema! Slovenian film posters],Zagreb, Croatia (author: Metka Dari)

Niko Matul: filmska scenografija -Retrospektiva filmov in razstava[Niko Matul: Production design film retrospectiveand exhibition], Ljubljana (author: Metka Dari)

aroTuar: Iz albuma [aroTuar: From Album],Ljubljana (author: Metka Dari)

Pol stoletja Kinoteke [Half a Century of Cinema-theque], Ljubljana (author: Metka Dari)

Peter Kocjancic: Slovenski filmski plakat [PeterKocjancic: Slovenian film poster (19251928)], Lju-bljana (author: Metka Dari)

Kinodvor 90, Ljubljana (project in cooperationwith Kinodvor, authors: Koen van Daele, MetkaDari, Nika Gricar, Klemen un, researchers: LilijanaNedic, pela Ciman, Klemen un, Nika GriCar).

Frantiek Cap: 100 let [Frantiek Cap: 100years], Ljubljana

Contact: Darja Gartner [email protected] www.kinoteka.si

>MEXICO (CCC) The CENTRO DE CAPACITACINCINEMATOGRFICA (Center of Film Studies),CINETECA NACIONAL, (National Film Archive),FILMOTECA DE LA UNAM (UNAM Film Archive) andthe INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE CINEMATOGRAFA

(Mexican Institute of Cinematography), helda four month workshop with the purpose ofcreating a collective film catalogue. The basicmodel was designed according to FIAFs RDAdraft. Policies and equivalence charts were alsocreated, and the initial results of this ongoingproject were presented during a recent CLAIMmeeting hosted by Filmoteca de Nuevo Len,Monterrey. The proposal was enthusiasticallyreceived by the Latin-American archives, whoexpressed their interest for adopting this model.

Contact: Lisa Danielle Johnson Mjica [email protected]


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>MEXICO (UNAM) The FILMOTECA DE LA UNAM (UNAM Film

Archive) preserves an important collection of over

300 cinematographic and pre-cinematographic

devices. To show a part of this pricelesscollection to the public, the Virtual Museum ofCinematographic Devices is online and can be

visited at www.filmoteca.unam.mx/MUVAC.The museum is divided into two sections: pre-cinematographic and cinematographic devices. Anonline tour can be taken through the halls and have andview animated images of the devices which can be seenfrom different points of view. As in any other museum,each device has a description as well as technical andhistorical information. Some of the devices also havean animated video to show how it works. A newer andmore interactive version is being worked upon currentlywhich will be online later this year.

As of today, 29 devices have been included in themuseum and the goal is to continue until the entirecollection of the Filmoteca is online.

Contact: Mara Luisa Barns, [email protected]

> MILANO July 2013 marked the renewal of the3-year agreement for the management of theSpazio Oberdan film theatre between theowner Province of Milan and our institution,FONDAZIONE CINETECA ITALIANA. Since1999 the Cineteca has played a leading role inupholding quality cinema in our city. Over 800

yearly screenings and an exponential growthin public attendance, movie supply and in thelevel of institutional interest for our activities arethere to prove it, to our great satisfaction.

In April 2013 our Interactive Film Museum-MIChosted a retrospective of fiction/documentaryfilms focusing on the experience of detention. Aspartner to the European Programme GRUNDTVIG,CINETECA is promoting initiatives aiming at

supporting education, learning and professionalstart-up of people living in prison. Projectrepresentatives from Marseille, Milan, Reus, Oslopresented shorts and video letters made bypeople inside or outside the prison, demonstrating

A 35 mm. Path Frres projector,manufactured by Path in Paris, France, in 1910.

An ER Theatre Praxinoscope, manufactured by Emile Reynaud inParis, France, 1879.


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that audiovisual archives can be a key tool foreducational, creative and working experiences.A round table on creativity inside the prisons,with directors, producers and representatives ofhouses of detention, was particularly successful.

As an example of inter-archival cooperation,we would like to mention the restoration of Ma

lamor mio non muore! (Love Everlasting, MarioCaserini, 1913), a worldwide hit in 1913 also thanksto the international diva Lyda Borelli. The mainelement used for the reconstruction was the1500m camera negative held by our institution.

The restoration was carried out by MUSEONAZIONALE DEL CINEMA, Turin, and CINETECADI BOLOGNA, in cooperation with CINETECAITALIANA and CSC-CINETECA NAZIONALE,Rome, resulting also in a DVD release. TheCinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna providedan opportunity for the first public presentation.

Another prominent restoration started in 2011was that of the dramatic comedy The FamilySecret (William Seiter, 1924) which starredBaby Peggy. Our good-quality 35mm nitratematerial, completed by one reel of the US print

Lyda Borelli in Ma lamor mio non muore! (Love Everlasting,Mario Caserini, 1913)


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held at UCLA, proved thus central for the firstrestoration ever made of this title, carried outby the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. The film wassuccessfully premiered at our kid festival PiccoloGrande Cinema in November.

Contact: Luisa Comencini [email protected]

www.cinetecamilano.it

>PARISHenri Langlois, founder of the

CINMATHQUE FRANAISE and one of

the founders of FIAF, would have been 100years old in 2014. To mark that occasion,the Cinmathque franaise pays a specialtribute to this visionary and pioneer of filmpreservation. The exhibition The ImaginaryMuseum of Henri Langlois (9 April 3 September2014) will explore his relationship with artistssuch as Matisse, Cocteau, Mir, Lger, Alechinskyor Warhol, thus confirming his vision of cinemaas an art related to the other arts.

The exhibition catalogue (published byFlammarion) will consist of essays and testimoniesabout Langlois, as well as reproductions ofarchival documents and works of art.A new edition of Henri Langlois texts on cinema:Henri Langlois Ecrits De Cinema (publishedalso by Flammarion) will include Langloispersonal notebooks, articles, cinema reviewsand previously unreleased texts.

Other events will include film programmesand lectures, a symposium, an online featurepresenting rare archival documents relatingto the early days of film preservation, andactivities for young audiences, which will allow

the general public to rediscover the history ofcinema throughout the twentieth century.

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>STOCKHOLM SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET (SwedishFilm Institute) receives additional fundingfor digitization. During the past 12 months,the SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET intensified itsefforts to raise awareness among politiciansand the general public about the urgent needto digitize analogue collections in order to makethe film heritage available also in the future.A decisive moment was a conference held onApril 12 with international experts, where also

government officials and key members of thefilm industry and media and were present. Thelobbying efforts bore fruit, and in Septemberthe government announced that an additionalSEK 40M (approximately 4,6M Euros) will beallocated to the SVENSKA FILMINSTITUTET todigitize 500 films during the period 2014-2018.For curatorial reasons the digitization will carriedout in-house, and the money will be spent bycreating new positions and up-scaling alreadyexisting equipment and infra-structure.

Contact: Jon Wengstrm [email protected] www.sfi.se

>TAIPEI

The CHINESE TAIPEI FILM ARCHIVE(CTFA) welcomed its new director Dr. WenchiLin, a renowned film scholar, on August 1, 2013.

To celebrate the World Day for Audio-VisualHeritage, CTFA launched a nationwide specialscreening of Long Men Kezhan (Dragon Inn, KingHu, 1967) on October 27, an event unprecedentedlysupported by half of the theaters in Taiwan tomake fifty-four screenings in one evening.

CTFA is also proud to announce:

1. Five films will restored by CTFA this year, includingKing Hus Dragon Innand a silent classic Lian Ai YuYi Wu (Love And Duty, Wancang Bu, 1931);

2. Starting from 2014 CTFA will be in charge of theorganization of Taiwan Documentary Film Festival.

Contact: Teresa Huang

[email protected] www.ctfa.org.tw

Swedish Film Institute (Stockholm)receives additional funding for digitization

Long Men Kezhan (Dragon Inn, King Hu, 1967)


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News from the Affiliates

To open the anniversary celebrations, theCINMATHQUE will present a remarkableexhibition of large-format hand-painted posterscreated by Andr Azas for the Royal cinema inthe 1960s and 70s entitled Du cinema plein lesyeux (Hand-painting the stars).

From 4th to 12th April 2014, the CINMATHQUEDE TOULOUSE will host the 8th edition of its filmfestival, Zoom Arrire, dedicated to film heritage.Found again figures, restored films, a homageto STERREICHISCHE FILMMUSEUM (Vienna),a conference on programming film heritage

This 50th anniversary special edition will bethe occasion to look back on the essence of afilm archive and how the CINMATHQUE DETOULOUSE has worked over the past 50 years topreserve the memory of the cinema.

Contact: Clarisse RappClarisse.rapp@lacinemathequedetoulouse.comwww.lacinemathequedetoulouse.com

>VIENNAThe STERREICHISCHES FILMMUSEUM (AustrianFilm Museum) is proud to announce that its digitalrestoration of Apichatpong Weerasethakuls debutfeature,Dokfah Nai Meu Maan (Mysterious ObjectAt Noon, 2000), is now complete. The poor (or,rather, lost) state of the films master materialsmade a full restoration necessary a mere dozenyears after it was first released. The restoration,which was carried out by the Film Museum and

Martin Scorseses World Cinema Project in closecollaboration with the filmmaker, premiered atthe 70th Venice Film Festival. The restored versionof Mysterious Object At Noon is available fortheatrical screenings in both analogue (35mmprint) and digital (DCP) formats.

Contact: Sabine [email protected]

Dokfah Nai Meu Maan (Mysterious Object At Noon,2000),


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03News from the Executive Committee

The FIAF Executive Committee during the meeting held at INSEP

(Institut National du Sport, de lExpertise et de la Performance - Paris) on November 14 and 15, 2013

FIAF TREASURER

In November, Patrick Loughney announcedhis decision to resign from his position as FIAFTreasurer, following his retirement from theLibrary of Congress at the end of that month.

At its meeting in Paris, the FIAF Executive Committeeunanimously elected the current FIAF Vice-TreasurerJon Wengstrm as the new FIAF Treasurer until thenext EC election in Canberra (2015).

The Vice-President, Vice-Treasurer and Vice-Secretary-General positions are traditionallyoffered to the EC members who respectivelyreceived the largest number of votes at the lastEC election.

The EC expressed its gratitude to Patrick Loughneyfor his strong commitment and leadership asFIAF Treasurer over the last years, and wished JonWengstrm every success in his new position.

Patrick Loughney, former FIAF Treasurer Jon Wengstrm, new FIAF Treasurer


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EC MEETING IN PARIS ON 14-15 NOVEMBER

The EC held its Fall meeting in Paris, at theinvitation of INSEP (Institut National du Sport,de lExpertise et de la Performance), one of ourAssociates. Here are some of the highlights of thetwo-day meeting.

The Executive Committee had no choice but to

confirm the suspension of the following institutionsfrom FIAF, in accordance with Rule 17 of the FIAFStatutes and Rules: the Cinmathque africainede Ouagadougou, the Archivo audiovisual deVenezuela, the National Archives of Armenia andthe Albanian film archive. The EC hopes that theseinstitutions will be in a position to re-join ourworldwide community as soon as possible.

The EC carefully examined the application for

affiliation of the Cinmas du Grtli in Geneva

(Switzerland) and unanimously approved theiradmission to FIAF as Associates.As of 1 January2014, the number of FIAF active affiliates is 151(84 Members and 67 Associates).

Following Wolfgang Klaues suggestion to

present Vladimir Opela with a FIAF HonoraryMembership, the EC unanimously approvedthis nomination, which will have to be formallyratified by the next General Assembly.

The EC discussed possible modications to the

FIAF Statutes and Rules, with a view to improvingand updating some of the Articles and Rules. It

will circulate the proposed texts to all affiliatesprior to the General Assembly (and within thestatutory deadlines).

The EC appointed a working group to examine

the statistical questionnaire sent each yearto affiliates and find ways of making it morerelevant. More news on this shortly.

The EC approved the decision to hire Camille

Blot-Wellens on a freelance basis in 2014, to help

the Secretariat work on a number of specificprojects. Camille, who knows the FIAF networkvery well, is currently a member of the TechnicalCommission and has been helping the Secretariaton an occasional basis for several years.

03 News from the Executive Committee

Meeting of the FIAF Executive Committee in ParisThe main sports hall of INSEP


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04News from Secretariat

2014 FIAF DIRECTORY

In the last couple of months the Secretariat has

been busy updating and cleaning its membershipdatabase and putting together the new editionof the FIAF Directory. It is now finally at theprinters and several copies should reach yourinstitution in the next few weeks.

NEW FIAF WEBSITE

The Secretariat staff is working with our usualdesigner and programmer to finalize the

structure and look of the new website, whichwe hope will be ready in time for the SkopjeCongress. The main reason why we could notrespect the December 2013 deadline is that wehad underestimated the number of pages (inEnglish, French and Spanish) that needed to betransferred to the new website, but also updatedand corrected.

FIAF ARCHIVES

Although the Secretariat could not welcomeanother student from the Brussels University(ULB) this autumn to help us with the on-goingcataloguing work on the FIAFs archival papers,we have continued to digitize key historicaldocuments and are preparing the new historicalsection of the new website, which will makethese digitized documents available online laterthis year.

We also welcomed several researchers in theoffice, and are lending several documents tothe Cinmathque franaise for their ambitiousexhibition on Henri Langlois in 2014.


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04News from the Secretariat

ANNUAL REPORTS

You are reminded that the 2012 Annual Reports canbe consulted on the FIAF website. The Secretariatreceived more Annual Reports from its affiliatesthan ever before in 2013. May this trend continuein 2014! (and remember that sending your annualreport is a FIAF statutory requirement).

http://www.fiafnet.org/uk/publications/

AR2012.html

You should have received an email from usrequesting your 2013 Annual Report. We lookforward to receiving it by the 28 February deadline.

FIAF SUPPORTERS

The FIAF Supporters programmelaunched in January is a definite success. Thelatest companies and organizations to havesigned up to the programme are ORWO, the FilmFoundation and LImmagine Ritrovata. As of 1January, there are 23 FIAF Supporters. You canfind the full list ath t t p : / / w w w . f i a f n e t . o r g / u k / m e m b e r s /supporterscurrent.html

Perhaps you can help us attract more companies

to the programme by forwarding the FIAFSupporters brochure to some of your institutionscommercial partners The pdf brochure can beobtained from the Secretariat.

Current FIAF Supporterts:

Commercial Companies:Arri, Dancan, Deluxe, DFT Digital FilmTechnology Munich Gmbh, Digimage Classics,Gaumont Pathe Archives, LImmagine Ritrovata,

KEM StudioTechnik Gmbh, Kinoton, KinoXenix, MWA Nova GmbH, ORWO - FilmoTec,STiL Solution Boitier, Tuscan Corporation.

Non-Profit Organisations:Auditorium du Louvre, Brooklyn Academy of Music/ BAM Cinematek, The Cinema Museum, The FilmFoundation, Auditorium du Muse dOrsay, New-York University / Tisch School of the Arts, RainerWerner Fassbinder Foundation, Adrian Wood


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04News from the Secretariat

UNESCO WORLD DAY FOR AUDIOVISUALHERITAGE

Many of our affiliates celebrated theUNESCO World day For Audiovisual Heritageon 27th October 2013. You can find a list ofthe events organized by FIAF archives on the

FIAF website at http://www.fiafnet.org/uk/news/27october2013.html.

If your event is missing from that list, pleaseemail the details to the Secretariat.

The latest printed volume (41) of theInternational Index to Film Periodicalscan now beordered from the FIAF bookshop. The InternationalIndex to Film Periodicals is also available inelectronic format. Quarterly online updates arepublished as part of FIAF Databases Online incollaboration with our partner publishers Ovid andProQuest. That last publisher also offers electronicfull-text content linked to our indexing records. The

P.I.P. database now contains more than 370.000article references from more than 350 differentperiodicals. Approximately 12.000 new articlerecords are added annually. For a complete list of

journals indexed since FIAFs Periodicals IndexingProject started in 1972, see the Journal List

FIAF affiliates can subscribe to FIAF DatabasesOnline through FIAF. Please note that we applyreduced rates, based on indexing contributions.

For more information please write [email protected].

Rutger Penne ( [email protected])

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06News from the Commissions

TECHNICAL COMMISSION (TC)

In November, David Wlash attended theAMIA Conference in the USA and took part inthe opening plenary session on the Future ofFilm Stock for Preservation (with many thanksto AMIA and FIAF in particular Rachael Stoeltjefrom our own EC who was instrumental in settingup this session and ensuring David Walshsattendance). At this panel, a representative fromKodak asserted their continued commitment tofilm stock production, while David presented theresults of FIAFs films stock survey and outlined

possible strategies for film preservation in thecurrent and future climate. David hopes to continueto explore this strand at the FIAF Congress in Skopje,both in the TC workshop and with colleagues in theFuture of Film Archives (FOFA) group.

A separate session on videotape at this extremelystimulating conference served to remind ushow rapidly time is running out for preservingvideotape. It is clear that for very many archives(my guess is the majority), it is already too late to

save all the videotapes in their collections becauseof the expectation that videotape machineobsolescence will outrun any feasible timescalefor digitisation. This may not be a central issuefor many FIAF archives, but we all have at leastsome videotapes to preserve, so the messageis: if you havent already started digitising yourvideotape, then start right now that way youmay not lose too much of your collection. Formore information, see the paper on the Costof Inaction here http://www.avpreserve.com/avpsresources/papers-and-presentations/.

The technical web links promised in the last FBOshould be online in the next few weeks. Please dolook at these and contact the TC if you have anysuggestions for additions.

David Walsh ([email protected])

Current members of the TC: David Walsh (Head),Thomas Christensen, Nicola Mazzanti, CamilleBlot-Wellens, Joe Lindner.

Following CathySurowiecs decision toresign her position asthe JFPs Chief Editor,she and ChristopheDupin approachedand interviewed twocandidates for herreplacement andeventually chose to

appoint Elaine Burrows,a well-known figure of

the FIAF community, as the new JFP Chief Editor.Elaine is already at work on the next issue.

In November we sent three copies of #89 of theJFP to all FIAF affiliates and Supporters. We hopeyou enjoyed reading it.

In case you have not seen it, we remind you thatwe send three copies of each issue to the headsof all our affiliated institutions, hoping thatthese copies will get circulated among the staffof these institutions

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07 Journal of Film Preservation

The next issue, to be published in April 2014,will feature a special dossier on World War Ito coincide with the theme of the next FIAFsymposium, as well as the following articles:

Joanna Verran on fungal contamination of lm

and other media;

David Walsh on digital preservation;

Julien Faraut on Chris Markers little known earlyfilm Olympia 52, and the film he just made about it;

Emma Kelly on Jonathan Dennis, the rst

director of the New Zealand Film Archive;

Christophe Dupin with the second part of his

article on the early days of FIAF;

Laurent Mannoni on the Cinmathque

franaises unique collection of film equipment;

Rachael Stoeltje on Indianas 16mm collection ofcut-down Hollywood films for educational purposes;

Nere Pagola and Joxean Fernandez on the

great Koldo collection of the Filmoteca Vasca;

Nino Dzandzava on the National Archives of

Georgias film collections;

It also includes reviews of recent books and DVDs.


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08FIAF Congress

70TH FIAF CONGRESS IN SKOPJE

You can now update your diaries to includethe forthcoming 70th FIAF Congress, which will takeplace in Skopje, Macedonia. Due to the Easter and1st of May holidays, the Skopje FIAF Congress willtake place from Sunday 4 May to Saturday 10 May.As Christophe Dupin said in his editorial, thepreparations for the Congress are proceedingwell. The Congress website is now ready, so you

can start registering your delegates (http://www.fiafcongress.org/2014). The second congressnewsletter is ready. It has been circulated to allaffiliates and is available on the FIAF and congresswebsites.

The theme of the Symposium will be World WarI A Hundred Years On as the year 2014 marksthe 100th anniversary of the beginning of thefirst global conflict. The Symposiums ScientificCommittee is in the process of selecting the papersfrom all the proposals received. Selected paperswill be announced in early February. We remindyou that the proposals for film programmes on thesame topic must be sent by Friday 7 March 2014.For more information contact the FIAF Secretariat

or Kinoteka na Makedonija/Cinematheque ofMacedonia, Skopje.(www.maccinema.com)

We look forward to welcoming you in Skopje in justover three months!

The main venue of the FIAF Congress in Skopje, from 4 to 10 May 2014


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09Education

ON-LINE DISTANCE LEARNING: May 21st - June25th (on Wednesdays)

THEORY CLASSES: Bologna, The Birth of ChaplinsLittle Tramp: A 100th Anniversary Celebration, incollaboration with Association Chaplin/Roy Export,June 26th 28th, and Il Cinema Ritrovato FilmFestival, June 28th - July 5th

RESTORATION PRACTICE:Bologna, July 7th - 18th

There is no way to learn the craft of a film restorerother than by apprenticeship. Since 2007 CINETECADI BOLOGNA in collaboration with FIAF, ACE and

UE MEDIA Plus Programme has been promotingand hosting the FIAF Film Restoration SummerSchool, opening its highly specialized state-of-the-art laboratory, LImmagine Ritrovata.Designed both for archivists and staff workingat FIAF archives, and students, the main purposeof this project is having selected participantsexperience hands-on the work of actual restorationprofessionals. They will meet restoration expertsfrom all over the world, as well as the LImmagineRitrovata and Cineteca di Bologna staff.The deadline for application form submission isMarch 28th.www.cinetecadibologna.it/restaurare/fiafsummerContact: [email protected]


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Affiliates Publications

>BRUSSELS La CINMATHQUE DE LA FDRATION

WALLONIE-BRUXELLES (Wallonie-BrusselsFederations Film Archive) just published, incollaboration with Yellow Now: Regards sur le rel,20 documentaires du 20e sicle (Looks on thereal, 20 documentaries of the XXth Century).

From Henri Storck to 2000, the publicationexposes 20 classics of Belgian and Frenchdocumentary film. As preface, Jean Breschandanalyzes the specificities of Belgian documentaryin relation to international film. Monographies

by Jacqueline Aubenas, Emmanuel dAutreppe,Marc-Emmanuel Mlon and Serge Meurant,present a documented analysis and an orginaliconography. As postface, Jean-Luc Outersinterrogates the territory(ies) and culturalidentity in a context of belgitude.

An indispensable work of a strange country andits surprising cinema

If you want to acquire the book, contact us [email protected]

>LJUBLJANA New books published by SLOVENSKAKINOTEKA (Slovene Film Archive) in 2013:

Dari, Metka, Peter Kocjancic: slovenski filmskiplakat. (1925-1928). katalog razstave (NLBGalerija Avla, 19. 9.-7. 11. 2013) [Peter Kocjancic:Slovenian film poster: (1925-1928) exhibition

catalogue], Ljubljana: Slovenska kinoteka,Kinodvor, Mestni kino, 2013. 45 p., ilustr., 22 cm.,ISBN 978-961-6417-83-9

Dari, Metka. Niko Matul: filmska scenografija:retrospektiva filmov in razstava (Slovenskakinoteka, 11. 5. - 24. 6. 2003, Galerija Jakopic, 14.5. - 1. 9. 2013) [Niko Matul: production design:film retrospective and exhibition], Ljubljana:Slovenska kinoteka, 2013. 109 p., ilustr., 30 cm.ISBN 978-961-6417-81-5

Poklon Stanetu Severju / urednica pelaCiman, Ljubljana: Slovenska kinoteka, 2013.[37] p., fotogr., 23 cm. ISBN 978-961-6417-82-2

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Other recent DVD/Blu-ray releases includeThorold Dickinsons Gaslight (1940), Laura Mulveyand Peter Wollens Riddles of the Sphinx (1977)and Lotte Reinigers The Adventures of PrinceAchmed (Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed,1926).

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>SKOPJE Finally, KINOTEKA NA MAKEDONIJA(Cinematheque of Macedonia) is proud toannounce releasing of the DVD edition with

digitally restored films, cinematographed byManaki Brothers between 1905-1926.The purchase of their famous Camera 300marked the birth of creative cinematographyon Macedonian soil a development that wouldhave a wide-ranging cultural and historicalimpact throughout the Balkan region. Thebrothers created an impressive number of films(42 revealed titles, 2.562 m. 35mm. film stock)abundant with scenes of events and visits of veryimportant people to Bitola and Macedonia in the

early 20th century, as well as scenes of everydaylife showing people performing tasks around thehouse and at fairs, weddings, funerals and otherreligious festivities in various Balkans areas.

Manaki Brothers, magicians of photography andfilm are rightfully called the founders of film inthe Balkans and remain leading figures in theart of film in the cultural milieu of the region. Weowe to them the first recorded film shots in theBalkans, taken only a decade after the ingeniousinvention of the Lumiere brothers.

In the course of 2012 and 2013, the KINOTEKANA MAKEDONIJA undertook the digitalization

and digital restoration of the entire film legacyof Janaki and Milton Manaki at the Magyar FilmLabor (Hungarian Film Laboratory) in Budapest.

It resulted in production and depositing at theCinematheque new formats/carriers (LTO5tapes, DCP in 2K resolution and lower formatsfor TV showings and other purposes, like HDCAM,Digital Beta, Betacam SP).

Our luxury DVD edition is consisting of audiovisualmaterials, archive documents and specializedpublications of Cinematheque of Macedoniaand the Macedonian Radio and Television, aswell as photographs from the State Archives of

the Republic of Macedonia and the MacedonianCenter for Photography.DVD edition disposes texts in three languages:Macedonian, Albanian and English. It was presentedby the Minister of Culture at the International

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DVD edition with digitally restored films, cinematographedby Manaki Brothers between 1905-1926.


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J. Hoberman, Bill Krohn, John Sayles and others),an annotated filmography, as well as an in-depth,

career-encompassing interview with Dante himself.Joe Dante (FilmmuseumSynemaPublikationen19) is distributed internationally by ColumbiaUniversity Press (http://cup.columbia.edu/).

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