Archive • May 2012

An Interview with Giovanna Fossati, Film Archivist and Curator

posted May 23, 2012

Interview by Caylin Smith, MIAN contributing writer I recently spoke to film archivist and curator Giovanna Fossati for Moving Image Archive News’ ‘Interviews with Moving Image Archivists’ series. Giovanna is a Head Curator at EYE Film Institute Netherlands and the author of From Grain to Pixel: The Archive Life of Film in Transition. Below she discusses ...

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New Books, and More New Books

posted May 22, 2012

New books related to film and other moving-image formats continue to appear at a dizzying rate. On our book pages you can read all about them, and in some cases read about authors’ experiences in searching archives for research material, on film or other media. And, descriptions of many more are coming soon.

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Support the National Film Preservation Foundation

posted May 18, 2012

SUPPORT THE NFPF. DONATE HERE One week each year, moving-image related bloggers take time to raise money for the fine work of the National Film Preservation Foundation. This is that week – in fact, the Blogathon ends today, although that needn’t prevent you donating to the cause, whenever you happen to read this post. The NFPF deserves all the ...

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Digital vs Analogue for Film Preservation and Presentation

posted May 9, 2012

A much-vexed issue in moving-image archiving, as among movie aficionados, is the relative merits of analogue and digital film. Plenty of archivists viscerally cringe at digital projection, and wax fondly over the “analogue” medium of celluloid, for reasons that are not merely nostalgic. (See, for example, Brian Guckian’s post on the magic of celluloid.) But the ...

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AMIA Conference Call for Proposals

posted May 7, 2012

The AMIA Conference Committee has extended the deadline for submissions for session and workshop proposals for the 2012 AMIA Conference in Seattle, WA. It is looking for a wide variety of topics, cutting-edge discussions of technology, and a balance of theory and practice, with emphases on new ideas and concepts that ...

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Money for Mountain Films

posted May 1, 2012

In 1928 a trek up Mr. Rainier must have been a far more challenging undertaking than it is today. No high-tech, form-hugging, wicking fabrics, for starters. That the great outdoors offered the same gratifications as it does today, however is clear in a set of 448 films that the Seattle-based Mountaineers Club gave last year ...

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