Sent on behalf of Bernardo Bortolotti and Marco Dreer, IASA Ambassadors to Brazil Dear colleagues, It is with deep regret that we witnessed on September 2 one of our most important museums, the Museu Nacional, located in Rio de Janeiro, taken by the flames, with a huge part of a collection Read more…
Pirmoji Banga/Film Festival is the first film festival in Lithuania entirely dedicated to archival pre-war films, splitting its program between silent films and early sound films. It has been taking place for the past three years at the cinema center “Skalvija” in Vilnius with increasing popularity. The Peeping Archivist Read more…
The Peeping Archivist’s October highlights from our events list: Home Movie Day and World day for Audiovisual Heritage.
Hey folks!
This week we’re thrilled to be attending the ultimate silent film extravaganza: Le Giornate del Cinema Muto!
While we’re busy gathering notes and quotes and nifty new insights for you, here’s a little on what you can look forward to.
In this first post, we would like to question the truthfulness of this representation and look at its underlying rationale. Our intention is thereby to open up a space to discuss future opportunities for the film archiving community: how come a profession that takes pride in preserving the medium of movement has come to adopt such a static identity? More importantly, what can we do to make sure that the field always remains in motion, advancing at society’s pace?