Preservation/Restoration News
Upcoming Events
- October 20, Prospective Student Information Sessions, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program, New York University Tisch School of the Arts External, New York, NY.
- October 22, Film Preservation in the Digital Era, Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program, New York University Tisch School of the Arts External, New York, NY.
- November 9-12, Association of Moviing Image Archivists (AMIA) 2016 External, Pittsburgh, PA. Preliminary schedule available.
- April 28-May 3, 2017, 2017 International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) Congress External, Los Angeles, CA.
Current Projects
- AVCC Inventory Collection Management Tool External an open-source web application for the rapid inventory of physical film, video, and audio materials. Developed with funding from the Library of Congress’ National Recording Preservation Board – in addition to funding support from the Metropolitan New York Library Resource Council and New York State Documentary Heritage Program for previous versions of the tool – AVCC provides a series of inventory templates and quantitative reports that promote simple and fast documentation and analysis of collections of audiovisual materials.
- Preservation Case Studies for Archives External offered by PrestoCenter.
Film Preservation in the News
(listed chronologically)
- Congress saving the past for the future, by David Mao, Acting Librarian of Congress, The Hill, August 2, 2016.
- Congress passes Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016, July 29, 2016.
- Film Preservation 201: Exploring A&B Rolls with “Jenny is a Good Thing” External by Heidi Holmstrom, The Unwritten Record, blog of the National Archives Special Media Division, February 18, 2016.
- Film Preservation 101: Why are old films sometimes pink? External by Audrey Amidon, The Unwritten Record, blog of the National Archives Special Media Division, January 11, 2016.
- How MoMA Changed the Field of Film Preservation, Indiewire interview with NFPB member and MoMA Film Curator Rajendra Roy, Dec. 29, 2015.
- Film Preservation 101: This 80 Year Old Film Printer Still Contributes to Preservation External by Audrey Amidon, Media Matters, blog of the National Archives Special Media Division, June 18, 2014.
- Film Restoration and Preservation in the Digital Age – An Interview with Robert Byrne External, Indieplex online community magazine for and by indie filmmakers, May 22, 2014. Rob Byrne is an independent film restorer and preservationist and President of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
- "All Archives Are Local: Talking with the National Archives & Records Administration" External, May 2014 podcast. With guests Bonnie Marie Sauer (Archivist, National Archives at New York City) and Kevin DeVorsey (Supervisory Electronic Records Format Specialist, National Archives and Records Administration).
- Dear Movies Silently, Why do silent films have such poor picture quality? External by Fritzi Kramer, Movies Silently, April 17, 2014. Video blog complete with comparisons of film excerpts.
- Film Preservation 101: What are the holes on the sides of the film for? External, by Audrey Amidon, Media Matters, blog of the National Archives Special Media Archives Services Division, April 17, 2014.
- A monumental movie makeover External. James Croot talks to NFPB Board Member Grover Crisp, Sony Pictures expert in film preservation and restoration, on what's involved in restoring the classic "On the Waterfront." Stuff.co.nz, April 12, 2014.
- Lost British silent film classic "Love, Life and Laughter" found in Dutch archive External, by Mark Brown, The Guardian, April 2, 2014.
- Film Preservation 101: Is Restoration the Same as Preservation? External, by Heidi Holmstrom, Media Matters, blog of the National Archives Special Media Archives Services Division, March 19, 2014.
- Film Preservation 2.0 External, by Matthew Dessem, The Dissolve, February 24, 2014. Excerpt: "Unless the unique challenges of digital preservation are met, we run the risk of a future in which a film from 1894 has a better chance of surviving than a digital film from 2014."
- Three Views of Digital Preservation External, by Joshua Ranger, Audiovisual Preservation Solutions blog, Feb. 5, 2014.
- Sony Pictures' Rita Belda on Film Grain, 4K, and Restoring a Screwball Classic External, by Bryant Frazer, Studio Daily, Dec. 23, 2013.
- Analysis of Current Digital Preservation Policies: Archives, Libraries and Museums, by Library of Congress Junior Fellow Madeline Sheldon, August 13, 2013.
- Digidev Group Inks Deal to Launch Classic and Silent Feature Films Online External, Digidev press release, May 25, 2012.
- Academy's Film-To-Film Rescues Cinematic Past External, Academy press release, May 7, 2012.
- Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling External, by Gendy Alimurung, L.A. Weekly, April 12, 2012.
- "Acad sounds alarm about fragility of digital production" External, Variety, Jan. 18, 2012.