FAUK commissioned report 'Invisible Innovators' launched by UEA
Next meeting? 28th June 2021Film Archives UK (FAUK) brings together archives, archivists, associate organisations and individuals who are interested in and committed to the work and development of the UK’s public sector film archives.
For a taste of the material we hold, why not watch our video showcasing some of the treasures from our collections?
The UEA’s report, ‘Invisible Innovators', making women filmmakers visible across the UK’s Film Archives is now available. It has been commissioned by Film Archives UK to explore the current scale and scope of the holdings of women’s amateur filmmaking within the regional and national film and media archives and to investigate ways of optimising their visibility. 6.3.20
FAUK'S next quarterly meeting will take place via ZOOM on Monday 28th June 2021 2-4pm. Zoom invites will be sent to Members in due course. We hope all our Members and friends are keeping safe and well. For more information about FAUK and membership, please contact administrator@filmarchives.org.uk
Film Archives UK is recruiting new trustees to join its team and help support the work of the public access film archive sector.
Play a part in shaping our future…have your say…raise your profile…develop and share skills.
FAUK held an online event on 22nd August with a focus on ‘Access and Exhibition’ for a good variety of attendees from different departments across Member archives.
The Box at Plymouth hosts FAUK Members for memorable visit
A film featuring archive film launches online on World Day of Social Justice – Monday 20 February 2023, the result of a partnership between York St John University and Yorkshire and North East Film Archives to highlight social issues of the past that feel uncomfortably contemporary
Footage from Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive adds to a fascinating mix of poetry and music.
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) presented its annual award to Tilda Swinton on 29th November for her advocacy of film heritage.
Presented at a special ceremony at FAUK Member, the National Library of Scotland in Glasgow, Swinton was awarded for her work on the preservation and promotion of archive film, film history (and in particular women’s role in it), and the importance of film archives worldwide.
The Turner Prize awards last December was a landmark event – it was the first time the coveted award was won by a collective of artists from Northern Ireland and a welcome return to archive film playing an important part in an award entry installation. Jane Jarvis from FAUK catches up with Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell one of the 11 Array Collective artists and Curator at FAUK member – Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive (DFA)
FAUK Members met face to face on Wednesday 7th September 2022. It was the first time in nearly 3 years and, not surprisingly, it turned into quite a day!
In June the department of Film Studies’ Centre for International Film Research at the University of Southampton hosted ‘The Little
Apparatus’: 100 Years of 9.5mm Film, an international conference held online.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved in this very special collaborative production – a fabulous team effort of curators and technicians from across the regional and national archives lead by Yorkshire Film Archive to win the Focal International 2022 award for BEST USE OF FOOTAGE IN SHORT FILM PRODUCTION
