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
This is an amazing journey through the decades, with over a century of films capturing the sights, sounds, faces, places, changing landscapes and industries, great events and everyday lives of people in Newcastle – all revealed through the work of the North East Film Archive, who will be presenting the screenings and sharing this remarkable collection of film footage for the first time.
Peninsula Arts is launching a new annual film commission of £5000. The commission is open to both filmmakers and curators. Filmmakers will be expected to create new work, which will either wholly or in part, use archive material from the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) to reflect on the experience of living in the South West.
Awards for best archive researcher, library and restoration work are up for grabs
With the CLOSING DATE 1ST DECEMBER 2015, you have a few weeks to get your submissions in for the FOCAL International Awards – the world’s leading event to celebrate the best use of footage in a variety of genres….
Film Archives UK Annual General Meeting succeeded by their 117th quarterly meeting, were held on 17th September 2015.
The meetings were included in the 2 day programme of the Film Archives For The Future conference organised by Yorkshire Film Archive and held in the grand auditorium of the recently opened Film & TV centre at York University.
The astonishing sights and sounds of Wearside past will be celebrated in Sunderland on Film, a fantastic new show from North East Film Archive, which will launch the Sunderland Literature Festival this year.
The BECTU History Project is a collection of oral history recordings made with practitioners in the film, television, radio and theatre worlds. FAUK members may well be able to help the Project source further interviewees.
Yorkshire Film Archive are delighted to announce the first in a series of training events for public sector organisations and individuals working directly with, or with a specific interest in the work of the UK’s Film Heritage Collections.
Film archives throughout the UK see the results of their work as partners of the BFI’s ‘Britain on Film’.
Launched officially on 7th July 2015, the National Lottery funded ‘Britain on Film’ reveals a fascinating moving image history of people and places from the UK’s archives. The project’s digital platform, BFI Player, showcases thousands of films from 1895 to the present day which can be searched via the Britain on Film’s map.
The quarterly meeting of Film Archives UK members was held on 4th June 2015 in the Boardroom of Austral St, part of the Imperial War Museum and was well attended by representatives from all over Britain.
Yorkshire Film Archive are delighted to announce an award from Creative Skillset to deliver ‘Film Archives for the Future’ a new programme of training and CPD events for the film heritage sector. The programme focusses on organisational development at a time of huge change for the sector as it steps up to meet the challenges – and opportunities – of transition from analogue to digital operations.
