2019 FIAF Symposium
Session 8: The Community of Film Archives, and Conclusing Remarks
Lausanne, 9 April 2019
The digital transition has transformed every aspect of archive activity, but it has surely upset how we access films the most. Catalogues become visible as platforms, allowing for a new circulation of data. This unprecedented visibility may provide film libraries a more central position in the cultural landscape, but in return it requires a deep rethinking of the relationship between archives and rights holders.
Moderator: Jon Wengström (Head of Archival Film Collections, Svenska Filminstitutet)
A Worldwide Museological Platform to Preserve, Promote and Permanently Question the Film History: How Can This Platform Stand?
José Manuel Costa; Director, Cinemateca Portuguesa
The Transparent Vault – Building a Central Online Catalogue of Holdings of German Cinema
David Kleingers; Co-director of strategic development, Deutsches Filminstitut (Germany)
The Chaplin Project
Cecilia Cenciarelli; Head of Research and Special Projects, Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna (Italy)
Can The Future of Film be Free (Both as in Beer and as in Speech) ?
Matěj Strnad; Head of Curators, Národní filmový archiv (Czech Republic)
Concluding Remarks
Maria Tortajada, Professor, Université de Lausanne
Photos : © Mikko Kuutti