FIAF Commissions' Thursday Workshops
Workshop/Discussion on“Restoring the Past, Funding the Future: copyright, restorations and approaches to recouping/protecting archival investments”
New date: 16 January 2025, 4 PM (CET)
Duration: 2 hrs
Organized/presented by: Matěj Strnad (Host, Head of PACC), and Claudy Op den Kamp (Bournemouth University), Annabelle Shaw (British Film Institute)
Limited to 20 participants.
Part 1: Position statement and opening by Matěj Strnad, Head of PACC
Part 2-3: Position statements by Claudy Op den Kamp and Annabelle Shaw
Part 4: Discussion of some of the examples and case studies provided by the participants
Target group: Curators, restorers, access and legal specialists working in or around film archives.
Content: We will look into ways in which archives are trying to protect their scientific, symbolic and financial investments in restoration projects, without necessarily resorting to copyright and other rights-related protections. We will also discuss the possible definitions and understandings of what might constitute “creative” and therefore, in theory, copyrightable acts within various restoration workflows. The prospects of keeping public domain works in the public domain will be addressed.
Registration Form
Please use the form below to register for the forthcoming Commissions' Thursday Workshop. No fee will be charged, but places will be limited, for reasons of participant comfort and interactivity between participants and speakers. Should there be more applicants and places available, a selection will have to be made by the organizers on the basis of the information contained in the form, so please fill it in as rigorously as possible. Note that submitting this completed form does not guarantee your participation in these workshops.
The deadline for submitting the online form is 9 December. Selected candidates will be notified by email and will be given their preparatory homework (if applicable) shortly thereafter.
