The 2011 FIAF Award was presented to veteran Japanese actress Kyoko Kagawa in Tokyo on the 24th of October 2011 by FIAF Secretary General Meg Labrum and FIAF Vice President Hisashi Okajima at a ceremony preceding the screening of A Story From Chikamitsu (Mizoguchi,1954).

The FIAF Executive Committee encourages the FIAF affiliates to celebrate the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage every year on 27th October, day of the adoption of the UNESCO Recommendation for Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Image adopted on 27th October 1980, in Belgrade.

The 2011 autumn session of the FIAF Executive Committee (EC) took place on 3-4 October 2011 in Pordenone (Italy) during the 30th Giornate del Cinema Muto. Original notes were taken by Sylvia Frank; the present report, based on these notes and the audio recordings, was written by Christophe Dupin.

La FIAF a le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination de Christophe Dupin au poste d’Administrateur Délégué de son Secretatariat à Bruxelles, un poste occupé depuis seize ans par Christian Dimitriu. Il prendra ses fonctions au Secretariat dès le lundi 18 juillet 2011.

FIAF is pleased to announce the appointment of Christophe Dupin to the position of Senior Administrator of the FIAF Secretariat in Brussels, a position held by Christian Dimitriu for the last 16 years. His first day in the office will be Monday 18th July.