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FIAF Award

The International Federation of Film Archives bestows each year a FIAF Award to a renown personality. The Award celebrates the dedication of contributors to the cause of film preservation from around the world.

The FIAF Award brings to the fore an individual whose actions in film preservation embody the Federation's mission to:

uphold a code of ethics for film preservation and practical standards from all areas of film archive work

promote the creation of moving image archives in countries which lack them

promote film culture and facilitate historical research on both a national and international level

foster training and expertise in preservation and other archive techniques

ensure the permanent availability of material from the collections for study and research by the wider community

encourage the collection and preservation of documents and materials relating to the cinema

The Award itself is a 1000-foot film can, made up of pure silver and designed by the Filmoteca de la UNAM, Mexico.

The personnalities from the cinema world that have so far received the FIAF Award are the following:

- Martin Scorsese (2001)
- Manuel de Oliveira (2002)
- Ingmar Bergman (2003)
- Geraldine Chaplin (2004)
- Mike Leigh (2005)
- Hou Hsiao-Hsien (2006)
- Peter Bogdanovich (2007)

The commitment of these film personalities has raised awareness of the historical and cultural importance of film preservation, and helped ensure recognition of the fact that our moving-image heritage must be preserved, restored, and made accessible to future generations.