News Archive

FIAF has issued a public statement following the targeted strikes which destroyed the costume collection of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio, Ukraine, on 15 June 2026.

Applications to register for the second edition of this training event, to take place at the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin on 19 and 20 October 2025, will open in the second half of July.

It is with great sadness that we have learned the passing of Satu Laaksonen, film programmer at the Finnish Film Archive, at the age of 77.

Registrations for the first edition of the FIAF Peer Learning Forum (July-November 2026) on "Strategies to cope with high temperature and humidity" are open until 26 June.

Registrations for the next Thursday Workshop on “Current Practices, Ideas and Challenges of Archiving Cinema Exhibitions", to take place on 11 June 2026, are open until 6 June.

The 2026 FIAF Award was presented to Ardiouma Soma by FIAF President Peter Bagrov at a special ceremony on 27 April, during the 2026 FIAF Congress in Rabat.

Three important conferences held in Southeast Asia next month: the 30th SEAPAVAA Conference (7–11 June), the 3rd Global Audiovisual Archiving (GAVA) Conference (15–18 June), and the 2nd Association for Curators and Programmers of Asian Cinemas (ACPAC) Conference (19–21 June).

The 10th anniversary of "No Time to Wait" will be celebrated at the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA) in Warsaw from 14 to 16 October 2026! "No Time to Wait" is a free-registration, three-day conference exploring open media, open standards, and audiovisual preservation. 

The detailed schedule of the Symposium of the next FIAF Congress in Rabat (27-29 April 2026), on the theme "Reimagining African and Arab Film Memory", is now available.

The AMIA Conference Committee invites proposal submissions for sessions, posters, and workshops for the AMIA Annual Conference to be held in Pittsburgh,PA, from 2 to 4 December 2026.

The Call for Presentations of the 2026 Joint IASA/BAAC Conference (19-22 October 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is extended to 27 April 2026.

The International Directory of Film-Related Collections and Libraries (also known as the Special Collections Directory) is a new comprehensive online resource dedicated to mapping film-related archival holdings worldwide.

FIAF's "Fundamental Archival Resources", a basic toolkit for any organization that needs guidance for handling film collections, is now accessible to all.

New, expanded lists of e-resources have been published on the FIAF website by the Programming and Access to Collections Commissions (PACC).

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our colleague Frank Roumen, who held various roles at Eye Filmmuseum across 35 years.

The fourth edition of this summer school supported by FIAF will take place from 14-18 September in Potsdam. Applications are open until 12 July and FIAF scholarships are available (apply by 8 May).

The call for papers of the 3rd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference (Thai Film Archive, 15–18 June 2026) is open until 15 February.

Registrations for the 2026 FIAF Congress in Rabat (26 April-1 May) are now open and the Congress website accessible.

Applications to register for the 2026 FIAF Film Restoration Summer School in Bologna (summer 2026) are open until 15 February 2026.

The call for papers for the symposium of the next FIAF Congress in Rabat (27-28 April 2026), on the theme "Reimagining African and Arab Film Memory", is now open until 19 December.

The Call for Papers for the 2026 Global Audiovisual Archiving (GAVA) Conference: "Outside of the Frame" is open until 15 February 2026. 

The Report on the 2022 FIAF Statistical Survey is now available. provides a brief analysis of some of the key data collected and serves as a snapshot of the film archiving field in 2021, as reported by 130 FIAF affiliates in 2022.

No. 113 (October 2025) of the Journal of Film Preservation is out and can be read on the Calameo platform for free. The paper version will be shipped to FIAF affiliates and JFP subscribers at the end of October.

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, we look back at the origins of this important annual event via a well-documented timeline.

Registrations for the Thursday Online Workshop on "Search and Findability using AI in archival collections" on 9 October are now closed.

The call for papers for the 2026 Orphan Film Symposium on "Crisis and Community" (8-11 April 2026 in Columbus, Ohio) is open until 15 October.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Take part in the celebrations on 27 October and post information about your event on the dedicated page of the CCAAA website.

The next edition of the Joint Technical Symposium will be hosted by the NFSA in Canberra on 3-4 March 2026.

Applications to register for the first edition of this new training event, to take place in Berlin on 21 & 22 October 2025, are open until 3 September.

The video-recordings of the FIAF Commissions' workshops held in Montreal on 30 April as part of the 2025 FIAF Congress, are now available online.

The ACE and FIAF are joining force again to support ACE Members and/or FIAF affiliates based in Europe willing to spread and reinforce the knowledge and practice of analogue film projection by hosting a workshop. Applications for funding are open until 1 September.

The new issue of the FIAF Bulletin Online is out! You can read it on our online platform or download it.

The call for papers of the 19th International Domitor Conference on “(Dis)locating Early Cinema: Exchange, Extraction, Environment”, which will be held in Niterói, Brazil, from 10–13 June 2026, is now available.

The 2025 FIAF Award was presented to Mr. Packard by May Hong HaDuong and Peter Bagrov on 9 June at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto, California.

The ACE and PACC will host a Workshop on "How to Disseminate Heritage Cinema in a Changing Society" on 24 June 2025 in Bologna.

The ACE - Association des Cinémathèques Européennes - has unveiled details of the sixth edition of A Season of Classic Films.

Film Atlas, a new interactive guide to every motion picture film format, soundtrack, 3-D, and color process ever invented, is now accessible to all for free.

Elaine Burrows, Paolo Cherchi Usai, and Gregory Lukow were elected FIAF Honorary Members at FIAF's General Assembly on 1 May 2025. Many congratulations to them!

As of 26 April 2025, FIAF has five new Associates: San Francisco Film Preserve (San Francisco), Archives nationales (Paris/Pierrefite-sur-Seine), Film Preservation Society (Los Angeles), Cimatheque (Cairo), and Centro Técnico Audiovisual (CTAv, Rio de Janeiro).

The CDC will host a Workshop on "Film-Related Materials in Archives - From Acquisition to Access" on 20-21 June 2025 in Bologna (MAMbo at the Cineteca di Bologna). Registrations are open until 20 April.

FIAF has created a Gender Observatory, the aims of which will be the collection, systematization, analysis, and dissemination of data and information related to gender issues that permeate and affect film heritage institutions around the world.

It is with great sadness that FIAF learned of the passing of Jean-Paul Gorce,successively administrator, artistic director, curator and then advisor to the Cinémathèque, who died on 8 February at the age of 77.

Registrations are now open for the next Thursday Workshop on "Contributing to the FIAF Treasures from the Film Archives", to take place online on 27 February at 1pm CET.

FIAF is invitating applications for the position of FIAF Training and Outreach Coordinator (12-month freelance contract). The closing date for applications is 31 January.

The website of the 2025 FIAF Congress in Montreal is now available and registrations are open.

Registrations for the PACC Thursday Workshop/Discussion on “Restoring the Past, Funding the Future: copyright, restorations and approaches to recouping/protecting archival investments” on 16 January 2025 are open until 9 December.

The call for proposals for the Eye International Conference 2025 on "The Colour Fantastic Revisited: Across Global Histories, Theories, Aesthetics, and Archives" (25-28 May 2025) is open until 15 December.

The call for papers for the symposium of the next FIAF Congress in Montreal (28-29 April 2025), on the theme "Film Archives Beget Films", is now open. The submission deadline is 5 December.

It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing on 2 October 2024 of Robert Rosen, the retired founding Director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive and a much-respected figure of the FIAF network from the 1970s to the 2010s.

FIAF presented its 2024 FIAF Award to acclaimed German filmmaker Wim Wenders during a special ceremony in Budapest, Hungary, on 19 September 2024 as part of the 7th Budapest Classics Film Marathon.

Registrations are now open for the new Thursday Workshop “No database required: Storing and accessing metadata in a common/generic way”, to take place online on 17 October 2024.

It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of René Beauclair, former Head of the Cinémathèque québécoise's documentation centre, member of the FIAF Documentation Commission (1987-2007), and long-time indexer for FIAF's Periodcals Indexing Project.

Applications are now open for the 9th Film Preservation and Restoration Workshop India, which will take place in Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), from 7 to 14 November 2024.

Oliver Hanley has been appointed Editor of the Journal of Film Preservation following a rigorous recruitment process. He succeeds Elaine Burrows, the Journal's Editor for the last ten years.

The FIAF Disaster Handbook is now available as a free PDF file and in print.

The FIAF Cataloguing & Documentation Commission has just published a new resource entitled "Best Practices for the Cataloguing of Film-Related Materials" on FIAF's GitHub account.

Former Cinemateca Director José Manuel Costa was elected FIAF Honorary Member by the General Assemby in Bangkok on 25 April 2024.

Former Cinemateca Director José Manuel Costa was elected FIAF Honorary Member by the General Assemby in Bangkok on 25 April 2024.

Registrations for the 2024 FIAF Congress are now closed. If you are a member of the FIAF community and forgot to register online, please contact the FIAF Secretariat.

Registrations for the 2024 FIAF Congress are now closed. If you are a member of the FIAF community and forgot to register online, please contact the FIAF Secretariat.

It is with great sadness that we have learned the passing of FIAF Honorary Member and former P.I.P. Editor Karen Jones at the age of 86.

It is with great sadness that we must inform you of the passing of Wolfgang Klaue, one of the most important figures in the history of our Federation, at the age of 88.

A massive effort coordinated by Artistic Freedom Initiative, FIAF, the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (SDK) and Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin has brought three Afghan film archivists at risk under Taliban rule to safety in Germany.

Applications for the 10th FIAF Film Restoration Summer School in Bologna are open until 16 February 2024.

Registrations are now open for the new Thursday Workshop “CEN 15907 in practice: Using the Variant in the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)”, to take place online on 7 March 2024, 5pm CET.

Registrations for the 8th FIAF Winter School on Programming Film Heritage to take place in Paris on 6 & 7 March 2022 are now open.

Registrations for the 9th FIAF Programming Winter School to take place in Paris on 11 & 12 March 2024 are now open.

The Call for Proposals for the 28th SEAPAVAA Conference, which will take place from 10 to 14 June 2024 in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia, is now accessible online. The submission deadline for proposals on 22 January.

The call for papers for the symposium of the next FIAF Congress in Bangkok (22-23 April 2024), on the theme "Film Archives in the Global South", is still open and the new submission deadline is 15 January 2024.

At its meeting in Brussels on 27-28 November 2023, FIAF's Executive Committee unanimously admitted the FILMMUSEUM POTSDAM - FILMUNIVERSITÄT BABELSBERG KONRAD WOLF (Potsdam, Germany), and the SINEMATEK / SINEMA EVI (Istanbul, Turkey) as FIAF Associates.

The new FIAF-supported publication Share That Knowledge! A Road Map for Sharing Knowledge across Generations of Audiovisual Archivists is now available for free as a PDF file.

The FIAF Secretariat has to new premises in Brussels. Please amend your records accordingly!

FIAF and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, a FIAF Member) presented the 2023 FIAF Award to Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro on Friday 8 September 2023 during a special ceremony at TIFF’s new bar-café Varda in Toronto.

Registrations are now closed for the forthcoming Online Thursday Workshop on the theme “Institutionalized Curation” on 14 September 2023, as we have reached full capacity.

The Call for Papers for the 2nd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference organized by Archive/Counter-Archive, Eye Filmmuseum, and the Toronto International Film Festival, is open until 1 October 2023. The Conference will take place From 12 to 14 July 2024 in Toronto.

The FIAF Cataloguing and Documentation Commission is excited to announce the launch of their FIAFcore ontology.

Applications to register for BAVASS 2023 are now open until 25 August.

Hans Helmut Prinzler, former Director of the Deutsche Kinemathek, died on 18 June 2023.

Pierre Jutras, curator and programmer at the Cinémathèque québécoise for 33 years, passed away on 22 June. Marcel Jean, the current directeur of the Cinémathèque québécoise, asked us to share this short tribute.

The FIAF/Technès book Tales from the Vaults: Film Technology over the Years and across Continents will be launched on 30 June 2023. You can now order it via the FIAF website.

The annual ACE workshop will take place on Tuesday 27 June, 13:30-17:00 at the MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna. This year’s workshop will focus on the state of digital preservation and the strategies for sharing digital content, VOD platforms, archival festivals, and cross-border access to European film heritage. Admission is free.

At the Cannes Film Festival in May, the ACE revealed the fourth edition of "A Season of Classic Films" and announced the winner of its Joint Restoration Grant.

Registrations are now open for the new Thursday Workshop “Introduction to the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) for Film Archives” (Beginners), to take place online on 6 July 2023, 5 p.m. (CET).

The AMIA Conference Committee invites proposal submissions for sessions, posters, and workshops for the AMIA Annual Conference to be held from 15 to 17 November 2023 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

No fewer than 10 FIAF affiliates were involved in the restored films selected for this year's Cannes Classics, as announced by the Festival de Cannes.

At its meeting on 20 April in Mexico City, the 2023 FIAF General Assembly decided by an overwhelming majority vote to upgrade the affiliation status of the Yale Film Archive from Associate to Member.

On Thursday 20 April 2023 in Mexico City, Iván Trujillo Bolio was elected FIAF Honorary Member by a unanimous vote of the delegates present or represented at the FIAF General Assembly.

Registrations are now open for the new Thursday Workshop on “Shifting Cultural Practices - Rights Clearance and the Quotation Exception within Film Archives”, to take place online on 18 May 2023, 5 p.m. (CET).

Registrations for the forthcoming FIAF Technical and Cataloguing Short Course which will take place from 19 to 21 June 2023 in Riga, are open until 5 May.

Registrations for the forthcoming FIAF Technical Training Short Course, which will take place on 11-12 May 2023 at the National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive in Budapest, are open until 7 April.

Registrations for the forthcoming CDC Workshop on Cataloguing Film-Related Materials, which will take place on 25-26 May 2023 at the Swedish Film Institute in Stockholm, are open until 7 April.

Registrations for the second CinEx Lab event in Paris on 13-14 April 2023 are open until 2 April.

The FIAF Executive Committee has issued a Statement about the nitrate fire in Vincennes (France), which caused the death of two people in August 2020.

The Call for Proposals for the 27th SEAPAVAA Conference, which will take place from 8 – 13 May 2023 in Pattaya, Thailand. is now accessible online. The submission deadline for proposals on 20 March 2023.

"The Multiple Lives of Images", a symposium that brought together in Beirut individuals and institutions working with various film and image archives to exchange on our respective practices and collectively draw a roadmap for future projects and collaborations, took place from 20 to 22 January.

Our South African colleague and former FIAF Execuitive Committee member Melisia Shinners passed away on 22 Janaury at the age of 72.