Archiving

Petition Circulating to Reinstate AMPAS Archivists

Thu, 11/07/2024 - 08:40 -- Nick Dager

Last week, to the dismay of the worldwide archival community, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences abruptly fired 16 important members of their Academy Film Archive and the Margaret Herrick Library. These employees were the heart and decades-long leadership of their respective Archive and Library. The leaders of the organization Missing Movies have drafted a petition asking Bill Kramer and the AMPAS Board of Governors to reconsider this disastrous move and rehire them back as soon as possible. The petition has already been signed by dozens of concerned filmmakers. Here is that petition:

Strategies for Future-Proofing Media Archives

Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:23 -- Jonathan Morgan

Preserving media assets is critical. Archiving media content not only enables assets to be remonetized, but it also empowers content creators to maximize viewer engagement and drive consumer satisfaction. Historically, the cinema industry has found media archiving challenging, with real-world instances of movie libraries on tape going up in flames, the wrong files being deleted, and critical security issues.

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Celebrated Indie Film Bushman Restored

Tue, 01/02/2024 - 09:43 -- Nick Dager

A new 4K restoration of David Schickele’s Bushman (1971) will make its North American debut this year, marking the first time in decades that this celebrated landmark of American independent cinema will be widely available. Overseen by the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and The Film Foundation, the restoration will be distributed worldwide in all media by Milestone Films and Kino Lorber. Funding for the restoration was provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Peter Conheim, Cinema Preservation Alliance.

DFT Introduces Smart Motion WetGate for Polar HQ

Mon, 04/03/2023 - 14:02 -- Nick Dager

Digital Film Technology has developed a prototype version of Smart Motion WetGate, developed for DFT Polar HQ and planned for release later this year. The DFT Polar HQ, which was developed specifically for film archives, scans up to a maximum of 9.3K resolution in native RGB. The scanner has a modular design which can flex and grow as user needs and technology changes over time.

AMIA Conference Being Held December 7-9 in Pittsburgh

Mon, 12/05/2022 - 09:20 -- Nick Dager

The 32nd edition of the annual Association of Moving Image Archivists conference is back in person and back in Pittsburgh for the first time since 2016. From December 7-9 at the Omni William Penn Hotel, more than 500 professionals and supporters will gather to discuss the most recent developments in archival technology, sustainable ways of preserving media, and the simple tools being used to save some of the most at-risk moving images around the world.

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