Position is based in Manila, Philippines

The Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA), founded in 1996, is a professional association of organizations and individuals involved or interested in the development of audiovisual archiving in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. It aims to promote the archiving of the region’s rich audiovisual heritage. We assist our members in strengthening their capabilities in this specialized field through training and networking. As of May 2022, SEAPAVAA has 89 member archives, institutions, and professionals from 23 different countries around the world.

If you are looking for the opportunity to work in an established association with audiovisual archiving professionals from around the world and be able to travel in the Southeast Asia-Pacific region for conferences, you could be the Assistant Coordinator that we are looking for.

The Assistant Coordinator will be guided by the Administrative Coordinator in managing the operations of SEAPAVAA.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
will include but are not limited to:

• Operations

Day-to-day operations of SEAPAVAA including the handling of membership communication, liaison with international associations, accounting and finance, and records keeping.

• Project Management

Secretariat support for SEAPAVAA events, projects, and publications, including the association’s annual conference, Executive Council meetings, and fundraising proposals.

• Membership Development

Management of SEAPAVAA’s membership, maintaining and updating membership records, and processing new membership applications.

• Archives and Records Management

Organisation and maintenance of an orderly archives and records.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Willing and able to work for SEAPAVAA for a minimum of three consecutive years from the date of appointment.

Open to learning, adaptable, disciplined, self-motivated, and proactive. Keen to work with professionals from different countries and cultures. Able to travel when required for SEAPAVAA-related work.

Skills

• Strong organizational skills and an eye for detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English. Proficiency in the other languages used in the Southeast Asia-Pacific region is a plus.
• Adept in IT and multi-media tools. Willing to learn different digital tools and applications. Knowledge in Photoshop, Word Press, and Adobe suite of programmes would be a plus.

Educational Qualifications and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in related fields such as International / Public Relations, Library and Information Studies, Communication, and Development Studies.
• Experience in audiovisual heritage and preservation, have worked at not-for-profit cultural institutions, or international relations would be useful.
• Fresh graduates with some related experience may apply. 

EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Assistant Coordinator is a full-time position, renewable on a yearly basis, with an initial six-month probationary term. Upon confirmation, the Assistant Coordinator will be promoted to Administrative Coordinator.

The initial base pay for the probationary term is commensurate with experience and qualifications. A benefits package, including Social Security and Health Insurance, will be available after the probationary period.

Salary raises after the appointment is placed on permanent establishment and is dependent on performance as assessed by the SEAPAVAA Executive Council. 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested applicants should email their Letter of Intent and Resume / Curriculum Vitae with the subject heading: Assistant Coordinator Application [your last name] to secretarygeneral@seapavaa.net AND secretariat@seapavaa.net by 8 November 2022.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview. References should be made available upon request.

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The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (WDAVH) – 27^th October – is a key initiative by UNESCO and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) to honour audiovisual preservation professionals and institutions that safeguard our heritage for future generations. Around the world, audiovisual archives join together annually on this day to celebrate their work with events that highlight the vulnerability of these valuable materials and the unheralded work of the institutions that provide protection, preservation, and access to the materials.

The theme for this year’s WDAVH  is “Your Window to the World”. Audiovisual materials can tell your story, your truth, and your presence. They provide a window to the world, allowing us to observe events we cannot attend, hear voices from the past who can no longer speak, and craft stories that inform and entertain. By listening to recorded sounds and looking at images captured on film and video we can not only appreciate the richness of this culture but also learn from it.

This year on 27^th October 2022, we celebrate together the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and the 30^th anniversary of the Memory of the World Programme, established by UNESCO in 1992.

SEAPAVAA joins the global celebrations of the 2022 WDAVH and highly encourages our members to share how they are celebrating the #AudiovisualHeritageDay. You may fill in the form at the CCAAA page and provide information about your respective events by sending a descriptive text (500-words max.) and one (1) image per event.

Happy 2022 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage!

Event: Forum and Book Launch – “Keeping Memories: Cinema and Archiving in the Asia-Pacific”
Date: 21 September 2022
Time: 02:00 PM (Philippine Time, GMT+8)
Venue: Cinematheque Centre Manila
Program Host: Jo Andrew Torlao
Livestream: facebook.com/fdcp.ph/; facebook.com/FDCPPFA/

In partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ Philippine Film Archive and Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA), we bring you the launch of multi-awarded filmmaker, film historian, and author Nick Deocampo’s latest opus.

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Keeping Memories: Cinema and Archiving in the Asia-Pacific edited by Nick Deocampo brings together film scholars, archivists, film artists, academics, media practitioners, historians, and cultural advocates to share their thoughts that touch the heart of our Asian film heritage. In four themes, the sections in this anthology deal with topics such as Archives and Memory, Archives and National Identity, Archives and the Asia-Pacific, and Archives and Cinema History.

The anthology covers topics as varied as personal meanderings in the region and archival encounters, lacunae in film deposits, archival ambiguities, cinematic imaginaries of nation, pandemic media, digital archive, and “lost” film histories.

“[The book] is for the archivists of the future,” Deocampo writes, “as it is for future filmmakers and historians, scholars, and ordinary movie viewers to harness the use of technology to preserve film medium that has a history rich with memories and filled with legacies from the past.” Hot off the press, Keeping Memories reveals a robust concern for both the cinemas in the region and how they are preserved for the future.

This book is co-published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA), and Vietnam Film Institute (VFI).

Get your copy:

Website: bit.ly/KM-web
Shopee: bit.ly/KM-s
Lazada: bit.ly/KM-lzd

 

ABOUT THE EDITOR

NICK DEOCAMPO is a filmmaker and film historian. An associate professor at the UP Film Institute in the University of the Philippines, he took up his masters of arts degree in Cinema Studies at New York University as a Fulbright scholar and received his Certificate in Film in Paris, France. An advocate of film archiving, he has written books and articles on the subject, such as Lost Films of Asia, Films from a “Lost” Cinema, Historiography of a “Lost” Cinema, and Envisioning a Rhizomatic Audio-Visual Archiving for the Future. He is a four-time recipient of the Philippine National Book Award, and his publications cover subjects from film history to film literacy. He was formerly chair of the UNESCO Philippines Memory of the World Committee.

 

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

TIME	EVENT	SPEAKER(S)
2:00 PM	Registration
2:30 PM	Program Proper
	Opening Remarks	Tirso Cruz III, FDCP Chairman
	Special Message	Karen Chan SEAPAVAA President
	Introduction to the Forum	Moderator: Nick Deocampo, Book Editor
	Forum: Cinema and Archiving in Asia-Pacific	Panelists (Book Contributors): Karen Chan, Asian Film Archive, Singapore Nadi Tofighian Stockholm University, Sweden Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Film Heritage Foundation, India
	Introduction of the Book
	Discussion with Book Contributors
	Closing Remarks	Belina Capul
4:30 PM	Book Signing
5:00 PM	Cocktails

ABOUT THE FORUM

“Archive of Memories: Advocating Archiving in the Community”

The digital revolution has given rise to the explosive production of countless documents, including metadata, images, and moving pictures. From selfies to TikTok, to the countless documentation using audio-visual recordings, the volume of documents and artefacts produced in contemporary times is mind-boggling. This prompts the question: How are all the zillions of data and information being kept and safeguarded? And with the sheer amount of space needed, how are films and moving images archived?

This phenomenal growth has led to discussions to think outside the conventional archiving practice, where archiving is regarded as the sole domain of state-run or institutional archival entities. The volume of digital documents produced is so excessive that no single agency can do the task. One needs to consider new paradigms in archival holdings. One such paradigm is a rhizomatic approach involving a multiplicity of libraries and archives to assume the role of memory-keepers. This is where community archiving finds relevance. Communities and individuals need to become part of the crusade to preserve memories.

Communities need to take an active role in preserving their audiovisual documents. What to keep, how best to keep them, where it is best to keep them, and many other practical issues will be dealt with in this forum.

 

ABOUT THE PANELISTS

KAREN CHAN is the executive director of the Asian Film Archive (AFA) and the president of SEAPAVAA (2020–2023). In the AFA, she is focused on the development and access of film collections, increasing film literacy, and advocating for preservation. Under her leadership, the AFA is establishing a reputation for its innovative programming, and for creating a new life for films through its restoration and facilitation efforts. Throughout the global pandemic since 2020, she has ensured that the AFA innovated through commissions to collaborations, continuing to support filmmakers, and interdisciplinary creatives, and provided avenues for dialogues and learning. Karen teaches film literacy and film preservation classes to students and the public. She publishes and presents at industry and academic events such as the EYE Film Museum Amsterdam, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), and the International Film Industry Conference. She also serves on the Singapore Film Commission advisory committee. Karen was the 2019 winner of the Singapore Women’s Weekly Most Inspiring Woman Award and Arts and Media nominee. Her previous work experiences include the National Archives of Singapore, the National Arts Council, and the Natural History Museum in New York City.

NADI TOFIGHIAN is a research fellow and lecturer at the Department of Media Studies, Stockholm University. Special issues editor for Early Popular Visual Culture. Member of the board for the Swedish Film Institute.

SHIVENDRA SINGH DUNGARPUR is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, film archivist, and restorer. He is the founder of Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of India’s cinematic heritage. Shivendra was elected to the executive committee of the International Federation of Film Archives in 2017. Under the banner of Dungarpur Films, he has directed and produced close to 800 commercials. He made his first feature documentary Celluloid Man in 2012, which won two National Awards and traveled to over fifty festivals around the world. His second documentary, The Immortals (2015), premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Award for the Best Film at MIFF 2016. His third documentary, CzechMate–In Search of Jiri Menzel is a seven-hour epic that is an in-depth exploration of the Czechoslovakian New Wave.

Registration is now open for the 2022 Virtual International Symposium of the Southeast Asia Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (SARBICA), hosted by the National Archives of Singapore (NAS) on 15 to 17 November 2022.

The environmental reality of the global climate crisis leading to unstable ecosystems, rising sea levels, extreme weather events, increasing natural disasters, and displacement of people inspired the symposium theme “Preservation & Sustainability: Two Sides Of The Same Coin?”. The event shall provide a venue to raise awareness, gain new perspectives, promote discussions and engage with questions on the intersection between the work of memory institutions, the environment, and sustainability.

You may register for the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium through this link.

For more information on the 2022 Virtual SARBICA International Symposium, kindly visit their website at https://sarbicasymposium2022.nas.gov.sg

 

The SEAPAVAA Executive Council would like to thank the following for enabling the success of our 26^th conference:

• UNESCO and UNESCO Bangkok for supporting the conference
• ROTOMAKER LLC, Imagica Entertainment Medica Services Inc., and Kantana Post Production (Thailand) Co. Ltd. for sponsoring the conference
• Conference speakers: Tim Kong, Jamie Lean, Lauren Sorensen, Chalida Uabumrungjit, Sopheap Chea, and Ilse Assmann
• Focus Group moderators, symposium moderators, and conference translator

We would also like to thank the attendees of our virtual conference via Gather Town & Facebook Live for joining us.

Recordings of the conference symposium and conclusion session are available on SEAPAVAA’s Facebook page and will also be viewable on SEAPAVAA’s YouTube channel.

You may also check our Facebook page for SEAPAVAA’s online Archival Gems Screening which will be posted from 27 July – 6 August 2022.

We hope to see everyone at SEAPAVAA’s 27^th Conference in 2023. Please visit SEAPAVAA’s website and Facebook page for more news and updates.

As part of the accompanying activity of the 26^th Conference, SEAPAVAA, with the support of UNESCO, will hold its online Archival Gems Screening on SEAPAVAA’s Facebook from 27 July –  6 August 2022. You can get to watch a “gem” from the collections of SEAPAVAA’s members daily. Check them out on facebook.com/seapavaa and feel free to share your favourites on your social media platforms.

The Archival Gems Screening is a highlight of SEAPAVAA’s annual activities that showcase treasures from members’ collections that have been preserved. We hope you will enjoy watching these precious gems!

We are pleased to announce that Tim Kong will deliver the keynote lecture at SEAPAVAA’s virtual 26^th  Conference on 19 – 21 July 2022.

Tim Kong is of Aotearoa but grew up in South East Asia. He has connections to Fiji and China through his father, and Scotland and Ireland through his mother. His degree is in Political Science and his work experience includes time spent in corporate technical production, five years touring video with British bands, and then a decade as a primary school teacher in New Zealand. He joined the National Library in January 2020 to lead the Pacific Virtual Museum project, and was appointed as the Director of Digital Experience at Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa (National Library New Zealand) in January 2022.

Tim will present his keynote lecture entitled, digitalpasifik.org – Reflections on designing and delivering a bridge between worlds.

Details of Tim’s keynote lecture and other conference details (i.e., programme, schedule, etc.) are available at SEAPAVAA’s conference website at https://seapavaaconference.com.

*Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, SEAPAVAA’s initial keynote speaker, Amela Silipa (PARBICA President) will not be able to deliver her keynote lecture at SEAPAVAA’s virtual 26^th  Conference.

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SEAPAVAA’s virtual 26^th Conference

19 – 21 July 2022

Theme: Moving AV Archives Forward

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS ON 12 JULY 2022

We are pleased to inform you that the registration is now open for SEAPAVAA’s virtual 26^th Conference, 19 – 21 July 2022. The registration details, programme & schedule, and other information regarding the virtual conference are available on SEAPAVAA’s conference website.

If interested, kindly register through this link: https://forms.gle/21ZxRPtUiWTAwBXo7.

SEAPAVAA’s virtual 26^th Conference is free-of-charge, with the support of UNESCO.

SEAPAVAA members and all interested parties are REQUIRED to register to attend SEAPAVAA’s virtual 26^th Conference via Gather Town. Successful registrants will receive the link and instructions to use Gather Town by 15 JULY 2022.

SPACES FOR THE VIRTUAL 26^TH CONFERENCE ARE LIMITED. Recordings of the conference symposium session will be posted on SEAPAVAA’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClCktrl9ZlTJM2Zl1R8tPag).

For inquiries, please contact the SEAPAVAA Secretariat (secretariat@seapavaa.net / secretarygeneral@seapavaa.net).

The Sixth International Conference Colour in Film will be held on 25 – 28 September 2022 at the Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Berne, Switzerland.

The event is co-organized again by Prof. Dr. Barbara Flueckiger for the University of Zurich with Dr. Elza Tantcheva-Burdge for Colour Group (GB) and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ruedel for HTW Berlin.

The event will be hybrid and will include screenings, keynote lectures, and presentations from international film and colour scholars and archivists. This year’s conference theme is animation and color film technology.

PROGRAM

With keynotes by Prof. Joshua Yumibe, Prof. Kirsten Moana Thompson, and Prof. Andrew Stockman and contributions by Theo Gluck, Dr. Alla Gadassik, Megumi Hayakawa, Prof. Giorgio Trumpy, Dr. David Pfluger, Martin Weiss, Lutz Garmsen, Kristian O. Moen, Simona Monizza, and more. Details of the program will be announced on https://6thinternationalconferencec.sched.com/ as they emerge!

CONFERENCE FEE

This year it will be possible to participate in the conference as a sponsor and support the Sixth Colour in Film Conference financially. This will allow us to offer reduced fees for students and to offer free online participation for those unable or unwilling to attend in person in the current situation. We thank you very much for your contribution!

• Regular participation: 150 CHF
• Reduced participation for students: 50 CHF
• Sponsor Silver: 300 CHF
• Sponsor Gold: 500 CHF
• Online participation: free of charge

The conference fee includes participation in all keynotes, lectures, and screenings as well as coffee breaks and lunch on 26 – 27 September 2022.

The conference will be held as a hybrid event with free online participation. We ask you to register below for online participation so that we can send you all the necessary information in September.

All information and the registration form can be found online:
https://www.ema.uzh.ch/en/main-events/W36L.html

Date & Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.(GMT+2), 28 June, 2022

Venue: Egyptian Media Production City, Sixth October, Egypt

Registration Link: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EGWxw312TxGHjRrw24KlFA, with Simultaneous Interpretation in Arabic, English, French & Spanish 

Audiovisual materials enable us to observe events we cannot attend, to hear voices from the past that can no longer speak, and to craft stories that inform and entertain. They thus represent important storehouses of humanity’s collective knowledge for current and future generations to build on and an important transgenerational link and a window to our collective past, present, and future. In an increasingly globalized work, audiovisual content is therefore vital in helping us to understand the world and engage with our fellow human beings. 

Egypt’s film industry was established circa 1908 and is the oldest and most prolific in the Arab world. Film makers have been documenting Egypt’s influential transformations since the turn of the 20th century. Egypt has been long known as a center for intellectual, artistic, and religious thought, the home of the iconic pyramids and the oldest civilization. Moreover, as a founding member of the United Nations, Egypt has and continues to play a significant role in social, political, and economic affairs on the national, regional, and global stage. 

Concerned by the endangerment and potential loss of Egyptian audio-visual heritage for the Egyptian people and humanity, the Government of Egypt has undertaken a herculean effort to build the technical and human capacity to preserve and share Egypt’s film treasures. Also, by enlisting modern digital technologies, this heritage can in turn be re-used to create new works. 

This event will provide an opportunity to highlight the influential role of Egypt’s audiovisual heritage. The day will also showcase the achievements and experiences of the Egyptian Film Restoration Center, a Presidential initiative hosted in the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC). By bringing together institutions across Africa, the Arab world, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Caribbean, the event will enhance awareness, knowledge sharing, and collaboration. Furthermore, the event will shed light on practical approaches to the national implementation of international standards advocated through the UNESCO Memory of the World Program and the Organization’s Cultural Conventions. The event will raise awareness of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions as well as the Recommendation Concerning the Preservation of, and Access to Documentary Heritage including in Digital Form. 

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