REMINDER: DEADLINE 15 JULY

Tales from the Vaults: An Illustrated History of Film Technology around the World /
Plongée au coeur des archives : une histoire illustrée des technologies du cinéma à travers le monde

A new project from TECHNÈS, the International Research Partnership on Cinema Technology and FIAF

Call for Contributions

Proposals for contributions are sought for a new publication entitled Tales from the Vaults. An Illustrated History of Film Technology around the World. The resulting book will present selected film objects from archives around the world to tell an enhanced history of cinema, one that includes the archival and technological perspective.

This project is a collaboration between FIAF and TECHNÈS. We are planning a beautifully crafted bilingual (English-French, the two official languages of TECHNÈS) publication featuring images and stories of our cinematic technological history as told through the objects from our archival vaults to be aimed at a broad audience.

Your contribution should feature an object from your archive that holds special technical or technological significance. This can be a camera, projector or other piece of equipment, or a specific object that might tell a story of a technological innovation or invention, like a manual or a poster, or an object related to post-production, projection or even archiving. Consider objects that merit selection on the basis of their physical characteristics, their uniqueness or for their relevance to the history of cinema, globally or locally or to your institution.

We invite you to send us a picture of the selected object along with a brief text (100-300 words) explaining why this object is of special importance in the history of cinema, or in the cinematic history of a region or nation, via this online form. The proposal submissions will close on 15 July 2020. Proposals are welcome from all archives, collectors and historians with a story to tell. Please note that our final publication will be bilingual and that proposals are welcome in both English and French. Each archive or individual may submit up to, but no more than three, proposed objects on this page of the FIAF website by 15 July. Should you submit more than one item, you will need to fill in a different form for each of them.

If you have questions, please contact us at talesfromthevaults@fiafnet.org. After review from our editors, you will receive a reply regarding its selection.

For a more detailed description of the project see here and pasted in below.

Best regards,

Rachael Stoeltje (Indiana University/FIAF) and Louis Pelletier (Technès/Cinémathèque québécoise), Co-Editors
Christophe Dupin (FIAF) and Santiago Hidalgo (Technès), Project Steering Committee

The 2020  SEAPAVAA  Executive Council Elections took place electronically from  25^th May to 25^th June 2020.  The newly elected Executive Council will serve a three-year term 2020-2023.

Per ARTICLE VII Section B of the SEAPAVAA Constitution, the Executive Council is the executive and management body of the Association. The Executive Council shall consist of nine (9) Councillors, including the President, Immediate Past President, Secretary-General and Treasurer. The office of the Councillor is honorary, and is exercised in the personal capacity of the individual, rather than as the representative of a particular Institutional Member or country.

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President
KAREN CHAN
Executive Director
Asian Film Archive
Singapore

Secretary-General
SANCHAI CHOTIROSSERANEE
Deputy Director
Film Archive (Public Organization)
Thailand

Treasurer
JOSHUA HARRIS
Media Preservation Coordinator
Department of Preservation Services
University Libraries University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States of America

Council Member
SWEE CHENG WONG
Audiovisual Conservator
State Library of Queensland Australia
Australia

Council Member
JOIE SPRINGER
Independent Heritage Consultant
Barbados

Council Member
WU YONG IE (PROFESSOR)
Assistant Professor
Tainan National University of the Arts
Taiwan

Council Member
PAWARISA NIPAWATTANAPONG
Audiovisual Archivist
The Government Public Relations Department
Thailand

Council Member
HOANG MAI
International Relations Coordinator
Vietnam Film Institute
Vietnam

 Immediate Past President
IRENE LIM
Principal Archivist
National Archives of Singapore
Singapore

Notice is hereby given that the 24th SEAPAVAA General Assembly (GA) and 2020 SEAPAVAA Elections for a New Executive Council (EC) will be held by way of electronic means on the 3rd to 30th June 2020.

For SEAPAVAA members, please refer to the two notifications sent by the Secretariat thus far to your respective e-mail addresses, for further information.

If you did not receive the e-mail notifications, please contact the Secretariat at secretariat@seapavaa.net immediately.

 

Regards,

Sanchai Chotirosseranee
Secretary-General (2017 – 2020)
SEAPAVAA

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This survey will be used for Share that Knowledge!, a joint initiative of the Austrian Film Museum and Slovenska kinoteka and supported by FIAF and funded by the Bundeskanzleramt Österreich. The aim of the project is to develop concrete methods on how to better share and pass on knowledge within audiovisual archives. The survey is a starting point for research which aims to get a global overview of the existing concerns and methods related to knowledge sharing.

Date collection will be until the 22^nd of May 2020. If you require more time to complete the survey, please contact Nadja Šičarov (n.sicarov@filmmuseum.at) and/or Janneke van Dalen (j.vandalen@filmmuseum.at)

UNESCO, through the Memory of the World (MoW) Programme, stands ready to support all Member States who wish to preserve official records related to COVID-19 within the framework of the UNESCO 2015 Recommendation concerning the preservation of, and access to, documentary heritage including in digital form. 

The statement issued by UNESCO titled “Turning the threat of COVID-19 into an opportunity for greater support to documentary heritage” can be read in full  here.

The closing date to apply for a MOWCAP-Asia Culture Center (ACC) grant is now 12 April 2020. The previous closing date was 31 March 2020.

We are all facing significant challenges with the global spread of Covid-19. Many of your institutions have been closed and we know your energies are focused on keeping you and your community safe and healthy.  We hope this change to the deadline will give you more opportunity to work through the grant application process.

The conditions associated with the grant funding mean that 12 April 2020 is the final date for receiving applications and cannot be extended.

All the information you need to make an application is on the MOWCAP website.

The New Zealand Government has released a tender document calling for Registrations of Interest (ROI) for the preservation and digitisation of New Zealand’s audiovisual heritage. If you have the capability, capacity, experience and infrastructure to deliver archive standard digitisation of over 514,000 audiovisual (magnetic media) items, please register with the New Zealand Government Electronic Tenders Service (GETS) at http://www.gets.govt.nz/ and download the ROI documents. We will manage all external communications through GETS.

Respondents can contact GETS Helpdesk if they require any assistance on:

GETS Helpdesk
Phone: 0508 GETS HELP (05 0843 8743)
International: +64 4 901 3188
Email: info@gets.govt.nz

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2020 SEAPAVAA AWARDS

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

One of the key missions of the Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) is to advocate the advancement of the professional development and recognition of audiovisual archivists who safeguard the rich audiovisual heritage of the region.

The Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) seeks nominations for the 2020 SEAPAVAA Awards comprising the SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award and the SEAPAVAA Best Archival Project in the Region Award.

 

THE AWARD CATEGORIES

1.)    SEAPAVAA FELLOWSHIP AWARD

The SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award is a special recognition given to an individual’s lifetime achievement in the field of audiovisual archiving  and/or whose exceptional service to SEAPAVAA has  significantly contributed to the development of audiovisual archiving in  the Southeast Asia-Pacific region.

The awardee/s will receive a trophy plaque and a waiver of registration fees of the annual SEAPAVAA conferences.

Eligibility:

• Any SEAPAVAA member who has shown exceptional service and significant contribution to audiovisual archiving in the Southeast Asia-Pacific region. The current officers of the incumbent SEAPAVAA Executive Council are barred from being
• SEAPAVAA members who are not nationals or residents of the region can be nominated.
• The SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award may be given posthumously.

Responsibilities of the Fellows:

• Newly conferred fellows are required to present a master lecture during the conference in the immediate following year after their conferment.
• Participate in the projects/programmes that the SEAPAVAA Fellow Circle aims to pursue.
• Serve on the SEAPAVAA Fellowship Selection Committee.

Recipients of the SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award  (1997-2019):

1. Jamie Lean (2019)
2. Adrian Wood (2019)
3. Mick Newnham (2018)
4. Bounchao Phichit (2018)
5. Dome Sukvong (2018)
6. Mary Del Pilar (2017)
7. Ricky Orellana (2017)
8. Tuenjai Sinthuvnik (2017)
9. Belina SB Capul (2014)
10. Ray Edmondson (2010)
11. Jim Lindner (2010)
12. Hisashi Okajima (2010)
13. (The late) Misbach Yusabiran (1997)

2.)  SEAPAVAA BEST ARCHIVAL PROJECT IN THE REGION AWARD

The SEAPAVAA Best Archival Project in the Region Award strives to recognize projects that have inspired archival design thought and exhibit technical and spatial innovations.

Only one entry   will be chosen as  the Grand Prize winner for the Best Archival Project in the Region Award. The winner will receive a Certificate of Recognition and  a cash prize of USD 1,000 (cash prize sponsored by AV Preservation by reto.ch). Exceptional runners-up  will be presented with  a Certificate of Merit.

The recipient of the 2019   Inaugural Best Archival Project in the Region Award  was Save Myanmar Film for their grassroots initiative in  restoring Myanmar’s film heritage.

Eligibility:

• Any recent project or initiative from the Southeast Asia Pacific region which has shown exceptional innovation and significant contribution in audiovisual archiving are eligible.
• Projects started anytime from 2013 until present (2020) whether on-going or completed, may be nominated for the award.

NOMINATIONS, SUBMISSIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, TIMELINES

1. Procedures for Nominations and Submissions
   • Only SEAPAVAA members in good standing can nominate a candidate or a project.
   • The nomination forms for the 2020 SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award and SEAPAVAA Best Archival Project in the Region Award may be downloaded from the 2020 SEAPAVAA Corporate website [http://seapavaa.net].
   • The nomination form in PDF file must be filled out electronically, and the information provided must be complete and accurate. SEAPAVAA shall not be held liable for the mistakes or misrepresentations indicated by the nominator.
   • SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award: the nomination forms and other requirements (e.g. curriculum vitae/resume or written information/article relevant to the candidate’s nomination) must be submitted to the SEAPAVAA Secretariat via e-mail at [admin@seapavaa.net] or at [secretariat@seapavaa.net].
   • SEAPAVAA Best Archival Project in the Region Award: the nomination forms and other requirements (e.g. photo documentations) must be submitted to the SEAPAVAA Secretariat via e-mail at [admin@seapavaa.net] or at [secretariat@seapavaa.net].
   • The deadline for submission for the 2020 SEAPAVAA Fellowship Award and SEAPAVAA Best Archival Project in the Region Award is on or before March 31, 2020. The SEAPAVAA Secretariat will not entertain nominations received after the submission deadline.
2. Notifications
   • The winners will be publicly announced and posted on the SEAPAVAA corporate and conference websites. They will also be notified by the SEAPAVAA Secretariat.
   • The awarding ceremony will be held during the SEAPAVA annual conference.
   • The winners are encouraged to attend and receive the awards in person. Awardee(s) need to take care of their own travel expenses (airfare, accommodation, etc.) if they wish to receive the awards in person.
   • Alternatively, the awardees may appoint representative(s) who are confirmed to attend the SEAPAVAA  annual conference, to receive the awards on their behalf.
3. Timelines
   1. Call for nominations open – 31 January 2020
   2. Deadline of submission of nominees – 30 March 2020
   3. Review of submissions – April 2020
   4. Announcement of the awardees – May 2020
   5. Awarding ceremony – June 2020

FINAL NOTES

1. The submission of nominees and application forms implies acceptance of the current The SEAPAVAA Executive Council will decide on all matters not expressly provided for in the  current regulations and the Council’s decision shall be final.
2. The winner(s) chosen  is/are  deemed final and conclusive, and cannot be questioned, challenged or appealed against on any ground.
3. The SEAPAVAA Executive Council has full autonomy to decide not to confer any awards annually for valid reasons.
4. For more information and inquiries on the submission of nominees, please email Michaela Navato at secretariat@seapavaa.net and copy Genelyn Galang at admin@seapavaa.net.

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