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How files and essence coding systems were originally created, the file format wars that mimicked the incompatible physical media formats, and how certain file types prevailed in this week's Screening Room: Lessons Learned from the Format Wars. Look for the link in your inbox.
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How files and essence coding systems were originally created, the file format wars that mimicked the incompatible physical media formats, and how certain file types prevailed in this week's Screening Room: Lessons Learned from the Format Wars. Look for the link in your inbox.
Bill Morrison will deliver the closing keynoteat #AMIA25. His keynote will feature a special screening of his Academy Award–nominated film Incident with a discussion of his creative process and the evolving role of archival media in contemporary filmmaking. https://loom.ly/ifQLvOc
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Bill Morrison will deliver the closing keynoteat #AMIA25. His keynote will feature a special screening of his Academy Award–nominated film Incident with a discussion of his creative process and the evolving role of archival media in contemporary filmmaking. https://loom.ly/ifQLvOc
Everything old is new again—or, maybe, made new again. In recent brand campaigns from brands including Columbia Sportswear, Gushers, Pringles, Tootsie Roll, and Acuvue, marketers have dug back into the brand archives.
https://loom.ly/hmJAL18
https://loom.ly/hmJAL18
‘A safe bet’: Brands are digging into their ad archives for creative inspiration
Gushers, Pringles, and Acuvue are betting that blasts from the past will resonate with consumers.
www.marketingbrew.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Everything old is new again—or, maybe, made new again. In recent brand campaigns from brands including Columbia Sportswear, Gushers, Pringles, Tootsie Roll, and Acuvue, marketers have dug back into the brand archives.
https://loom.ly/hmJAL18
https://loom.ly/hmJAL18
Inviting media archivists, media librarians, and all those who preserve or provide access to audiovisual media to participate in the 2025 Annual Salary & Demographics Survey of the Field. https://loom.ly/K9ytzhM
Salary & Demographic Survey of the Field
We invite media archivists, media librarians, and all those who preserve or provide access to audiovisual media, whether analog or digital, to participate in the 2025 AMIA Annual Salary & Demographics Survey of the Field.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Inviting media archivists, media librarians, and all those who preserve or provide access to audiovisual media to participate in the 2025 Annual Salary & Demographics Survey of the Field. https://loom.ly/K9ytzhM
In the years since the premature death of the former Off-White and Louis Vuitton creative director, Virgil Abloh, a small team of Midwest archivists has tirelessly tracked down and catalogued one of the most remarkable private fashion collections ever assembled. https://loom.ly/63KKvqA
Inside the Top Secret Virgil Abloh Archive
In the years since the premature death of the former Off-White and Louis Vuitton creative director, a team of archivists has tirelessly catalogued one of the most remarkable private fashion collections ever assembled. We’re revealing it here for the first time.
www.gq.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In the years since the premature death of the former Off-White and Louis Vuitton creative director, Virgil Abloh, a small team of Midwest archivists has tirelessly tracked down and catalogued one of the most remarkable private fashion collections ever assembled. https://loom.ly/63KKvqA
Making plans for AMIA 2025 in Baltimore? There's a lot to see and do and the local committee has been busy with lots of recommendations! https://loom.ly/iNDSbKM
2025 | Things to do in Baltimore!
A few suggestions from AMIA locals while you’re in Baltimore! Baltimore Street Car Museum Great Blacks in Wax Museum Enoch Pratt Free Public Library Walters Art Museum American Visiona…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Making plans for AMIA 2025 in Baltimore? There's a lot to see and do and the local committee has been busy with lots of recommendations! https://loom.ly/iNDSbKM
Film material from The Terry Jones Archive has been donated by the Monty Python star's family to the BFI National Archive for preservation. https://loom.ly/8JeFW1c
The Terry Jones Archive donated to BFI National Archive - British Comedy Guide
Film material from The Terry Jones Archive has been donated by the Monty Python star's family to the BFI National Archive for preservation.
www.comedy.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Film material from The Terry Jones Archive has been donated by the Monty Python star's family to the BFI National Archive for preservation. https://loom.ly/8JeFW1c
This week's Screening Room looks at production strategies in the modern era of gigabytes, terabytes, and file based cameras. Who is the custodian of the camera original files and how much do we need to preserve? All takes, circle takes, directors cut and final or just the final? From DAS 2014.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This week's Screening Room looks at production strategies in the modern era of gigabytes, terabytes, and file based cameras. Who is the custodian of the camera original files and how much do we need to preserve? All takes, circle takes, directors cut and final or just the final? From DAS 2014.
The Moving Image Call for Submissions: Videotape in the Archive. https://loom.ly/CjFjs20
The Moving Image: Special Issue
This special issue will articulate the unique logistical, technological, and legal challenges of videotape preservation while introducing The Moving Image’s readership to the idiosyncratic character of videotape archives and the history of videotape as a medium.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Moving Image Call for Submissions: Videotape in the Archive. https://loom.ly/CjFjs20
The Thai Film Archive has opened its digital vaults, releasing a selection of historical newsreel footage that captures the boundless royal grace and work of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother. https://loom.ly/glen2jY
Thai Film Archive Offers Free Access to Rare Newsreels of Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother
A collection spanning 1959 to 1975 documents Her Majesty's royal duties and international visits, providing a priceless look into modern Thai history
www.nationthailand.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Thai Film Archive has opened its digital vaults, releasing a selection of historical newsreel footage that captures the boundless royal grace and work of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit The Queen Mother. https://loom.ly/glen2jY
The Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI) unites archivists, researchers, and creators to safeguard the integrity of media collections and maintain public trust. Join the conversation. https://loom.ly/rIFUb8A
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI) unites archivists, researchers, and creators to safeguard the integrity of media collections and maintain public trust. Join the conversation. https://loom.ly/rIFUb8A
The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. Submissions for this year's award are due by February 15th! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk
Nontheatrical Student Essay Award
Designed to recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship founded upon archival nontheatrical research, this award underscores both organizations’ commitment to mentorship and professional development, connecting award-recipients with mentors to guide them through the process of crafting journal-ready manuscripts. The award-winning essay will also be published (subject to revisions) in The Moving Image.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. Submissions for this year's award are due by February 15th! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk
For Halloween, this week's Screening Room is Mostly Lost: The Lost Origins of Silent Horror Icons. About 70% of American silent feature films no longer exist. Lost along with them is the genre’s history. From AMIA 2020 - look for the link in your inbox.
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For Halloween, this week's Screening Room is Mostly Lost: The Lost Origins of Silent Horror Icons. About 70% of American silent feature films no longer exist. Lost along with them is the genre’s history. From AMIA 2020 - look for the link in your inbox.
Join us in Baltimore for #AMIA25 hands-on workshops and behind-the-scenes tours - in addition to three days of sessions, screenings, roundtables, posters, and more! https://loom.ly/Mh_GHUE
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October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Join us in Baltimore for #AMIA25 hands-on workshops and behind-the-scenes tours - in addition to three days of sessions, screenings, roundtables, posters, and more! https://loom.ly/Mh_GHUE
Stiller and Meara curated the archive themselves, preserving public and personal artifacts from their long careers and private lives. https://loom.ly/sJpqBmI
Ben Stiller Donates Stiller and Meara Archive to National Comedy Center as Apple TV Documentary ‘Nothing Is Lost’ Premieres
Ben Stiller donates Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara archive to National Comedy Center ahead of the Apple TV premiere of a documentary about his parents.
variety.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Stiller and Meara curated the archive themselves, preserving public and personal artifacts from their long careers and private lives. https://loom.ly/sJpqBmI
“Part of what we’re doing with the film is helping Chris in his mission to reframe this archive, not as a nice-to-have, but as an essential piece of history.” https://loom.ly/TZwCgFQ
Oscar Winners Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers Used a ‘Sinners’ Camera and More to Preserve Cinema History in ‘The Eyes of Ghana’
Oscar-winning team Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers discuss their new collaboration 'The Eyes of Ghana', a call to action for preserving African cinema.
www.indiewire.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
“Part of what we’re doing with the film is helping Chris in his mission to reframe this archive, not as a nice-to-have, but as an essential piece of history.” https://loom.ly/TZwCgFQ
For nearly four decades, millions of students in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere watched such 10- to 30-minute academic films to learn about wide-ranging topics like volcanoes, Charles Dickens, and U.S. anti-discrimination laws. https://loom.ly/MZuHOIs
Academic Film Archive of North America finds a home at Johns Hopkins
The eclectic collection of more than 7,600 vintage 16 mm classroom films represents an unsung genre that offered engaging new ways to teach the tales of humankind
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October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For nearly four decades, millions of students in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere watched such 10- to 30-minute academic films to learn about wide-ranging topics like volcanoes, Charles Dickens, and U.S. anti-discrimination laws. https://loom.ly/MZuHOIs
Happy World Day for Audiovisual Heritage!
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image spotlighted regional archives as part of the CCAAA and UNESCO celebration of #WDAVH2025. https://loom.ly/pbw5S7A
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image spotlighted regional archives as part of the CCAAA and UNESCO celebration of #WDAVH2025. https://loom.ly/pbw5S7A
Preserving the Soul of Place: Rounding up our Regional Culture
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage! The Texas Film Roundup does more than collect films, it opens a window into the lives…
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October 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy World Day for Audiovisual Heritage!
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image spotlighted regional archives as part of the CCAAA and UNESCO celebration of #WDAVH2025. https://loom.ly/pbw5S7A
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image spotlighted regional archives as part of the CCAAA and UNESCO celebration of #WDAVH2025. https://loom.ly/pbw5S7A
Happy 20th Anniversary of #WDAVH2025!
Created for the 2007 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage celebration, this short includes footage from archives around the world. https://loom.ly/84IAuOI
Created for the 2007 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage celebration, this short includes footage from archives around the world. https://loom.ly/84IAuOI
Planet Earth: From Place to Space
27 October is World Day of Audiovisual Heritage, declared by UNESCO in 2005, a day which aims to raise awareness of the importance of audiovisual documents and draw…
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October 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Happy 20th Anniversary of #WDAVH2025!
Created for the 2007 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage celebration, this short includes footage from archives around the world. https://loom.ly/84IAuOI
Created for the 2007 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage celebration, this short includes footage from archives around the world. https://loom.ly/84IAuOI
An alternative film centre, a restoration unit, an archive, a space for filmmakers. Cimatheque is many things, but perhaps it is defined by a lack of anything similar, the lack of a reference in Egypt and the wider MENA region. https://loom.ly/yzaxlPU
Cimatheque Launches Independent Digital Film Restoration Unit
Restoration is perceived as the act of “high-resing” a film. But Cimatheque’s practice involves returning the film to its original state.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
An alternative film centre, a restoration unit, an archive, a space for filmmakers. Cimatheque is many things, but perhaps it is defined by a lack of anything similar, the lack of a reference in Egypt and the wider MENA region. https://loom.ly/yzaxlPU
Happy Internet Archive Day! https://loom.ly/xqyxUaI
iTWire - Internet Archive Celebrates One Trillion Web Pages Preserved
The Internet Archive this week marks a once-in-a-generation achievement under the banner “The Web We’ve Built: Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived.” Several events will celebrate the milestone of the Wayback Machine having now preserved more than one trillion web pages, a vast,...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Happy Internet Archive Day! https://loom.ly/xqyxUaI
Andrea Kalas on the technical and cultural evolution of film preservation. https://loom.ly/jiO909c
Andrea Kalas on Film Preservation Revolution, Scorsese’s Film Foundation and Restoring ‘The Godfather Part III’
Iron Mountain’s Andrea Kalas discusses film preservation, AI in restoration and the emotional restoration of “The Godfather Part III” at MIFC Lyon.
variety.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Andrea Kalas on the technical and cultural evolution of film preservation. https://loom.ly/jiO909c
The Call for Abstracts for JTS 2026 has been extended to October 29! If you've been considering submitting, now's your chance. Take advantage of the extra time to submit your proposal and be part of the technical forum for the global preservation community. https://loom.ly/-RmH5vM
Call for abstracts - JTS 2026
The Joint Technical Symposium will be at the National Film and Sound Archive in 2026.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Call for Abstracts for JTS 2026 has been extended to October 29! If you've been considering submitting, now's your chance. Take advantage of the extra time to submit your proposal and be part of the technical forum for the global preservation community. https://loom.ly/-RmH5vM
Since 2017, the NFI has restored over 350 films and digitized hundreds more. Many are available on Filmio, the national streaming platform, and on a nationwide online catalogue for schools. https://loom.ly/joZWLY0
How Hungary’s Film Heritage Rose From its Ashes: Inside a Model of Movie Preservation and National Cinema Revival
How Hungary’s NFI rebuilt film heritage from scratch: film archive, lab and film fund unite to restore, digitize and share classics globally.
variety.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Since 2017, the NFI has restored over 350 films and digitized hundreds more. Many are available on Filmio, the national streaming platform, and on a nationwide online catalogue for schools. https://loom.ly/joZWLY0
Our media heritage opens a window to the world, sharing generations of unique stories that reveal the ingenuity of the human spirit and the power of imagination. How will you celebrate on October 27? https://loom.ly/Z6sWqII
2025 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
The World Day for Audiovisual Heritage has become a key initiative for both UNESCO and the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) to honour audiovisual preservation professionals and institutions that help to safeguard this heritage for future generations despite the many technical, political, social, financial, and other factors that threaten its survival.
www.ccaaa.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Our media heritage opens a window to the world, sharing generations of unique stories that reveal the ingenuity of the human spirit and the power of imagination. How will you celebrate on October 27? https://loom.ly/Z6sWqII