PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR THE
PRESERVATION AND DIFFUSION OF THE AUDIOVISUAL HERITAGE
June 7th and 8th, 2010
Cine Doré-Filmoteca Española
In general terms, we can say that film archives have not been included in the
training structures created for the other institutions dedicated to the
conservation, restoration and diffusion of other elements of the cultural
heritage, and that the conservation and restoration of the material elements
which contain film works are not integrated into the training on preservation of
cultural goods.
The training of professionals and technicians has been assumed principally by
film archives, with little or no relation with the educational community and, on
the other hand, the knowledge generated by film archives has not been
transmitted to the educational systems.
At present, pushed over by the emergence of systems with completely different
characteristics, traditional production systems and techniques, as well as the
photochemical materials that carry classic film creations, are disappearing and,
with them, the knowledge of the technical characteristics of these films.
The purpose of this Conference, therefore, is centred on learning how other
institutions, such as Museums and Libraries, deal with the training of their
technicians for the preservation and diffusion of the cultural heritage that they
hold; to which extent the bodies dedicated to the European Cultural Heritage
take into account the knowledge on the preservation of the audiovisual
heritage, and how the educational systems incorporate, in case they do, the
training on this matter; and, finally, it reflects on past European initiatives
related to training in the preservation of the cultural heritage and on the
experience by film archives in the production of educational contents.
We would try to detect the advisability and the possibilities of introducing into
the different levels of learning the contents and subjects required for
transmitting the knowledge on the preservation of the film heritage, as is the
case with the other elements traditionally considered cultural goods and, if
pertinent, we would put forward the opportunity of imparting specialized
training at a European trans-national level that would contribute to the
development of the idea of Europe in all matters related to the cultural heritage
and its diffusion.
PROGRAMME
June 7th, 2010
9.30
Inauguration
Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Director General, ICAA.
José María Prado García, Director, Filmoteca Española.
10.00
Introductory address
Mari Sol Pérez Guevara, Information Society and Media Directorate-General
(European Commission)
10.30
Presentation by the Minister of Culture, Ángeles González-Sinde.
10.45
1. Training on preservation and diffusion of the cultural heritage in
traditional institutions: theory and practice. Its relation to the audiovisual
heritage-film archives.
Coordinator: Esteve Riambau (Director, Filmoteca de Catalunya)
• Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.
Jorge García. Head of Restoration
• Institut National du Patrimoine, Paris.
Eric Gross, Director
• Eye Film Instituut Nederland
Mark-Paul Meyer. Senior Curator
11.30
Break
12.00
2. European institutions and bodies dedicated to training on cultural
heritage: Audiovisual heritage
Coordinator: Marc Vernet. (Institut National du Patrimoine, France)
• Museum für Film und Fernsehen (Deutsche Kinemathek)
Martin Koerber. Curator
• Svenska Filminstitutet
Jon Wengström. Curator of Archival Film Collection
• Haghefilm foundation
Paolo Cherchi Usai. Director
12.45
3. Training on preservation of the Audiovisual Heritage in educational
institutions
Coordinators:
Begoña Soto (Professor. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid
Manuel Palacio (Professor. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
• Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
Antonio Hernández (Professor. Master in Audiovisual
Documentation)
• Amsterdam University
Julia Noordegraaf. Director of the MA Programme Preservation
and Presentation of the Moving Image
• Paris 8 University
Guy Fihman. In charge of MA mention Cinéma et audiovisuel
Spécialité Professionnelle: Valorisation des patrimoines
• ESCAC. Escuela Superior de Cine y Audiovisuales de Cataluña
Jose Enrique Monterde. Professor
14.00
Lunch
16.00
4. Theory and practice of training programmes related to the audiovisual
heritage
Coordinator: Jose Manuel Costa (Cinemateca Portuguesa)
• Cinemateca Portuguesa
Jose Manuel Costa
• Cineteca di Bologna (FIAF Summer School)
Gian Luca Farinnelli. Director
• Programa EDCine
Nicola Mazzanti. Head of Collections. Cinémathèque Royale de
Belgique
17.15
Break
17.45
5. The elaboration of contents derived from the training experience by
archives
Coordinator: Alfonso del Amo (Head of Restorartion and Reproduction,
Filmoteca Española)
• Luigi Pintarelli. ANIM Laboratory, Cinemateca Portuguesa: “Colour
preservation through separation matrices”
• Luciano Berriatúa. Collaborator, Filmoteca Española: “Preserving
colour information”.
• Camille Blot-Wellens. Directrice des collection films, Cinémathèque
Française: Considering the restoration of primitive film. Early Pathé
negatives.
• Mariona Bruzzo. Head of archive, Filmoteca de Cataluña: “Managing a
conservation emergency”.
• Ignacio Lahoz. Conservation and Restoration. Instituto Valenciano de
l’Audiovisual: “Reinforcing the preservation of the films of Luis García
Berlanga: Berlanga and the management of the IVAC archive”.
• Encarni Rus y Mariano Gómez. Fondos fílmicos. Filmoteca Española:
“Elements for dating a film work from the analysis of the preserved
materials”
19.00
Closing of the first day
June 8th, 2010
9.30
Overview of training on audiovisual heritage matters in Europe. What can
the European Union do to improve the situation?
Coordinators:
Gabrielle Claes (Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique)
Marisol Pérez Guevara (Member of the Audiovisual and Media Policy Unit -
European Commission)
• European Commission. Marisol Pérez Guevara
• Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE)
The need to sistematize and unify training criteria
Claudia Dillmann. President
10.30
The coordinators of the panels of June 7th and the representatives of the
European Commission and the ACE will hold an evaluation session based on
the contributions and experiences and on the deficiencies detected in their
respective panels with the idea of articulating criteria for the elaboration of
conclusions.
11.30
Break
12.00.
Elaboration of conclusions.
13.30
End of conference
14.00
Lunch