FILM
The wealth of our cinematographic cultural heritage – feature films, animation films, commissioned films, experimental films, documentaries, etc. – is still largely based on film material, whose long-term preservation, restoration and communication present major challenges in the digital age. The disappearance of analog film, together with the specialist laboratories and corresponding know-how, also raises urgent questions.
ACTIVITIES
Lichtspiel / Kinemathek Bern. Photography: Valérie Sierro Wildberger, Memoriav
Cinematography is an art that is scarcely more than a century old. A large number of films have now disappeared, victims either of fire, accidental destruction, chemical decomposition, mechanical wear and tear or simply of being discarded.
Memoriav activities in film
- Preservation of and accessibility to Switzerland’s film heritage
by organising «urgent measures» for endangered films;
by initiating and supporting projects – for example by taking inventories of collections or restorations;
by improving the accessibility to films – for example by making copies for reference purposes in archival institutions.
Explore the Projects (in German/French/Italian) - Heightening public awareness through special campaigns and the presentation of films that have been saved (for example from the series: «Trésors des archives» in collaboration with the national film archive).
- Organisation and coordination of a excellence network, in which conservation and archiving experts tackle the preservation of the cinematic cultural heritage of Switzerland.
Go to the film excellence network (in German/French/Italian).
RECOMMENDATIONS
Selected information from the areas of archiving, cataloguing and digitisation, as well as practical advice on the care, handling and storage of audiovisual recordings.
Memoriav recommendations
Memoriav publishes recommendations for the preservation of audiovisual recordings. They were developed by the experts participating in Memoriav’s competence networks or result from Memoriav projects.
Since March 2022, the Memoriav recommendations are available as an online publication in German and French.
External recommendations
International recommendations and standards from the field of audiovisual cultural heritage preservation, published by expert organisations or specialised institutions:
list of links
