World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

In honor of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 2025 , San Francisco Film Preserve is delighted to make the newly restored The White Heather (Maurice Tourneur, 1919) available to watch free of charge on our website. Long thought lost, this exceptional film was found at Eye Filmmuseum in 2023, and has been restored by San Francisco Film Preserve, San Francisco Silent Flm Festival , and Eye Filmmuseum. Stephen Horne has created a stunning new score for the film. San Francisco Film Preserve (affiliated to AMIA, FIAF) Online Access to The White Heather 27 October 2025 - 27 October 2026 ONLINE ONLY

Ob praznovanju 20. obletnice Svetovnega dneva avdiovizualne dediščine vas Arhiv Republike Slovenije in Slovenski filmski arhiv, vabita na predstavitev in projekcijo amaterskih filmov iz začetkov slovenske kinematografije, s katerim bomo obeležili pomen varovanja, ohranjanja in dostopnosti naše skupne avdiovizualne preteklosti. Svetovni dan avdiovizualne dediščine (angleško World Day for Audiovisual Heritage), ki ga obeležujemo 27. oktobra, je razglasil UNESCO leta 2005. Njegov namen je ozaveščanje o ranljivosti filmov, radijskih in televizijskih oddaj, zvočnih posnetkov ter drugih avdiovizualnih gradiv ter spodbujanje njihovega arhiviranja, digitalizacije in dostopnosti za prihodnje generacije. Filmske projekcije bodo potekale v ponedeljek, 27. oktobra 2025, ob 13. uri v véliki predavalnici Arhiva Republike Slovenije na Poljanski cesti 40 v Ljubljani. PROGRAM IN PROJEKCIJE Osrednji poudarek letošnjega dogodka bo predstavitev in projekcija amaterskih filmov iz začetkov slovenske kinemat...

Národní filmový archiv, Prague (NFA) identified and handed over to the Polish FINA (Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny) a unique Polish version of the Nazi propaganda film In the Forest of Katyn (Im Wald von Katyn, 1943) . On the occasion of the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the NFA will present the context of its creation and the archival traces of this film with regard to its various versions. Part of the commented screening will also be the screening of the little-known film Tragedy in Katyn Forest (Tragedija v Katynskom lesu, 1944), through which the Soviet propaganda tried to tell the story of Katyn in their favor. In its second part, the program will also focus on the broader historical context and the Czech and Czechoslovak context of the events. Films and their archival life will be presented by film historian and NFA curator Iwona Łyko, the historical context will be presented by historian Michal Stehlík, and a representative of the civic association Katyňská...