European Film Gateway News

Europeana Highlights

28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Europeana has published a Highlights paper outlining Europeanas activity across a number of fronts. The Highlights also include the recent encouraging comments from the Commissioner, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe. ...

European Commission 2nd Implementation Report of the Film Heritage Recommendation

08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

A report published 6 July 2010 by the European Commission's Information Society and Media Directorate General sounds the alarm over the survival of Europe's film heritage. Please read the report on http://ec.europa.eu/avpolicy/reg/cinema/report_2/index_en.htm

New Executive Committee of the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE)

06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

During the Cinema Ritrovato Film Festival in Bologna, on 1 July 2010, the General Assembly of the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) elected a new Executive Committee for the term 2010-2012. ...

Audiovisual Archives in the 21st Century Conference, 13-14 October 2010

05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The conference is organised by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the context of the International Film Festival of Ghent. The Commission organizes the Cinema Expert Group/Subgroup Film Heritage on 15 October in Brussels, in order to facilitate the attendance by international participants. ...

Presentations of EUScreen Workshop now online

05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

More than 60 participants, coming from the major European audiovisual and television archives, attended the first EUscreen Open Workshop in Mykonos island, 23-24 June. Julia Welter (DIF) and Franca Debole (CNR-ISTI) presented the EFG project and the EFG metadata schema. A synopsis of the workshop and all the presentations can be found on-line at http://www.euscreen.eu/?page_id=825

Study on the 'Challenges of the Digital Era for Film Heritage Institutions'

16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The European Commission has launched a call for tenders in order to conduct a study on the 'Challenges of the digital era for film heritage institutions'. The deadline for receipt of tenders is 1 September 2010. ...

Danish Film Institute Launched Carl Th. Dreyer Website

08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

In May the Danish Film Institute launched a new website about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his work. Audiences around the world are invited to explore the full extent of the famous film director's ingenious art. ...

Europeana Publishes its First White Paper

01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Europeana has published its first White Paper: a look at the key role linked data will play in Europeanas development and in helping Europes citizens make connections between existing knowledge to achieve new cultural and scientific advances. ...

A Digital Agenda for Europe - Commission Communication

20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Implementing the ambitious Digital Agenda for Europe unveiled on 19 May 2010 by the European Commission would contribute significantly to the EU's economic growth and spread the benefits of the digital era to all sections of society. ...

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