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Gala Screening of the documentary 'Thamesmead: 21st Century Town'. at Greenwich Picture house, Greenwich High Road, London

December 5, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm

A collaborative project from LMA and Chocolate Films, funded by Film London. This documentary is about the GLC's films about the building and early years of Thamesmead Town. The documentary follows the journey of the films that are taken back to T...

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Training Workshops in Film and Sound Archives, provided by the Society of Archivists The first three of five workshops in film and sound archives take place in December: Wednesday 9th December 2009 @ North West Sound Archive Clitheroe, Lancashir...

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Training Workshops in Film and Sound Archives on January 25, 2010 all day
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Sweeping changes at the UK Film Council

This Screen Daily piece reports on major changes at the UK Film Council following its £25M budget cut:

http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/uk-ireland/ukfc-announces-sweeping-reorganisation-new-production-fund/5008226.article

UKFC announces sweeping reorganisation, new production fund

The UK Film Council (UKFC) is pr… Continue

Posted by Luke McKernan on November 18, 2009 at 12:56pm

December at BFI Southbank

December 2009
BFI Southbank Programme Highlights

JOSEF VON STERNBERG
This month we will celebrate the career of Josef von Sternberg – one of Hollywood’s most visionary directors – with a complete retrospective of his films. He was the man Marlene Dietrich called her master, and is perhaps best known for The Blue Angel (1930) and The Scarlet Empress (1934)

SALLY POTTER
Sally Potter is one of the UK’s most innovative and original filmmakers, and we look forward to launching our com… Continue

Posted by Luke McKernan on November 16, 2009 at 10:51am

Ken Wlaschin

It's sad to have to report the death of a Screen Research member, Ken Wlaschin, at the age of 75. Ken was film programmer and historian of distinction - a former head of London's National Film Theatre and of the London Film Festival, director of AFI Fest, and an author of numerous books on the cinema, nota… Continue

Posted by Luke McKernan on November 15, 2009 at 3:35pm

Power of the VHS

The humble VHS is, rightly, regarded as a disposable commodity and not an archive medium, but the recordings on these cassettes are sometimes unique and irreplaceable. Since 1989 UK universities and colleges have created sizeable collections of valuable recordings on VHS. Today however many… Continue

Posted by Luke McKernan on November 13, 2009 at 10:51am