Association of Moving Image Archivists

The restoration reinstates more than three minutes of footage that was believed to be lost and had only ever been seen by audiences attending the film’s original Japanese theatrical release in 1958. https://loom.ly/_sWij24

Hammer Films to release 4K restoration of 1958 horror ‘Dracula’ with addition of long-lost footage EXCLUSIVE: Theatrical and home entertainment release in time for Halloween will incorporate footage only ever seen by audiences attending the film's original Japanese theatrical launch in 1958.

A colour copy of the promotional film was discovered in the archives of the Atlanta music television show “The Now Explosion” - held at the Walter J. Brown Media Archive & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia.

The original 1969 promo video for ‘Good Times, Bad Times’ has been found The original promotional video for "Good Times, Bad Times", which shows Led Zeppelin miming to the song on stage at Thee Image Club in Miami, Florida on February 14, 1969, has been discovered after more than 50 years. A colour copy of the promotional film was discovered in the archives of the Atlant...

Magnetic tapes continue to age and archivists continue to adapt. The MMCC Tape Bake Cookbook brings together more than 50 tape baking “recipes” from 30+ contributors, capturing the workflows, lessons learned, and evolving practices being used across the archival community today. You can preorder your cookbook now! https://loom.ly/mwGx8ZQ

The Association of Moving Image Archivists - MMCC’s Tape Baking Cookbook The mission of the Magnetic Media Crisis Committee (MMCC) is to support the archival community working to preserve audio and video magnetic media materials. The MMCC provides a collaborative space for knowledge-sharing, resource collection, project planning, advocacy, research, and development in or...

The Academy says it will recognize theaters that provide exceptional audience experiences, preserve cinematic history and serve as cultural anchors in their communities.

Motion Picture Academy Creates New Honor To Celebrate Theaters And The Moviegoing Experience Oscar adds a new honor, not for moviemakers, but rather the theaters that show their films.

This week's member Screening Room are two sessions on public access. The first, Public Access is Different: Digitizing The Video Access Project Collection and the second, Finding Films and Filmmakers with Public Library Sources. From AMIA 2021. Look for the link in your inbox.

AMIA 2026 is in Steel City! The Conference Committee invites proposal submissions for sessions, lightning talks, panels, papers, reports, forums, posters, and workshops. We hope to see you in Pittsburgh!

AMIA 2026 | Call for Proposals The AMIA Conference Committee invites proposal submissions for sessions, posters, and workshops for the AMIA Annual Conference to be held December 2-4 in Pittsburgh, PA. The Conference Committee wo…

Nate Neal tackles film preservation in this comedy-adventure flick, Treasure of the Lost Reel.

Treasure of the Lost Reel Homepage, Reviews Film Threat We live in an age where countless films and television shows are available in an instant, thanks to streaming and physical media. People forget that behind the scenes, there is a whole world of eager film preservationists seeking to keep our film history alive. Many of these individuals fight the ma...

Swift’s filings suggest that AI law will increasingly focus not only on protecting the work of musicians, writers, journalists and artists, but also on protecting the signals that tell audiences who is really speaking.

Taylor Swift just exposed a blind spot in AI law — and it’s bigger than copyright | Fortune Her bid to trademark signature snippets of her voice and image shows how deepfakes can slip past traditional copyright rules.

Another missing episode of the series was written by the great Roald Dahl. One other episode, “The Co**se Can’t Play,” previously resurfaced, leaving four still missing.

Film buff finds lost 1968 vampire TV movie that was rumored to be so scary, it was ordered destroyed A film buff found a lost 1968 TV movie about vampires that sparked a legend it was so terrifying it was marked for destruction, a preservation group announced.

The Cinematheque Libanaise was founded in 1999 by then-Minister of Culture Mohammed Youssef Baydoun. It was part of a series of cultural initiatives launched after UNESCO named Beirut the Arab Cultural Capital for 1999.

Despite war, Lebanon reopens film archive celebrating cinematic history The reopening marks a major effort to preserve Lebanon’s rich cinematic history.