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02/10/2026

Film Atlas continues to expand with a host of recently published essays covering widescreen, large-format, aroma-infused and digital technologies from between 1927 and the present. Which are you most curious to learn more about?

Discover all essays at www.filmatlas.com

10/09/2026

FIAF Commissions’ Thursday Online Workshop:

“Restitution and the Moving Image: Book Presentation + Discussion”

Registrations are still open for the next Thursday Online Workshop, which will take place on Thursday 17 September 2026 at 10am (CST)/5pm (CET). The event is free of charge but places are limited. The presentation will be in English, while public interaction can be made in English or Spanish.

Register here by 14 September: https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/training-events/Commissions-Thursday-Workshops-2026-09-17-registration.html

01/09/2026

Applications are now open for the 11th edition of the Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop India 2026 (FPRWI 2026) - an initiative of Film Heritage Foundation in association with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) supported by Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation, Tata Trusts and Kodak.

Workshop dates - November 21 – 28, 2026
Venue - Assam Administrative Staff College, Jawaharnagar, Khanapara, Guwahati – 781022, Assam.

This 7- day workshop, open to applicants from all over the world, includes both lectures and small group sessions on analogue film identification, repair and restoration, digitization and digital preservation and restoration, cataloguing, library sciences, paper and photograph conservation, programming, and much more. Classes will be followed by daily evening screenings of restored films from around the world.

Please download the form from the ‘File’ option in the below link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i_5eZkZDU7TpkiBQHoTnctGtgsknHmYW/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111004528489630805100&rtpof=true&sd=true

Please follow the instructions from this link to submit the form https://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/film-preservation-restoration-workshop-india-2026/

28/08/2026

Now live on Film Atlas!

Six new essays are now available, free and open to everyone.

Discover these latest additions, which focus on motion picture technologies from the United Kingdom, India, Japan and the United States.

A collaboration between the George Eastman Museum and FIAF.

Explore them all at www.FilmAtlas.com.

20/08/2026

REMINDER: Applications for registration are open for the second annual Education & Outreach Autumn Lab, jointly organized by FIAF and the Deutsche Kinemathek. It will take place on 19 and 20 October, immediately before the next edition of the Deutsche Kinemathek's Film Restored festival.

Registration closes on Monday 31 August 2026. More information on the Lab and how to apply are available here: https://www.fiafnet.org/.../2026-fiaf-education-outreach.

30/07/2026

Applications for registration are now open for the second annual Education & Outreach Autumn Lab, jointly organized by FIAF and the Deutsche Kinemathek. It will take place on 19 and 20 October, immediately before the next edition of the Deutsche Kinemathek's Film Restored festival.

Applications are open until Monday 31 August 2026. More information on the Lab and how to apply are available here: https://www.fiafnet.org/pages/Training/2026-fiaf-education-outreach-autumn-lab.html

08/07/2026

FIAF Commissions’ Thursday Online Workshop:
“An Expanded Approach to Condition Reporting - Describing Film Related Materials”

Registrations are still open for the next Thursday Online Workshop, which will take place on Thursday 16 July 2026 at 2pm (CET). The event is free of charge but places are limited. Note that it will be conducted in English only.

https://www.fiafnet.org/thursday-workshop-16-07-2026

29/06/2026

Exciting news!

News essays are now published on filmatlas.com. As always, they are free and open to all.

A collaboration between FIAF and the George Eastman Museum.

22/06/2026

On 11 and 12 June, the DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum hosted the CinEx Lab Frankfurt 2026 in collaboration with FIAF and the CinEx research project, bringing together professionals and scholars from Europe and beyond to discuss cinema exhibitions, including the little explored yet important topic of documenting and archiving exhibitions.

The two-day programme included a number of onsite lectures and talks as well as a hybrid session aimed specifically at the FIAF community, conducted as part of the series of Thursday Online Workshops with the participation of FIAF’s Cataloguing and Documentation Commission.

Photos: FIAF/DFF.

22/06/2026

Issue No.31 of the FIAF BULLETIN ONLINE (June 2026) is out!

Read the latest news from FIAF affiliates, FIAF, other associations in the audiovisual archiving field, and FIAF Supporters, on the Calameo platform, on download the Bulletin as a PDF.

Read the latest news from FIAF affiliates, FIAF, other associations in the audiovisual archiving field, and FIAF Supporters.