The Make Film History project recently won the Excellence in Unlocking the Value and Potential of Archives Award at the FIAT/IFTA Archive Achievement Awards. FIAT/IFTA is the world's leading professional association for those engaged in the preservation and reuse of broadcast archives and the project was submitted for the award by BBC Archive Editorial. The judges commented:
"This project goes beyond rights issues and opens up selected collections for creative reuse. It is a great example of a cross-border collaboration between AV archives and academia, allowing students of universities and colleges to browse, request a free download and use clips for their creative work. This innovative business model allows for engagement and provides training of young people in creative reuse of archives, showing the value of the archive as an inspirational source and supporting a practice-based education of next generations of filmmakers. It creates a solid and inspiring frame that could be adjusted by other organisations worldwide."
Awarded date
2021
Degree of recognition
International
Granting Organisations
The International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA)