Be at the vanguard of developing the future landscape of Screen Heritage.
There is a growing public appetite for Screen Heritage content – be it documentaries, shorts, public information films, feature restorations, rep screenings, home movies or found footage – and this appetite cuts across age, demographics and location.
Digital advances and new resources present a massive opportunity to access a wealth of archive material and deliver it to these new audiences in innovative and exciting ways.
How will we take advantage of this unique moment to ensure Screen Heritage content stays a vital, future proof and an inspiring part of all future programming?
What is it?
This Innovation Lab will bring together a group of highly imaginative minds from film archive and film exhibition to unlock the future of Screen Heritage. No speakers, keynotes, or formal panels, this is a peer-led forum encouraging collaboration through facilitated discussion and creative workshops.
The day will be led by Robin Baker (Head Curator, BFI National Archive) and Kate Taylor (ICO), with debate sparking contributions from dynamic exhibitors, visual art curators, forward thinking archivists, audience experts and event cinema specialists.
With a focus on exploring future models for delivery of archive material, we will:
- map innovative approaches across the UK for inspiration and potential partnerships;
- study big and small success stories and identify what’s scalable;
- explore value, presentation, and priorities;
- develop strategies for audience development;
- look forward – to identify specific goals from an energetic, ambitious Screen Heritage cohort.
Come away with:
- models of good practice;
- inspiration for the future;
- practical and real project ideas;
- a strategy for integrating Screen Heritage plans;
- contacts, potential partners, and a network committed to Screen Heritage in all its myriad forms.
Who is this Lab for?
We are looking for 25 motivated and imaginative archivists and exhibitors who want to share practices, expertise and specialist skills, who want to look forward, and who want to play a role in designing the Screen Heritage experiences of the future.
Participants should have 3 years’ film industry experience, which may be paid or voluntary, continuous or non-continuous. If you have any queries about this, please get in touch.
Supported by Creative Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, which is funded directly by industry through the Skills Investment Fund (SIF), as well as by the National Lottery via the BFI.
