FOCAL International - Federation of Commercial Audio/Visual Libraries
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Archive
An archive of FOCAL International's activities - seminars, exhibitions, networking parties, training events, and of course the FOCAL International Awards!
May
FIAT/IFTA - Media Management Commission (MMC) Seminar 2013
16-17 May 2013
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Screening the Future 2013
7-8 May 2013
Tate Modern - London
FOCAL International Awards Ceremony 2013 in association with AP Archive
2 May 2013
Lancaster London Hotel, London
Tickets on sale NOW! ... read more
April
Hot Docs 2013
25 April - 5 May 2013
Toronto-Canada
Fotofringe London 2013
24 April 2013
Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG, London
March
FOCAL International Library Managers Meeting
15 March 2013
FOCAL International, 79 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BD, Middlesex, UK
Open to FOCAL International Library Members only. ONE registration per membership please! ... read more
Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production One Day Course
5 March 2013
Central London
Discop West Asia
5-7 March 2013
Istanbul-TURKEY
East Doc Platform
4-10 March 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
February
Broadcast Video Expo 2013
26-28 February 2013
ExCeL London
Mobile World Congress 2013
25-28 February 2013
Barcelona
DocWeek
25 February - 3 March 2013
Adelaide-Australia
World Content Market
19-20 February 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
Berlinale 2013
7-17 February 2013
Berlin
January
Realscreen Summit FOCAL Member's Discount closes 11th Nov
27-30 January 2013
Realscreen Summit , Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, USA
Impact Media Summit 2013 (formerly History Makers International) Discount for FOCAL members!!!
23-25 January 2013
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Times Square, New York City
December
PARTY TODAY!!!! RAFFLE PRIZES GALORE at FOCAL Christmas Networking Party
4 December 2012
The Gallery in the Crypt, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
ARCHIDOC Workshop Paris
3-8 December 2012
Paris-FRANCE
November
20th Edition 2012 World Congress of Science and Factual Producers
27-30 November 2012
Washington, D.C , USA
Footage Technical Conference - The Impact of the Latest Technical Developments Affecting the Footage Industry
16 November 2012
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN
Footage Technical Conference - The Impact of the Latest Technical Developments Affecting the Footage Industry ... read more
footageMarketplace
15 November 2012
The Art Directors Club, 106 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001
Digital Asset Management
1-2 November 2012
Los Angeles-USA
October
DISCOP Africa 2012
31 October - 2 November 2012
Johannesburg, South Africa
DAS 2012
26 October 2012
Linwood Dunn Theatre, Hollywood, CA
The Televisual Factual Festival
24-25 October 2012
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN
9th East Silver Market, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2012
23-28 October 2012
Jihlava, Czech Republic
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival 2012
23-30 October 2012
ARCHIDOC Workshop
15-21 October 2012
Lisbon-PORTUGAL
Wildscreen Festival
14-19 October 2012
Bristol-UK
43rd Annual Conference of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
7-11 October 2012
New Delhi, India
In Transition: Access for All ... read more
September
FOCAL International Seminar - The Business of Archives
28 September 2012
Pullman London St. Pancras Hotel
Discount for FOCAL Members - REGISTER NOW!!
28 September - 2 October 2012
British Library Conference Centre, London.
FILM ARCHIVING COURSE
24-26 September 2012
Huntley Film Archive - Herefordshire
Three day residential course at working film archive with practical film handling skills, use of steenbecks, film preservation and restoration, and how to commercially exploit your collections. Contact: Caroline@huntleyarchives.com ... read more
Digital Asset Management
13 September 2012
Chicago-USA
IBC2012 Conference & Exhibition
6-11 September 2012
RAI- Amsterdam
July
San Francisco Silent Film Festival
12-15 July 2012
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
Broadcast Film & Music Festival Africa
10-11 July 2012
Oshwal Centre, Nairobi
FOCAL International Pre-Olympics Summer Networking Party
10 July 2012
The Albion, 121 Hammersmith Road, London W14 0QL
June
Sunny Side of the Doc #23
26-29 June 2012
La Rochelle, France
Sunny Side 2012 will be " as it has always been " a beacon lighting up innovative areas, distant lands, exemplary successes, and provides an opportunity to compare contradicting points of view and experiences. ... read more
All you need to know about Digital File Formats - FOCAL Int Researchers Meeting
20 June 2012
Prime Focus, 37 Dean Street, London W1D 4PT
Exclusive meeting for FOCAL International Footage Researcher Members only ... read more
Broadcast Asia
19-22 June 2012
Suntec Singapore
FOCAL International Breakfast at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012
14-15 June 2012
Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S1 1DA
Sheffield DocFest
13-17 June 2012
Sheffield, UK
BANFF World Media Festival 2012
10-13 June 2012
Banff, Canada
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
3-9 June 2012
Cannes
Brooklyn Film Festival
1-10 June 2012
indieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinema
May
IWM Screening of the "Rosie Newman's 'Britain at War' In Colour" DVD
24 May 2012
Imperial War Museum,Lambeth Road, London,SE1 6HZ
CEPIC Congress 2012
15-18 May 2012
Brick Lane, London
Annual General Meeting and Library Managers Meeting of FOCAL INTERNATIONAL
14 May 2012
79 COLLEGE ROAD, HARROW, HA1 1BD
Cannes Film Festival
9-20 May 2012
Cannes
The London Archive Film Festival
3-5 May 2012
The London Transport Museum Cinema, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7BB
BUY TICKETS HERE! FOCAL International Awards Ceremony in association with AP Archive
2 May 2012
Lancaster London Hotel, London
Focus on Footage- Footage Marketplace
1 May 2012
BAFTA,195 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LN, UK
April
HOTDOCS
26 April - 6 May 2012
Toronto
Fotofringe London 2012
26 April 2012
KINGS PLACE,90 York Way, N1 9AG ,London
NAB
14-19 April 2012
Las Vegas
MIPTV
1-4 April 2012
Cannes
March
MIPDOC
30-31 March 2012
Cannes
MIPDoc is where key international buyers, sellers, producers and commissioners of documentary and factual programmes can easily discover new content, network and do business. ... read more
BFI LONDON LESBIAN & GAY FILM FESTIVAL 2012
23 March - 1 April 2012
BFI Southbank
IP&TV World Forum
20-22 March 2012
Olympia, London
FOCAL International Jane Mercer Lecture for 2012 in Association with The RTS London Centre and BAFTA
19 March 2012
BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London W1
Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
13 March 2012
Central London
Confused by copyright? The BUFVC's Copyright Clearance one-day course is essential for those needing to copy and use existing content in their productions/services and is delivered by expert practitioners in the field. ... read more
The Spring Season 2012
1 March - 30 June 2012
Cinema Museum, London
February
DISCOP
28 February - 1 March 2012
Istanbul
AIDC Australian International Documentary Conference
27 February - 1 March 2012
Stamford Grand, Glenelg, South Australia
World Content Market
20-22 February 2012
Prague
Join our 5th year anniversary market! Start your business season in Europe, Face-to-face. World Content Market provides an effective business platform in the beginning of the year. ... read more
FOCAL International Library Managers Meeting
17 February 2012
The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries, 79 College Road, Harrow HA1 1BD, Middlesex, UK
Open to FOCAL International Library Members only. ONE registration per membership please! ... read more
Production Show
14-16 February 2012
Earl's Court 2, London
The number 1 event for film and production professionals ... read more
Broadcast Video Expo 2012
14-16 February 2012
Earls Court 2, London
La fémis - Archidoc 2011
12-14 February 2012
Paris, France
January
DocsBarcelona
31 January - 5 February 2012
Barcelona
International Documentary Film Festival. Documentary screenings and pitching forum. ... read more
Realscreen Summit 2012 (discount for FOCAL International members)
29 January - 1 February 2012
History Makers
25-27 January 2012
New York, USA
NATPE
23-25 January 2012
Fontainebleu Resort, Miami Beach
Sundance Film Festival
19-29 January 2012
Park City, Utah
December
FOCAL Christmas Networking Party
6 December 2011
The Gallery in the Crypt, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
Invitation to the FOCAL International Christmas Party & Raffle ... read more
November
World Congress of Science & Factual Producers (discount for FOCAL International members)
29 November - 2 December 2011
Paris
La fémis - Archidoc 2011
28 November - 3 December 2011
Paris, France
11th Student Film Festival and Competition
28 Nov, 2011 - 24 Feb, 2012
Imperial War Museum
Calling all Student and Amateur Filmmakers - Imperial War Museum 11th Film Festival and Competition is open to any student/amateur whose film incorporates archive from IWM collection or is made in response to its collections and exhibitions. ... read more
Sister Documentary Work in Progress Screening
28-29 November 2011
Tuebingen, Germany
Any Focal member in the area come out and see this work in progress screening!! ... read more
Sample a short course in London Media Skills Week 2011
21-25 November 2011
Skillset Media Academies across London
Broadcast Video Expo North
16-17 November 2011
Manchester
IDFA International Documentary Festival
16-27 November 2011
Amsterdam
DAM Digital Asset Management - Henry Stewart Events
14-15 November 2011
Los Angeles
Memorimage
9-12 November 2011
Reus, Spain
For this year's celebration, Memorimage presents a programme that places priority on quality and seeks out the most recent film productions and also a number of additional activities for all kind of audiences, making Memorimage a strategic point of encounter to learn about and debate on the use of archival footage. ... read more
American Film Market
2-9 November 2011
Santa Monica, California
October
Come celebrate UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with FOCAL International and BAFTA
28-29 October 2011
BAFTA, Piccadilly, London
UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
27 October 2011
Worldwide
This year's theme is - Audiovisual Heritage: See, Hear and Learn! ... read more
8th East Silver Market 2011, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
25-30 October 2011
Jihlava, Czech Republic
PACA 16th International Conference, Picture Archive Council of America
21-23 October 2011
New York, USA
This year, the coonference will be in Midtown at the New York Marriott East Side. The Conference will run from Friday, October 21st, to Sunday, October 23rd, immediately following Visual Connections NY on Thursday, October 20th ... read more
DocLisboa
20-30 October 2011
Lisbon
Copyright Advice from Experts
19 October 2011
Central London
An essential one-day course for those needing to copy and use existing content in their productions and services, delivered by expert practitioners in the field. ... read more
La fémis - Archidoc 2011
17-22 October 2011
Lisbon, Portugal
Home Movie Day
15 October 2011
Worldwide
Sportel
10-13 October 2011
Grimaldi Forum Monaco
MIPCOM
3-6 October 2011
Cannes
September
Final Programme Announcement for Second EUscreen Conference
15-16 September 2011
Sweden, Stockholm
DAM Digital Asset Management - Henry Stewart Events
13 September 2011
Chicago
IBC
8-13 September 2011
Amsterdam
DISCOP
6-9 September 2011
Nairobi
July
Linear Tape File Systems Seminar
14 July 2011
220 Regent Street, London
In conjunction with IBM, join ERA and our distinguished industry speakers for a 2-hour presentation and Q&A session. Join us at our seminar on 14th July, 4 - 6pm, at 220 Regent Street to hear how our customers are using this IBM technology to preserve their images while saving time and money. Places are limited so please register now. ... read more
DAM, Digital Asset Management, Henry Stewart Events
14 July 2011
New York
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival
14-17 July 2011
San Franciso
IAMHIST Conference
6-10 July 2011
Copenhagen
Non-Multiplex Cinema's upcoming events The Big Idea Meeting and Films Means Business, All Hail the Producers
5-25 July 2011
Deloitte Auditorium, London
First up is the Non-Multiplex Cinema AGM, retitled “The Big Idea Meeting” . Come and be part of the adventure on 5th July 6.30pm at the Actors Centre (West End) over a drink or two. Then there is the FILM MEANS BUSINESS next panel and networking event "All Hail the Producers" on the evening of the 25th July at the Deloitte Auditorium (City of London). ... read more
Fundraising Film & Movie Memorabilia Bazaar
2 July - 2 June 2011
Cinema Museum, London
Don't miss our next fundraising Memorabilia bazaar! This event features dealers' tables, with stills, posters, books, campaign books and publicity material, equipment, ephemera, dvds and films of all gauges, plus a Bring & Buy stall. Guests and speakers to be announced shortly! The bazaar runs from 10.00 to 17.00 and there will be refreshments available. ... read more
June
Christopher Hampton & ‘Imagining Argentina'
25 June 2011
Cinema Museum, London
From 19.30, writer and director Christopher Hampton (Dangerous Liaisons, The Quiet American, Atonement) will introduce his film Imagining Argentina (2003). ... read more
DAM Europe - Digital Asset Management, Henry Stewart Events
24 June 2011
London
The Silent Western: The Covered Wagon (1923)
23 June 2011
Cinema Museum, London
Starting at 19.30, BFI archivist John Oliver presents a programme of classic silent Westerns. ... read more
FOCAL International's Jane Mercer Memorial Lecture
22 June 2011
The London Telvision Centre, Upper Ground, London
In partnership with the Royal Television Society. The Third Lecture in memory of Jane Mercer the Chair of Focal International from 2000 to 2005. FREE to RTS and FOCAL International Members. To register, email: LondonCentreEvents@rts.org.uk or phone +44 (0)20 8892 8151 ... read more
Jane Mercer Memorial Lecture - Register NOW!
22 June 2011
London Centre
BBC Domesday: the rise, fall and restoration of an interactive masterwork' - Jane Mercer Memorial Lecture Speaker: Andy Finney, ATSF and Domesday Project Producer ... read more
BroadcastAsia Suntec
21-24 June 2011
Singapore
Sunnyside of the Doc
21-24 June 2011
La Rochelle, France
Silverdocs
20-26 June 2011
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Cannes Lions 56th International Advertising Festival
19-25 June 2011
Cannes, France
Edinburgh International Film Festival
15-26 June 2011
Scotland, UK
Banff TV Festival
12-15 June 2011
Banff, Canada
EditFest
10-11 June 2011
Director's Guild of America Theater 110 W57th Street, New York
$249 per person - $199 for students (with proper I.D.), members of partner organizations, user groups, Mewshop Six Week Alumni and previous EditFest attendees. ... read more
Digital Asset Management Symposium
8-9 June 2011
New York, USA
Sheffield DocFest
8-12 June 2011
Sheffield
Discount available for FOCAL Internationalk members, Contact info@focalint.org ... read more
Media R&D Event
7 June 2011
UCL, London
From the autumn, a monthly 'Media Institute MidWeek' event series will be held, combining brief talks - one academic one industry on a common theme - with an after-work drink! Come to a preview event 7th June at UCL, 6-8pm ... read more
Insight 360 - The BVA and The Industry Trust
7 June 2011
Milibank Tower, London
The BVA and The Industry Trust Invite You To Insight 360. ... read more
Brooklyn Film Festival
3-12 June 2011
indieScreen and Brooklyn Heights Cinema
Brooklyn Film Festival, PLOT Edition. For Films, Showtimes, Events, Tickets go to http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org Presented by Samsung Mobile ... read more
FOCAL International AGM and Library Manager's Meeting
1 June 2011
FOCAL International, 79 College Road, Harrow, HA1 1BD
AGM 11.00 Library Managers' Meeting 13.00 A sandwich lunch is being provided courtesy Abbott Data Store Register by email to info@focalint.org ... read more
May
DISCOP East 19
21 May - 23 June 2011
Budapest
Content and formats business Central & Eastern Europe ... read more
CEPIC
18-22 May 2011
Istanbul
FOCAL International Awards 2011 in association with AP Archive
11 May 2011
Lancaster London Hotel
In association with AP Archive. Gala dinner and Awards ceremony celebrating the use of footage archive images in the creative media. ... read more
64th Cannes Film Festival
11-22 May 2011
Cannes, France
April
March
IPTV World Forum
22-24 March 2011
Olympia, London, UK
DISCOP
14-16 March 2011
Istanbul
Spring Season at the Cinema Museum
5 March - 25 June 2011
Cinema Museum, London
The Cinema Museum continues its fundraising campaign to secure the Museum's future with a new season of film screenings and live talks, presented by key film industry figures and film historians. ... read more
Australian International Documentary Conference
1-4 March 2011
Adelaide, South Australia
Footage Farm 10th Anniversary
1 March - 28 February 2011
London
We celebrated our 10th Anniversary with Film researchers, producers and other clients ... read more
AIDC Australian International Documentary Conference
1-4 March 2011
February
World Content Market
21-23 February 2011
Prague
A three-day international event for Television, Film, DVD/Home Video, Mobile, Interactive, Broadband and any other New Media content providers and buyers worldwide. ... read more
Broadcast Video Expo - The Production Show
15-17 February 2011
Earls Court 2, London
FREE entry with pre-registration ... read more
GSMA Mobile World Congress
14-17 February 2011
Barcelona, Spain
Berlin Film Festival
10-20 February 2011
Berlin, Germany
January
13th Realscreen Summit
31 January - 3 February 2011
Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, USA
Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org ... read more
History Makers - International Summit of History and Current Affairs Producers
26-28 January 2011
The Marriott Marquis, New York, NY, USA
Join Headliners, Filmmakers, Commissioning Editors, Journalists and Broadcasters at the only international event that brings current affairs together with living history. Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org ... read more
NATPE
24-26 January 2011
Fontainebleu, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
The only US based global content market place. ... read more
Sundance Film Festival
20-30 January 2011
Park City, Utah, USA
December
FOCAL International Christmas Party
7 December 2010
The Gallery, St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square, London
Open to members of FOCAL Intenational and colleagues only. ... read more
November
World Congress of Science and Factual Producers
30-3 November 2010
Dresden, Germany
Archidoc - archive based documentary workshop
24 November - 1 December 2010
La Femis Paris, France
Application deadline September 6, 2010 (Working language English) ... read more
IDFA, International Documentary Festival
18-28 November 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Henry Stewart DAM Conference
15-16 November 2010
LA, USA
The Art & Practice of Managing Digital Media ... read more
Memorimage
10-14 November 2010
Reus, Spain
International Festival of Films with Archival Images ... read more
Sheffield Docfest 2010
3-7 November 2010
Sheffield, UK
Special discounts available to FOCAL int members contact info@focalint.org. If FOCAL members want to get into the delegate guide, the deadline for registering is 18 October. ... read more
October
UNESCO Audiovisual Archive Day
27 October 2010
FOCAL International in association with BAFTA and Elstree will celebrate the occasion by hosting a reception. Details TBC. ... read more
Archidoc - archive based documentary workshop
18-24 October 2010
DokLeipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Develop, fine-tune and rewrite your archive-based documentary project. Anticipate production and legal issues. Re-edit, improve the trailer. Go to DokLeipzig Festival and study the Documentary Campus pitch. Pitch project to (co)producers and commissioning editors. Application deadline September 6, 2010. ... read more
Home Movie Day
16 October 2010
Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking held annually at many local venues worldwide. ... read more
FOCAL International One Day Seminar - The Business of Archives
15 October 2010
Dublin Castle, Ireland
This FOCAL International One Day Seminar: The Business of Archives precedes the FIAT/IFTA World Conference. Theme: Business Models, Marketing and Branding (covering production and financial issues) ... read more
LISBON DOCS 2010
14-24 October 2010
Visual Connections
13 October 2010
New York
Includes a panel discussion on Stock Footage: When Two Worlds Collide. Panel discussion about licensing and using footage in new media applications, from the Web to e-books. Free entry. ... read more
Wildscreen
10-15 October 2010
Bristol, UK
Global wildlife and environmental film festival ... read more
First EUscreen International Conference on Content Selection Policy and Contextualisation
7-8 October 2010
Casa del Cinema. Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, Rome, Italy
The conference will focus on contextualisation of audiovisual material. Attendance is free, but pre-registration is compulsory as the number of seats is limited. ... read more
MIPCOM 2010
4 October - 8 September 2010
Cannes, France
The world's audiovisual content market ... read more
September
Archives - Are they worth it?
22 September 2010
Pincents Manor Hotel, Pincents Lane, Calcot, Reading
This is a free event, run and organised by your local RTS and is open to all people interested in the future of television � personally and professionally. There is no need to book. ... read more
Henry Stewart DAM Conference
22 September 2010
Avenue Hotel, Chicago, USA
The Art & Practice of Managing Digital Media ... read more
FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2010
15 September - 18 October 2010
Dublin, Ireland
Hosted by RT� the colour will be GREEN!! FOCAL int members can enjoy same registration rates �500 as our industry partners FIAT/IFTA ... read more
Film Archiving Course
12-17 September 2010
Huntley Film Archives, Hereford, UK
Preservation, Evaluation, Exploitation ... read more
IBC 2010 - The world of content, management, delivery
9-14 September 2010
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
One of the most pressing problems for broadcasters the world over is how to maintain and then monetise the huge amount of material sitting languishing in their archives. ... read more
AHEAD in the CLOUD internet technologies and the impact on moving image businesses
7 September 2010
BAFTA, Piccadilly, London
The economics of media archive business and how technology does, will and could impact on revenues and costs. ... read more
DISCOP Africa
1-3 September 2010
Hilton Nairobi Hotel, Kenya
