NFSA blog entries for July 2011

Jonathan Dennis was the founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive and a champion of audio-visual preservation. Emma Kelly is visiting the NFSA to explore Jonathan’s connections to the NFSA and interview staff who worked with him.

Mick Newnham is in Latvia to provide training for the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property.

NFSA manager for Education and Touring Programs Brendan Smith reports from the QUESTNet Conference in Queensland.

Christopher Fulham writes about the video artworks he created for use in Arc cinema. The public launch of his work takes place at Arc cinema on 21 July at 5.30pm.

The NFSA was on hand at the 2011 St Kilda Film Festival to present the Audience Award for the SoundKilda Australian Music Video Competition.

The NFSA gives New Caledonians an important window to their history by providing a copy of a short documentary made in the 1920s and previously unavailable in New Caledonia.