Film Archive Services - Engage
Licensing
You will need a licence to use any moving image material. In order to produce a licence agreement the film archive will need to know some key facts such as
The use (screening, an exhibition.)
The term (how long the project will run for, is it for one screening or a year long exhibition?)
The territory (where will you show the material, locally in your village hall, at a film festival in Europe, globally online)
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Copyright Clearance
Film archives have a good working knowledge of their collections and can advise on copyright. As the user, it is your responsibility to ensure films are cleared for your intended use. Films should not be used until the rights are cleared. The film rights are often not owned outright by film archives and archive staff may need to contact copyright holders to agree use. There may be other, third party rights that you will need to clear yourself. Time should be built into the project for this.
Collecting Archives
Depositing with Film Archives
If you make a film as part of a project what happens to the film when your project ends? As part of your heritage project you might also discover moving image material.
One easy way to ensure that they have a sustainable future is to deposit them with a film archive. This means that their long-term public accessibility and preservation will be secured.
If this is what you intend to do, it is important that you talk to the film archive when planning you project. You need to check three things:
That their collection policy covers the records and they are willing to accept them
That your budget covers the cost of their taking the archives in (archivists will refer to this as accessioning) as well as associated costs such as cataloguing
If you produce your own film you should seek written consent from anyone who appears in the film
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