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| Location | Paris  |
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| Country | France |
| Coordinates | 48°51′24″N 2°21′08″E / 48.856614°N 2.352222°E[1] |
The International Federation of Film Archives (French: Fédération internationale des archives du film, FIAF) was founded in Paris in 1938 by the Cinémathèque Française, the Reichsfilmarchiv in Berlin, the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.[2]
FIAF brings together the world's leading institutions in the field of moving picture heritage. Its affiliates describe themselves as "the defenders of the twentieth century's own art form". They are dedicated to the rescue, collection, preservation and screening of moving images, which are valued both as works of art and culture and as historical documents. As of April 2021, it comprises 171 institutions in 79 countries - a reflection of the extent to which preservation of moving image heritage has become a world-wide concern.[3]
- ^ COURAGE Registry, Wikidata Q64784883
- ^ See, for example, Laurent Mannoni, Histoire de la Cinémathèque française (Paris: Gallimard, 2006); Haidee Wasson, Museum movies: The Museum of Modern Art and the birth of art cinema (Berkeley, Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005); Christophe Dupin, "The origins and early development of the National Film Library: 1929-1936", Journal of Media Practice, 7.3, 2006; Rolf Aurich, "Cinéaste, collector, National Socialist: Frank Hensel and the Reichsfilmarchiv", Journal of Film Preservation, 64, April 2002; Christophe Dupin: The origins of FIAF, 1936-1938.
- ^ FIAF's Mission.