East Anglian Film Archive

East Anglian Film Archive
The entrance to The Archive Centre, which contains the EAFA
LocationThe Archive Centre, Martineau Lane, Norwich NR1 2DQ, Norwich, United Kingdom
TypeFilm archives
Established1976
AffiliationUniversity of East Anglia
Period covered1896-present
Building information
BuildingThe Archive Centre
Websiteeafa.org.uk

The East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA) is a specialist archive of filmed heritage, and it is the regional film archive for the East of England.[1] It collects and preserves film and videotape primarily from the Eastern counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.[2]

History

The Archive was founded in 1976 by David Cleveland, who was Archivist until 2004.[2] The Archive is contained in a purpose-built building in the Norfolk Archive Centre at County Hall, Norwich. The collection has been owned and managed by the University of East Anglia since 1984.[3]

The collection

The collection holds nationally and internationally important collections of film and video dating from 1896.[4][2] The collections include videotapes and reels from BBC East and ITV Anglia.[5] The Archive also holds the film library of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers.[6][7] This collection contains films from the Institute's regional or international competitions, as well as films submitted as part of sponsored competitions from newspapers such as the Daily Mail. The collection includes a nationally important collection of 142 films made by women filmmakers from 1920s to the 1980s.[8][7]

Projects within the EAFA

The EAFA has engaged in projects that help to highlight different aspects of its collection. Invisible Innovators: Making Women Filmmakers Visible Across The UK Film Archives, is a project that was commissioned by Film Archives UK 'to explore the current scale and scope of the holdings of women's amateur filmmaking within the regional and national film and media archives.'[7]

References

  1. ^ Gomes, Maryann (1995). "Value and role of regional film archives in Great Britain". Journal of Film Preservation. 24 (50): 58–61. ProQuest 235921745.
  2. ^ a b c Cleveland, David (2009). Films were made. Volume 1, The region at work : a look at films and filmmakers in the east of England 1896-1996 through films in the East Anglian Film Archive. David Cleveland. ISBN 9780955827129.
  3. ^ "UEA Archives and Special Collections". Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  4. ^ Cleveland, David. "East Anglian Film Archive". Framework (13): 44–45. ProQuest 1311780931.
  5. ^ "East Anglian Film Archive". Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  6. ^ "The Video Library". IAC - the Film & Video Institute. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b c Johnston, Keith M. (2023-05-22). "Back into Focus: Women Filmmakers, the Amateur Trade Press and 1960s British Amateur Cinema". Gender & History. doi:10.1111/1468-0424.12702. ISSN 0953-5233.
  8. ^ S. Hill & K.M Johnston (2020). "Making women amateur filmmakers visible: reclaiming women's work through the film archive". Women's History Review. 29 (5): 875–889. doi:10.1080/09612025.2019.1703541. S2CID 199271840.