Moving Image Archiving and Preservation

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M.A. Degree Program

This two-year course of study trains future professionals to manage preservation-level collections of film, video, new media, and other types of digital works. The program provides prospective collection managers and archivists with an international, comprehensive education in the theories, methods, and practices of moving image archiving and preservation. More...

Orphan Film Symposium 7

The Orphan Film Symposium marks its seventh biennial gathering of archivists, scholars, preservationists, curators, collectors, and media artists devoted to saving, studying, and screening neglected moving images. For Orphans 7, NYU Cinema Studies is pleased to partner with its neighbor (15 blocks up), the School of Visual Arts in Chelsea. All sessions will take place in a new, state-of-the-art cinema space at 333 W. 23rd Street: the Visual Arts Theater.

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William K. Everson Collection

MIAP is proud to support the William K. Everson Collection at the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University. Visit the website highlighting some material from the collection.

Helen Hill Award

To honor the legacy of filmmaker, film educator, animator, and Columbia, SC native Helen Hill, the award will support innovative independent filmmakers. This year the award will help fund its recipient to attend the 6th Orphan Film Symposium, March 26–29, 2008, in New York City.