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TheFilm Archive Forum represents all of thepublic sectorfilm andtelevisionarchives which care for the UK's moving image heritage. It represents the UK's public sector moving image archives in all archival aspects of the moving image, and acts as the advisory body on national moving image archive policy.
The Film Archive Forum was established in 1987 with the object of fostering an informal network of British moving image archives. Four archives sent representatives to the first meeting, but the Forum now contains eleven institutional members, representing all the national and regional public sector moving image archives of the UK. Full membership remains institutional, although others can be invited to attend Forum meetings as Observing Members. The Forum takes an interest in all the archival aspects of the moving image. It has particular interest in the preservation ofnitrate film, acetate film,videotape anddigital media; the training of archivists, acquisitions policy, standards for archives, copyright, co-operation with film laboratories, and contacts with foreign archives.
Current members of the Film Archive Forum are theBFI National Archive, theScottish Screen Archive, theNational Screen and Sound Archive of Wales, theImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive, the East Anglian Film Archive, theMedia Archive for Central England, theNorth West Film Archive, theNorthern Region Film and Television Archive, Screen Archive South East, the South West Film and Television Archive, the Wessex Film and Sound Archive, and the Yorkshire Film Archive.
The Film Archive Forum has eight observer members. They are theBritish Library, theBritish Universities Film & Video Council, the Irish Film Institute, London's Screen Archives: The Regional Network, theMuseums, Libraries and Archives Council, theNational Archives (UK), the National Council on Archives, and the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission.