links
The following links include some of the organisations and partners we have been working with. We hope it will also encourage you to find out more about other film archives and their work. If you work for any of the organisations whose web sites are listed, and have recently changed contact details, please don't hesitate to email and let us know.
Please be aware that the Yorkshire Film Archive is not responsible for the content of these external sites.
UK Film Archive Forum
The Film Archive Forum represents all of the public sector film and television archives which care for the UK's moving image heritage. The site will give you an overview of the development of interest and support for the care of our moving image heritage, as well as direct links to the national and regional member organisations, and observer bodies. Visit site
East Anglian Film Archive
Covers the East Anglian region, including Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Visit site
Northern Region Film and Television Archive
Covers County Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley and Tyne and Wear. Visit site
North West Film Archive
Covers Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. Visit site
Screen Archive South East
Covers the South East region, including Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Kent, Medway, Surrey, and West Sussex. Visit site
South West Film and Television Archive
Covers the South West region, including Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset. Visit site
Wessex Film and Sound Archive
Covers central Southern England, including Hampshire, East Dorset, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight. Visit site
Screen Yorkshire
Screen Yorkshire is the gateway to the best in film, broadcast and interactive media in Yorkshire and Humber, and works to develop the film, broadcast, computer games and digital media industries in Yorkshire. Visit site
Yorkshire Forward
Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency for Yorkshire and the Humber region. Visit site
York St John University
The Yorkshire Film Archive is located in the Fountains Learning Centre, part of York St John University, in York. Visit site
Heritage Lottery Fund
'The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage. From our great museums and historic buildings to local parks and nature reserves to recording and celebrating traditions, customs and history, HLF grants open up our nation’s heritage for everyone to enjoy. Over the last ten years we have awarded over 3 billion to more than 15,000 projects across the UK.' Visit site
Arts Council
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery. Visit site
Yorkshire Museums, Libraries and Archives
YMLAC is the regional development agency for museums, libraries and archives in Yorkshire and the Humber. Visit site
FIAF
The International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) brings together institutions dedicated to rescuing films both as cultural heritage and as historical documents. Founded in Paris in 1938, FIAF is a collaborative association of the world's leading film archives whose purpose has always been to ensure the proper preservation and showing of motion pictures. Today, more than 120 archives in over 65 countries collect, restore, and exhibit films and cinema documentation spanning the entire history of film. Visit site
National Media Museum
The National Media Museum was founded in 1983 and is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. It is located in Bradford and has more than three million items of historical, social and cultural value in its collection.
In the TV Heaven Gallery in the Museum you can see material from the YFA-led project, Putting You in the Picture (A History of Regional Television in Yorkshire). Visit site
BBC
In 2005 the BBC 2 six-part Nation on Film series examined social history across the UK through historic film and moving image. The programmes included material from the YFA collections with features on life in a York school during the 1950s; the poverty-stricken streets of Leeds during the same era; and rare footage of the arrival of some of the first Asian immigrants to Bradford. Visit site
ITV Yorkshire
ITV Yorkshire's broadcasting includes the popular series, The Way We Were, looking at aspects of life in Yorkshire with footage from the Yorkshire Film Archive's collections together with interviews with donors and their families, memories of childhood, work, leisure and travel, as documented by amateur filmmakers from across the region. Visit site
Moving History (AHRB Centre for Film and Television Studies)
This research guide to the United Kingdom’s twelve public sector moving image archives presents detailed information on these fascinating and valuable film and television collections. It is another essential starting point if you are interested in finding out more about historic film collections across the country. Visit site
Mojomedia
Mojomedia is a video production company based in the North of England, with whom YFA are working on a number of different projects. Visit site
Steps in Time
Through the Renaissance Partnership initiative, YFA has been working with Leeds Museums and Mojomedia to create a contemporary filmed history of the story of dance in Leeds. This website is a 'sneak-peek', where you can view some snippets of footage that will form part of eight films to be shown in the new Leeds City Museum in September 2008. Visit site
My World My Things
Five contemporary films about young Bradford residents and their sense of fashion. A joint Renaissance Partnership project, involving Bradford Museums, YFA, and Mojomedia. Visit site
My Yorkshire - Hear My Story
Everyone has a tale to tell. My Yorkshire helps communities to become digital storytellers in partnership with museums, libraries and archives - combining the age-old art of storytelling with multimedia. Explore and discover personal stories from across the region ... Visit site
European Home Movies Net Project
This project aims to produce and distribute cine documentaries linked to the European identity, produced by filmmakers from different European countries using material from home movie archives. Visit site
