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Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF

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Los comienzos de la cinematografía eslovena<br />

remontan a 1905, año en que Karol<br />

Grossmann rodó los primeros metros de<br />

película en Ljutomer. Siguieron períodos de<br />

intensa producción (con Bester, Metod y<br />

Badjura en los aõs 20, los filmes de<br />

aficionados de los aõs 30, etc.). Antes de la<br />

segunda guerra mundial, la asociación<br />

Prosvetna Zveza y varios técnicos como el<br />

sonidista Omota y el camarógrafo Foerster,<br />

establecieron las bases de la sociedad de<br />

producción estatal creada en el período de<br />

psguerra: la Triglav <strong>Film</strong> de Ljubljana.<br />

A mayor producción, mayores necesidades<br />

de conservación. En 1964, la Secretaría<br />

Eslovena de la Cultura alarmó a los medios<br />

informados: gran parte de las películas<br />

rodadas antes y durante la guerra estaban<br />

prácticamente destruídas. La Triglav <strong>Film</strong><br />

depositó algunas películas en la Asociación<br />

Eslovena de Cineastas quien, por falta de<br />

instalaciones adecuadas, restituyó parte de<br />

los materiales al productor, depositó otra<br />

parte a la Jugolovenska Kinoteka y consignó<br />

los negativos y elementos más valiosos en la<br />

Banca Nacional.<br />

Otros hitos importantes en la historia del<br />

archivo fueron : la intervención del cineasta<br />

France Stiglic durante la Asamblea sobre<br />

educación y cultura del Parlamento el 18 de<br />

diciembre de 1964, en la que se subralló la<br />

importancia histórica del documental, la<br />

adopción de la ley de 1966 sobre los<br />

archivos, que preveía la creación de un<br />

centro de archivos, la creación, en 1968, de<br />

un Departamento cinematográfico del<br />

Registro publico de Eslovenia, cuya función<br />

era la de registrar, recolectar, conservar,<br />

salvaguardar y mantener las colecciones a<br />

disposición de los usuarios.<br />

Desde 1968, los Archivos Cinematográficos<br />

Eslovenos han preservado una parte<br />

importante de los materiales depositados<br />

hasta entonces (56 películas de los años 30 a<br />

50). En 1975, la productora Viba <strong>Film</strong><br />

depositó las bandas sonoras de las películas<br />

producidas de 1955 a 1965.<br />

En los años 80, los Archivos<br />

Cinematográficos eslovenos han podido<br />

desarrollar sus instalaciones y completar sus<br />

equipos. Fueron admitidos como Miembros<br />

Provisorios de <strong>FIAF</strong> en 1993, y como<br />

Miembros en 1999.<br />

allowed to claim compensation for the production costs <strong>of</strong> an<br />

intermediate and <strong>of</strong> one film print.<br />

• Important filmmakers and the collection <strong>of</strong> film materials<br />

The archive receives film material according to the statutory provisions<br />

as well as on the basis <strong>of</strong> deposit. At the end <strong>of</strong> 1971, three years after its<br />

foundation, the archive “has taken over or copied almost all Slovene<br />

films produced before 1945. Total volume <strong>of</strong> current acquisitions is 257<br />

titles /1314 boxes + 196 boxes <strong>of</strong> answer check prints + 7 boxes <strong>of</strong><br />

sound negative. The annual report mentioned that one film had even<br />

been purchased.”<br />

By 1974 the film collection had increased to 800 documentary and<br />

feature film titles, by 1977 the collection contained 992 titles and at the<br />

end <strong>of</strong> 1997 the Archive had collected 2,679 titles.<br />

<strong>Film</strong>s produced by Triglav <strong>Film</strong> Ljubljana and Viba <strong>Film</strong> Ljubljana<br />

represent the base and the largest part <strong>of</strong> the Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive’s<br />

collection. The most recent films were acquired in 1997. The output <strong>of</strong><br />

these two film companies comprises all film genres from feature films to<br />

short feature films and documentaries, commercials and animated films.<br />

The output <strong>of</strong> Triglav <strong>Film</strong> and Viba <strong>Film</strong> is linked to that <strong>of</strong> smaller prewar<br />

companies.<br />

• Written material, photographs, video cassettes and posters<br />

Over the period <strong>of</strong> its existence the archive has collected written material<br />

from the film producers Triglav <strong>Film</strong>, Viba <strong>Film</strong> and <strong>Film</strong> Servis. This<br />

material includes 1,619 original screenplays and scripts, 190 film posters<br />

and 78,358 photographs. The archive has 250 video cassettes.<br />

• Technical processing <strong>of</strong> archival material<br />

The first important consideration when the archive receives a film print<br />

is the technical condition<strong>of</strong> the material. Prior to storage dirty film prints<br />

are cleaned, splices are replaced, torn perforations are repaired, old<br />

boxes are replaced by new ones and a basic label from the technical unit<br />

is applied. All information is typed and every single film print is<br />

assigned a distinct identity. This is accomplished with standard records.<br />

As Slovenia has had no 35 mm film laboratory for more than two<br />

decades the Archives uses facilities abroad. Repairs and the printing <strong>of</strong><br />

partly damaged b/w film are completed by a small private laboratory in<br />

Ljubljana. This lab takes care <strong>of</strong> the telecine <strong>of</strong> film prints to video<br />

cassettes. The aforementioned cataloguing, using data gathered from<br />

editing table viewing, contains information about contents, producers,<br />

actors and other filmmakers and film history, and the inventories are<br />

thus more accurate in their descriptions <strong>of</strong> the films.<br />

• Research, publications and exhibitions<br />

Ivan Nemanic, at that time the only archivist, had numerous discussions<br />

with filmmakers. The aim <strong>of</strong> these meetings was to further the research<br />

<strong>of</strong> older film material.<br />

Nemanic began to collect documentation about the earlier film<br />

productions. He used this documentation for the preparation <strong>of</strong> the basic<br />

84 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> / 58/59 / 1999

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