Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF
Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF
Journal of Film Preservation - FIAF
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• Rental <strong>of</strong> film materials<br />
The archive’s material is accessible to all users from Slovenia and from<br />
abroad. It may be used for study, scientific and research activity, cultural<br />
and educational goals and for commercial purposes. Rental is carried out<br />
in accordance with valid archival law, with regulations requiring special<br />
application and according to the terms specified by those who had<br />
deposited the films. The viewing and the selection are made on an<br />
editing table. Those films which have been transferred to videotape are<br />
viewed on a VCR. When an individual or an institution wants to rent a<br />
film to screen it or copy it to tape, the archive signs a contract with them<br />
stipulating conditions <strong>of</strong> use.<br />
• Copyrights<br />
According to the Law <strong>of</strong> authors’ rights and related rights (Official<br />
Gazette RS 21/95) users must respect the moral and other rights<br />
pertaining to archival films. The Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive keeps detailed<br />
records <strong>of</strong> rentals. Users are obliged to pay rights for subsequent use.<br />
• International co-operation<br />
From the very beginning the Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive has collaborated with<br />
the Jugoslovenska Kinoteka in Belgrade, as it was the only pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
institution specialising in the storage <strong>of</strong> films in the former Yugoslavia.<br />
Since then, it has established good relations with Hrvatska kinoteka in<br />
Zagreb, Kinoteka na Makedonija from Skopje and with the film archive<br />
<strong>of</strong> Bosnia and Herzegovina now being established. Co-operation with the<br />
Austrian film archives in Vienna, Bundesarchiv-<strong>Film</strong>archiv in Koblenz,<br />
Czech film archive in Prague and the Institute Luce in Rome together<br />
with the Bois d’Arcy in France is remarkably successful.<br />
• Affiliation with <strong>FIAF</strong><br />
The Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive had not been a member <strong>of</strong> the International<br />
Federation <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> Archives (<strong>FIAF</strong>) prior to the independence <strong>of</strong> Slovenia<br />
in 1991. Due to the decision <strong>of</strong> the Executive Committee, held in Oslo<br />
(Norway) on May 26th, 1993, the Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive had become a<br />
provisional member. Soon after the establishment <strong>of</strong> the ACE in 1996 the<br />
Archives was among the first to join this organisation.<br />
• Institution and status <strong>of</strong> the Employees<br />
The Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive functions as an organisational unit within the<br />
archives <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> Slovenia. The archive’s activity is funded by<br />
this budget. It also utilizes funds derived from its commercial income.<br />
Seven staff members are employed by the Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive. Duties<br />
include management, pr<strong>of</strong>essional processing, technical processing, rental<br />
<strong>of</strong> films and video cassettes, the stills library and technical management.<br />
• Perspectives<br />
The Slovene <strong>Film</strong> Archive is the main institution for the storage and<br />
preservation <strong>of</strong> the Slovene film heritage. During the years <strong>of</strong> its activity<br />
it has collected, and technically and pr<strong>of</strong>essionally processed more than<br />
90% <strong>of</strong> the Slovene film production. In the future the Slovene <strong>Film</strong><br />
Archive intends to acquire new subsidized Slovene film productions. In<br />
86 <strong>Journal</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Film</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> / 58/59 / 1999