Journal of Film Preservation Journal Dans ce numéro... In this issue... En este número... 65 12 / 2002 of Film ANTTI ALANEN Head of Programming at the JANET MCBAIN Curator at the Scottish Screen Preservation Finnish Film Archive (Helsinki) Archive (Glasgow) CAMILLE BLOT-WELLENS investigadora - KATE MCLOUGHLIN Manager of Outreach colaboradora en la Filmoteca Española (Madrid) Programs, ScreenSound Australia, audio-visual archivist (Canberra) PAOLO CHERCHI USAI Senior Curator of the Motion Picture Department of the George Eastman House KASANDRA O’CONNELL Head of the Irish Film (Rochester) Archive (Dublin) STEFAN DROESSLER Director of the Filmmuseum - RUTGER PENNE Editor of the FIAF International Muenchner Stadtmuseum (München) FilmArchive Database and the P.I.P. 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Prix FIAF Dear Manoel de Oliveira, Dear organizers of the San Sebastián Film Festival, Ladies and Gentlemen, Premio FIAF It is a very special day for the International Federation of Film Archive. For the second time, FIAF is presenting its Film Preservation Award to a personality whose career and participation have contributed to support Discours prononcé par Iván Trujillo lors FIAF’s mission and reason to live: the preservation of moving images. de la cérémonie de remise du Prix FIAF 2002 pour la Préservation du Cinéma à This year, it was unanimously decided to present the award to the film Manoel de Oliveira, à l’occasion du director Manoel de Oliveira. Not much can be added to crown a career 50ème Festival International du Film de thoroughly praised but to say that, for many people, Manoel de Oliveira San Sebastián le 23 septembre 2002 au is a living treasure who enriches his filmography year after year. Kursaal Theatre. He is probably the only active director who started his career before the Cher Manoel de Oliveira, Chers creation of FIAF, in 1938, with Douro, faina fluvial, in 1932. From his organisateurs du Festival du Film de famous Aniki Bóbó, in 1941, until his marvellous O princípio da incerteza San Sebastián, Mesdames, Messieurs, (2002), the work of Oliveira has become a reference for the pioneers C’est un grand jour pour la Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film. and the coming generations of film preservation workers. Pour la deuxième fois, la FIAF remet Manoel de Oliveira’s encouragement to our cause has been significant, son Prix de la Préservation du Cinéma à une personne dont la carrière et le with highlights of the supports he has always given to our colleagues dévouement ont soutenu la FIAF dans of the Cinemateca Portuguesa, with whom he has actually collaborated sa mission et sa raison de vivre : la in view of the preservation of his own films. All the FIAF Affiliates préservation des images en remember his wonderful appearance at our 1999 Congress in Madrid, mouvement. masterfully organised by the Filmoteca Española. Cette année, il a été décidé à l’unanimité de décerner le prix au FIAF is dealing with preservation of all sort of stories told with moving réalisateur Manoel de Oliveira. Que images. Its 130 affiliates spread over the 5 continents, preserve around dire de plus pour couronner une three million titles of audiovisual works. Some of these, as the films of carrière abondamment louée sinon Manoel de Oliveira, are seen as samples of real pieces of art and que Manoel de Oliveira est un trésor vivant qui enrichit sa filmographie highest demonstrations of human creativity. Without exception, all are année après année. historical documents that provide priceless information on a given Il est fort probablement le seul moment. réalisateur qui commença sa carrière, avec Douro, faina fluvial en 1932, When the Award was created, it was decided that its presentation avant la création de la FIAF, en 1938. would be accompanied by the screening of