Yesterday at the ACE Regional Meeting at the Grand Cinema Urania in Budapest for the FIAF Congress, more than 50 colleagues from film archives from all over Europe were present.

Sandra Den Hamer has opened the meeting by inviting all the colleagues to briefly introduce themselves, then proceeded to give an update on the Season of Classics and Ellen Harrington presented the Artekino Classics platform.

Anna Fiaccarini has invited all the members to the ACE Workshop which will take place on June 28th in Bologna, during Il Cinema Ritrovato festival, and to the General Assembly on June29th at MaMbo Museum in Bologna.

Rui Machado has suggested the following theme for the workshop: “The Knowledge Preservation”. This subject focuses on the idea that film heritage institutions will have to keep alive within them the accumulated knowledge about the analogue heritage, its nature, its technique, its history, which allowed its best possible conservation and its exhibition over the years,

We are open for suggestions and topic. Please send them to our address: ace@ace-film.eu