The Film Archive Forum - viewings and Screenings

Viewings

All of the member archives of the Film Archive Forum offer onsite viewing of material in their collections to commercial and non-commercial users. Such viewings are limited to access viewing prints or tapes, and will normally be through Steenbeck table viewers for film or video playback machines. A few archives may be able to offer threatre screenings to groups. Charges will vary according to type of user and archive; some offer free viewings to non-commercial users. For details, see these archives' individual web sites.

Some archives also offer a film/video hire/loan service, including the BFI National Archive, the Imperial War Museum Film Archive, the North West Film Archive and the Scottish Screen Archive.

Screenings

All of the archives organise external screenings of the films in their collections, or supply films for outside events, film festivals etc. The BFI NationalArchive has screenings of its holdings at the National Film Theatre in London. The Imperial War Museum Film Archive regularly screens material at the IWM's cinema. The National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales organises frequent screenings at Y Drwm, the National Library of Wales's new auditorium in Aberystwyth. Other archives hold screenings at cinemas, festivals, libraries, schools, colleges and societies, for reminiscence work, and for museum exhibitions, art installations and other forms of public screenings. For details of forthcoming shows, contact the individual archives.

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Viewings and screenings