Activities
of the FILM ARCHIVE include special storage, maintenance,
preservation and restoration of films and audiovisual material of
Slovak production, and in accordance with regulations of the International
Federation of Film Archives FIAF , it also restores a selection
of significant films of foreign origin. The Archive is administered
by the SFI as a significant part of the Slovak cultural heritage
and state-protected national property. The materials owned by and
collected in the Archive can be lend to film professionals and educational
establishments according to the Lending
Rules.
There
are 357 full-length feature films of Slovak production in
the SFI Archive, so far. The list of films and more information
on each title is available in the Film
Database and the list of
titles is in the catalogue of films (see the bottom of the
page). Among the films, 156 come with subtitles in foreign languages .
The Archive collections also include 3,157 short and medium-length
films , 66 of them in foreign languages , and 295
unique historical documentary materials made after 1895. Altogether,
the Archive preserves 3,546 Slovak and 4,278 foreign
films, 212 issues of the Nástup weekly (from 1938
and later), 2,316 issues of the Week in Film (since
1945), 364 of Czechoslovak Film Weekly (since 1957), 156 of The
World in Film (since 1958), 180 of Sonda (since
1976) and 73 episodes of the Školfilm series.
The
Archive also provides research services, study screenings
and viewing and selection of material on the editing desk. It also
provides film material for the production of documentaries, retrospectives
and audiovisual programmes.
Contact:
Hana Válková, Film Archive, tel.: +421-2-57101540, fax:
+421-2-5296 3461, e-mail: festival@sfu.sk
Opening hours:
Monday:
10 a.m. – 3 a.m.
Tuesday:
10 a.m. – 3 a.m.
Wednesday:
10 a.m. – 3 a.m.
Thursday:
10 a.m. – 3 a.m.
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