The pulling down of a Fairy Thorn is a risky business, as the archive above attests.
Would you do it?

#Folklore #Ireland #Archive #FilmArchive

The pulling down of a Fairy Thorn is a risky business, as this archive attests.
Would you do it?

https://youtu.be/L7iOaKjVpOo?feature=shared

#FairyThorn #Folklore #Ireland #Archive #FilmArchive

It's #AmeliaEarhartDay
#AmeliaEarhart #WomenPioneers
She was so iconic. Designed her own fashion label to raise money to fly. She was descended from Derry people so it's all the better that she landed in Gallagher's field having completed the first solo Transatlantic flight by a woman.
And here she is, just after landing.

This is one of my favourite archive films. Look at her! #Legend
#FilmArchive #Archive #Derry #NorthernIrelqnd

https://digitalfilmarchive.net/media/amelia-earhart-landing-in-derry-117

This is the staff pick from our film archives for this month. It's by #Irish artist cbakl who creates modern trip hop, using spoken word and beats beautifully.
'Lovers' was first performed at #TradFest in #Dublin. It's gorgeous.

#Music #TripHop #FilmArchive #Archive

https://digitalfilmarchive.net/news/dfa-staff-pick-lovers-by-cbakl-1308

I love it when my job and my passion come together. In today's archive work, two bits of #IrishCycling history.
The Tour of the North from 1959 or 1960, going through maybe Downpatrick? And An Rás from 1960 (the notes aren't clear).
You can see both films here:
https://digitalfilmarchive.net/media/amharc-aneas-view-from-the-south-1732

https://digitalfilmarchive.net/media/sport-in-northern-ireland-1870
#cycling #Irish #Ireland #AnRás #TourOfTheNorth #Archive #TVArchive #FilmArchive

This is a lot of fun!
#FilmArchive #London
The Great When? A London-through-time quiz
https://www.monkeon.co.uk/the-great-when/

The next night, no gig but off to London for an award ceremony. #Focal #Archive #FilmArchive #TVArchive

My article on an important creative response to archives.

The Looking Glass Anthology: Artistic interpretations of the NI Digital Film Archive – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2022/08/17/the-looking-glass-anthology-artistic-interpretations-of-the-ni-digital-film-archive/

#Archive #NorthernIreland #FilmArchive #PublicHistory

@norniron

This is going to be amazing!
Phil is an incredible composter. The archive lends itself perfectly to his work.
And the involvement of the Ulster Orchestra promises to make this very special.

Phil Kieran Album Launch with the Ulster Orchestra - Strand Cinema Belfast
https://www.strandartscentre.com/events/phil-kieran-album-launch-with-the-ulster-orchestra/

@norniron
#Archive #FilmArchive #StrandCinema #Cinema #NorthernIreland #Music #orchestral

This is going to be amazing!
Phil is an incredible composter. The archive lends itself perfectly to his work.
And the involvement of the Ulster Orchestra promises to make this incredible.

Phil Kieran Album Launch with the Ulster Orchestra - Strand Cinema Belfast
https://www.strandartscentre.com/events/phil-kieran-album-launch-with-the-ulster-orchestra/

@norniron
#Archive #FilmArchive #StrandCinema #Cinema #NorthernIreland #Music #orchestral

This event from BEAMA is going to be gorgeous. Really looking forward to it. The use of our archive looks stunning.
https://beama.education/event/all-points-live-003/
#BEAMA #Belfast #Archive #FilmArchive #DJ #Music

This is a piece I wrote for the Irish Times, exploring what archives can tell us about our past. It's so much more than news stories and historical events.

Seeing the future through the past: Searching for more than history in Northern Ireland’s stories – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/seeing-the-future-through-the-past-searching-for-more-than-history-in-northern-ireland-s-stories-1.4815171
#Archive #ExploreYourArchive #NorthernIreland #History #Ireland #FilmArchive

This is the power of film archive and especially of private collections.

The mundane becomes fascinating and vital over time, but especially when it captures the moment before a historical event.

‘A small victory against erasure’: the three minutes that bring an exterminated Jewish past to life | Film | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/24/a-small-victory-against-erasure-the-three-minutes-that-bring-an-exterminated-jewish-past-to-life
#FilmArchive #Archive

Slow TV is a project that uses the beautiful film from our archive to create hours of uninterrupted film, designed to help you while away the hours in gentle nostalgia.
Tonight, the celebrities that visited Northern Ireland, the countryside, and sport of yesteryear.
#SlowTV #FilmArchive #TVArchive

https://www.dfaslowtv.com/

Slow TV is a project that uses the beautiful film from our archive to create hours of uninterrupted film, designed to help you while away the hours in gentle nostalgia.
Tonight, the celebrities that visited Northern Ireland, the countryside, and sport of yesteryear.
#SlowTV #FilmArchive #TVArchive

Come along to learn more about our work with the UTV Archive. Lots of lovely clips and a fascinating look at the preservation of film archive.

"Lesser Spotted Archive: The Story of UTV, PRONI and Northern Ireland Screen"

#ExploreYourArchive #Archive #TVArchive #TV #TVHistory #NorthernIreland #FilmArchive

Date: Thu, Dec 1 • 14:00 GMT

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lesser-spotted-archive-the-story-of-utv-proni-and-northern-ireland-screen-tickets-464962644787?aff=eand

This is amazing news!
https://digitalfilmarchive.net/news/arrival-official-selection-vaeff-1292

The Looking Glass Anthology is a project that allowed four artists to delve into the Digital Film Archive & create responses to the films they found.
Elma Orkestra reimagined their track 'Arrival'.
The other artists are Matt McGinn, Rachael Boyd & Stephen Sexton.
You can watch them all here. They are all utterly beautiful.
https://digitalfilmarchive.net/news/the-looking-glass-anthology-1273
#Archive #TVArchive #PublicHistory #FilmArchive #FilmFestival #VAEFF

I'm going to talk about my work & send you into the wormhole that is #FilmArchive.
I'm Access & Outreach Officer for the Digital Film Archive at Northern Ireland Screen
The DFA is a collection of 1000s of films focussing mainly on collections from #NorthernIreland. The largest one is of #UTV but we also have private collections, historical #film, #Tourism, commercial and independent #filmmaker works.
www.digitalfilmarchive.net
Let's look at some of my favourites...