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East Anglian Film Archive receives over £300,000 in funding for new home
Overview
The East Anglian Film Archive and the University of East Anglia have received a National Lottery funded project worth £374,697, including over £300,000, to help relocate their significant regional film collection to a new building on the university campus. The funding, awarded via the British Film Institute (BFI) Screen Heritage Fund, will also support digitalising vulnerable videotape materials and improving collection management systems.
Key points
- A project worth £374,697 has been funded by the National Lottery to support the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA) and the University of East Anglia (UEA).
- The funding will help move the archive collection, which documents over 130 years of East of England history, to a new building on the UEA campus.
- The grant is awarded via the British Film Institute (BFI) Screen Heritage Fund using National Lottery Good Cause funding.
- Resources will be used to digitalise vulnerable videotape materials and improve collection management systems.
- The relocation aims to make the archive more accessible to wider audiences and create new opportunities for learning and public engagement.