| The European Film Gateway – A Portal for Film Archives The European Film Gateway (EFG) is unlocking the richness of Europe's film archives for Europeana users and cinema lovers all over the world. Today, digitised collections of moving images and film-related material are growing fast, yet many of these materials are inaccessible because they are stored on local servers or physical storage media only. Initiated by the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) and the Europeana Foundation, EFG project is developing an online portal, which will provide unprecedented access to more than 700.000 digital objects. This unique collection includes feature and short films, images, posters, film set drawings, photos, sound material and text documents. The EFG consortium unites 21 partners in a ground-breaking alliance to deliver technology and content, among them 15 European film archives and cinémathèques. EFG addresses a number of key issues for access to digital content, namely, technical and semantic interoperability, metadata standards as well as best practices for rights' clearance and IPR management of cinematographic works. The Deutsches Filminstitut - DIF e.V. co-ordinates the project, which is co-funded by the Community programme eContentplus. The EFG project started in September 2008 and will end in 2011. By mid-2010 a first version of the web portal will be accessible online. The European Film Gateway and EuropeanaThe European Film Gateway will be linked to Europeana, enabling users to explore not only the film-related material but also related holdings in Europe's museums and galleries, archives, libraries and audio-visual organisations. Expected Results
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ContactsGeorg Eckes, Project Coordinator EFG Project |
- co-funded by the European Union
