1. www.filmarchives-online.eu MEDIA Plus Pilot Project MIDAS (2006-2009) The European film heritage is kept in many different archives across Europe. Locating archival films can be a complex and costly process. Language barriers and the scarcity of information opportunities are complicating access. filmarchives online … is the result of the MIDAS project (Moving Image Database for Access and Re- use of European Film Collections). … provides access to moving image collection information of 18 European archives … allows the search in content descriptions and other metadata of archival databases. … focuses non-fiction material.

2. www.filmarchives-online.eu Participating Institutions British Film Institute (London) Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv (Berlin) Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique (Brussels) Cineteca di Bologna DEFA Stiftung (Berlin) Deutsche Kinemathek (Berlin) Deutsches Filminstitut – DIF (Frankfurt) EYE Film Institute (Amsterdam) Fondazione Cineteca Italiana (Milan) IWF Knowledge and Media (Göttingen) LICHTSPIEL-Kinemathek Bern Magyar Nemzeti Digitalis Archivum (Budapest) Národní Filmový Archiv (Prague) Nasjonalbiblioteket (Oslo) Reelport.com (Cologne) [associated] Slovenska Kinoteka (Ljubljana) Tainiothiki tis Ellados (Athens)

3. www.filmarchives-online.eu Finding Moving Images in European Collections Number of film works28.000...under no. of film titles50.000 Number of film copies58.000 Number of content descriptions41.000 Content descriptions in English18.000 Content descriptions in German15.000 Content descriptions in Dutch2.200 Content descriptions in Italian1.800 Content descriptions in Lithuanian1.400 Content descriptions in Czech1.200 Content descriptions in French500 Other900

4. www.filmarchives-online.eu MEDIA Plus Pilot Project MIDAS (2006-2009) Still… …most film materials which can be found in filmarchives-online are not yet digitised …information about rights holders is scarce (at best) …information about terms of use and available licenses for individual titles is scarce (at best) …users need to identify, write and talk to various individuals and organisations before they can use the content …progress in standardisation and documentation in film archives during the last 4 years is not reflected on filmarchives- online