FOCAL Awards

Great pictures of winners at FOCAL International Awards 2012 on.fb.me/IPdpWf @SENNAmovie @ITNSOURCE @footage @ESPN_Films @britishpathe

Sue Malden presents the award to Rick. "Absolutely wonderful" "a moment of emergence for all us" "an affirmation of our industry" Rick

Award 19: Lifetime Achievement of the Year. Sponsored by Focal International goes to Rick Prelinger @footage

Paul Bell from Senna collects award "slightly embarrassed" "this is not for me"

WE are delighted to announce that the winner of the special Award in 2012 is the Senna - Footage Archive Research Team @sennamovie

Nominations are AP Archive @APArchive British Pathe @BritishPathe Journeyman Pictures @JourneymanVOD

"a very proud moment for British Pathe"

The Award for Footage Library of the Year goes to the British Pathe @britishpathe

Footage Library of the Year. Sponsored by Iron Mountain @IronMountainEUR decided through a poll of FOCAL International Researcher members.

The Award for Best Archive Restoration Title goes to the 'A Trip to the Moon' (1902) - Color version. bit.ly/IvxM8W

Nominations are 'A Trip to the Moon (1902) - Color version', 'Shoes (1916)', 'The Loves of Pharaoh (Das Weib des Pharao) (1922)'

Award 16: Best Archive Restoration Title. Sponsored by ERA and For A.

"great to be accepted into Unesco" whc.unesco.org/en/list

The Award for Best Archive Restoration Project goes to the Desmet Collection

The nominations are 'Desmet Collection', 'ITN Digital Archive', 'Tales from the Shipyard - This Working Life'

Award 15: Best Archive Restoration Project. Sponsored by BBC Studios and Post Production.

Denis Karam "without you looking after our past our future could be forgotten"

The Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year Award goes to Denis Karam.

Over to Award 14: The Jane Mercer Footage Researcher of the Year sponsored by AP Archive @APArchive

"the whole point of this film was to tell the truth - the truth was in the footage" Senna team.