Northern Ireland Now: Contemporary Collecting
Now in its second phase, Northern Ireland Now: Contemporary Collecting is an innovative project seeking to address underrepresentation in the Digital Film Archive.
About the Project
Northern Ireland Now: Contemporary Collecting is an innovative outreach and digitisation project from Northern Ireland Screen and Nerve Centre, aimed at increasing representation in the Digital Film Archive — a database containing hundreds of hours of moving image footage from 1887 to the present day.
We are now in the second phase of this project, with lots of events, workshops, and community initiatives coming up. If you would like to get involved, please email our Project Coordinator Elspeth Vischer.
Community Collaboration
The project gives voice to and prioritises material relating to underrepresented communities including ethnic minorities, diversity of religious belief, disabled people, neurodivergent people, LGBTQIA+ individuals and working-class communities (especially young men), to address imbalances in our collections.
In phase one we met with wonderful community groups across Northern Ireland, and had the pleasure of working with rural groups in Hilltown, the Belfast-based ImageNation and Anaka Women's Collective, Selkies in Portaferry, community groups in Omagh, SPUDS in Portadown and creative media students in Derry.
Diversifying Northern Ireland's Film Archives
Explore Collection
Visit the Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive to explore over 120 pieces of video content collected from each community group.
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Funding
Northern Ireland Now is increasing access to archival material with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery, led by Northern Ireland Screen.
