FOCAL International

🎟 Early Bird tickets for the FOCAL International Awards 2026 are now on sale — and we’re keeping 2025 prices! 📍 Church House Westminster 📅 Thursday, 18 June 2026 💷 From £165 + VAT Book now: focalint.org/news-and-event… #FOCALAwards2026 #Archive #Footage #LondonEvents

Submit your entry 👇 entry.focalintawards.org/entrant/index.… Learn more: focalint.org/awards

⏰ Deadline Extended! You now have one extra week to submit entries for the FOCAL International Awards 2026. 📅 New deadline: Friday, 20 February 2026 ✨ Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year entries are FREE

📣 Save the date! The FOCAL Festival of Archives launches in London on 17 June 2026, a new event bringing the archive & footage community together. Discover collections, connect with peers & celebrate archives. More details soon!

🎬 Submissions are now OPEN for the FOCAL International Awards 2026! Celebrating the exceptional use of archival footage across film, TV, and creative media — from advertising to restoration and preservation. 🗓️ Submissions close: 13 Feb 2026 Enter now: focalint.org/awards

📢 FOCAL members can now submit their entries to the FOCAL International Awards 2026 Personnel Categories! 🏙️ Company of the Year 👉 forms.gle/vBcFvbph6ssmHi… 👥 Footage Person of the Year 👉 forms.gle/8ougUppAgEvGu9… The submissions close on 27 February 2026.

📢 This is the final week to claim the Early Bird discount for submitting entries to the FOCAL International Awards 2026! Submit your entry by Sunday, 11 January 2026, to enjoy the 10% discount. Submit your entry 👉 entry.focalintawards.org/entrant/index.…

🔔 One month left! Get 10% Early Bird discount on all submissions to the FOCAL International Awards 2026, ends 11 Jan 2026. 🎥 Submit to up to 2 categories + get an extra 10% off. Submit: entry.focalintawards.org/entrant/index.…

🗓️ Mark your calendars! The FOCAL International Awards are back for their 23rd edition at Church House Westminster (@churchhouseconf) on Thursday, 18 June 2026! 🎬✨ Submissions for Production & Restoration open on Monday, 27 October 2025! Don’t miss out! #FOCALAwards2026

🔔 The 7th issue of FOCALPoint is now available! In this Autumn 2025 edition, we bring you a recap of the FOCAL International Awards 2025, our Mentees' excursion into our members' archives, articles by IWM, Archival Ninjas, and more! 🔗 Read now: issuu.com/focalint/docs/…

@Screenocean are proud to announce Helen Walker is now part of the @FOCALint Executive Council. Helen is thrilled to be serving on the board and says 'Over the course of my career so far, FOCAL International has remained a constant source of connection and inspiration. I welcome the opportunity to give back to FOCAL by upholding its organisational values and championing the use of archival footage' #FOCALInternational #FOCAL #Archival #Footage

Join us for the Jane Mercer Memorial Lecture! 🎬 🗓 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 ⏰ 16:00 BST 📍 Online, Zoom Celebrate World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with Sonia Khan & Emma Alldis discussing the FOCAL Award-winning doc, ‘Atomic People’. Register now: focalint.org/news-and-event…

🎉 The FOCAL Pub Quizzes are back! 🎉 Join us on Wednesday, 19 November, at The Spice of Life in Central London for a cosy winter evening of quizzing, food, and fun! 🍻🧠 Team up with 5 friends or let us pair you up! 🤝 Grab your tickets now: focalint.org/news-and-event…

📷We were delighted to host the Focal International mentees yesterday at R3store Studios, where they spent the afternoon exploring the craft of Film Preparation, Scanning, Grading, and Restoration.

It was a real highlight to see 'The White House Effect' win 'Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production' at the recent @FOCALint Awards. We licensed footage towards this fascinating documentary which tells the dramatic story of the climate crisis and the political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changing the course of history. Discover more: lnkd.in/eVf6M5Pc #Documentary #TheWhiteHouseEffect #GeorgeWBush #USA #Footage

A rather warm , but otherwise fantastic night last week photographing the @FOCALint Awards in Westminster. @picsel_org A double handed job between myself and Vianney Le Caer from @Shutterstock Many congratulations to all the winners. focalint.org/awards/2025-wi…

Congratulations to the team behind The Ban—including Director Róisín Agnew and Producer/Editor Sam Howard—on receiving the award for Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production at the 2025 FOCAL International Awards. #TheBan was funded by NI Screen. #FOCAL2025 #Archive #DFA

📽️Thanks to Focal International for another fantastic awards! Congratulations to all the winners, it was great to catch up with so many of you last night. We’re looking forward to next year already.

Congratulations to the winner of the Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year award! 🏆 Sonia Khan 🏆 Atomic People #FOCALAwards2025