Members of the audiovisual archive trade body, FOCAL International have voted AP Archive Footage Library of the Year at its annual awards event in Central London.
The award was presented by the prominent film producer and patron of FOCAL International, Lord Puttnam in front of 500 figures from the audiovisual production sector. Now in their seventh year, the FOCAL International Awards celebrate the best use of archive material across all production sectors with footage users being allowed to vote for who they believe to be the best supplier out of over 50 footage libraries.
APs Director of International Archives, Alwyn Lindsey accepted the award for AP Archive at the event held in the Royal Lancaster Hotel on April 27th. Speaking of APs win, Lindsey commented, This award means a great deal to us and is a great reward for all of the hard work that our team puts in every day. Its a great thrill to get this recognition especially as the award is given by customers theres no better endorsement than that.
AP Archive was also nominated in the category of Best Restoration & Preservation Project for its ongoing work in restoring the 3,500 hours of the lost United Press International Television News (UPITN) archive. That award was given to restoration of Michael Powells 1948 classic film, The Red Shoes, and was accepted by the film director Martin Scorsese.