• The Haghefilm Fellowship
• The Pordenone Silent Film Festival Fellowship
• The Technicolor Fellowship
• The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preservation Fellowship
• Image Permanence Institute Selznick School Internship

Haghefilm Preservation Laboratories selects the recipient of the fellowship in consultation with The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. To be eligible for the fellowship, students must have successfully completed the Selznick School requirements, hold a valid passport and, when applicable, a tourist visa. The Haghefilm Fellowship must be fulfilled between July 1st and September 30th during the year of graduation.

The Haghefilm Preservation Laboratories in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, awards a fellowship to one student each year upon his or her graduation from The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. The fellowship supports the student for one month of study and archival training at the Haghefilm Laboratories, including all travel and lodging expenses. During the term of the fellowship, the student will preserve a short film from the George Eastman House Collection. The restored film is then presented internationally at festivals, museums, and conferences, including a World Premiere at Le Giornate del Cinema Muto silent film festival. Haghefilm funds transportation and lodging for the fellowship winner to attend the festival and present his or her restoration to an international audience. The student is given credit on the restored print and receives one video copy of the film.

Previous Recipients

• 1998: Catherine Cormon (Switzerland, France)
• 1999: Giovanni Schiano Lomoriello (Italy)
• 2000: Wendy Glickman (United States)
• 2001: Brigitte Paulowitz (Austria)
• 2002: Sonia Genaitay (France)
• 2003: Susan Busam (United States)
• 2004: Annette Groschke (Germany)
• 2005: Ulrich Rüdel (Germany)
• 2006: Pat Doyen (United States)
• 2007: Daniela Curro (Italy); Vincent Pirozzi (United States)
• 2008: Tatiana Carvalho (Brazil)

The Pordenone Silent Film Festival Fellowship is awarded to a student of The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation interested in the historical research and archival study of silent cinema and willing to attend the Giornate del Cinema Muto, held every year for eight days during the first half of October in the town of Pordenone, Italy.

The winner of the fellowship will be expected to work during the academic year preceding the festival on the following projects: (1) a comprehensive catalog of all the films shown during the Pordenone Silent Film Festival from 1982 to the present and (2) the annual program brochure of the festival.

In order to be eligible for the fellowship, candidates must demonstrate outstanding abilities in retrieving, copying, organizing, and editing filmographic information; editing texts from contributors to the program; handling correspondence with the festival staff and with the specialists involved in the projects; as well as managing data on computer databases. Meticulousness, efficiency, ability to handle multiple tasks, and troubleshooting skills are essential requirements for the above assignments.

The winner of the fellowship will be invited to the Pordenone Silent Film Festival immediately following graduation. Roundtrip airfare, lodging for the duration of the festival, and accreditation to the Pordenone Silent Film Festival will be provided by the festival office. The name of the recipient will be announced no later than December 31st of the year preceding the festival. By accepting the fellowship, the recipient agrees to undertake and complete the assignments outlined above in a manner satisfactory to the Board of Directors of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival by September 30th of the year in which the festival takes place. Failure to successfully meet all assignments will result in the withdrawal of the scholarship and the cancellation of the travel and lodging reservations.

Previous Recipients:

• 1999: Cindi Rowell (United States)
• 2000: Mark Toscano (United States), Julie Buck (United States)
• 2001: Anke Mebold (Germany)
• 2002: Linda Shah (United States)
• 2003: Ember Lundgren (Canada)
• 2004: Brendan Burchill (United States)
• 2005: Albert Steg (United States)
• 2006: Brian Meacham (United States)
• 2007: Alice Moscoso (France)
• 2008: Rita Monica Nicola (United States)
• 2009: Pordenone: James Layton (United Kingdom)

The Thomson Foundation for Film & Television Heritage sponsors the Technicolor Fellowship for an outstanding graduate of The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. The recipient preserves a short film from the Motion Picture Collection of George Eastman House and is directly involved with the evaluation, set-up, and grading of the picture element. A new print is produced for screenings, as well as additional preservation elements to ensure the long term survival of the material content. If the project contains sound, the fellow also has the opportunity to spend time with the sound preservation unit. The recipient is introduced to preservation techniques as well as the inner workings of a production laboratory, and is encouraged to explore an area of special interest.

The Technicolor Fellowship is a full-time position, lasting for a period of four weeks. The fellowship winner is selected by the Selznick School administration. Completion of the fellowship occurs between the date of graduation and the end of that calendar year. Included with the training are accommodations, living expenses, a vehicle for transportation, and round-trip airfare (limited to travel within North America).

Previous Recipients

• 2003: Ember A. Lundgren (Canada); Heather M. Olson (United States)
• 2004: Donna L. Ellithorpe (United States); Siusan Moffat (Canada)
• 2005: Nancy Kauffman (United States); Albert L. Steg (United States)
• 2006: Brian Meacham (United States)
• 2007: Antonella Bonfanti (Canada)
• 2008: John Klacsmann (United States)

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival believes the best way to truly appreciate the power and beauty of a silent film is by seeing it as it was meant to be seen: on the big screen with live musical accompaniment. For over thirteen years, the festival has hand selected the finest 35mm prints, engaged leading musicians to compose and perform live era-authentic musical scores, and invited filmmakers, authors, stars, archivists, and scholars to provide context and commentary for each film.

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival Preservation Fellowship is an outgrowth of the festival's commitment to film preservation. Inaugurated in 2008, the fellowship is awarded to a student selected by the staff of The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation in consultation with the festival. The recipient is invited to San Francisco to restore a rare short film or selected film footage and to attend the prestigious silent film festival.

The winner of the fellowship attends the festival in mid-July and follows this up with the preservation of a short, silent title from the Motion Picture Collection of George Eastman House. This film is preserved at Monaco Digital Film Labs with the recipient spending from 3 to 5 weeks at the film laboratory involved in every aspect of the title's preservation. The student then returns to the Festival the following year to attend the Festival's world premiere of the preserved film.

Past Recipient:

• 2008: Anne Smatla (United States)

The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation, in cooperation with the Image Permanence Institute, has established the Image Permanence Institute Selznick School Internship.

The Image Permanence Institute is a university-based, nonprofit research laboratory devoted to scientific research in the preservation of visual and other forms of recorded information. The Image Permanence Institute was founded in 1985 through the combined efforts and sponsorship of the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Society for Imaging Science and Technology.

Since the late 1980s, the Image Permanence Institute has focused on developing strategies for the preservation of imaging materials, most notably photographic materials. Work on film has been an integral part of the Image Permanence Institute's research efforts over the years.

The purpose of the Internship is to give a student of merit who is committed to the preservation of moving images the opportunity to acquire practical experience in preservation research, which in turn will support the continued development of leaders in the field of moving image archiving and conservation.

During the 6- to 8-week internship period, the student will become familiar with the research programs, staff, and equipment at the Image Permanence Institute. In addition, the student will work on existing projects or, if appropriate, do research under the guidance of the Image Permanence Institute staff.

Recipients of the Internship:

Jennifer Miko, 2008

Jennifer Miko has been working with film for more than twenty years. Originally a portrait and documentary photographer and darkroom technician, she expanded her interests to include small gauge motion picture film when she joined the team at Video Transfer Center, in San Francisco. In 2003, the original owner sold the business to Jennifer and her husband, and they have operated it successfully ever since.

Jennifer is a 2008 graduate of The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation. In the summer of 2008, she was awarded an internship at the Image Permanence Institute. During her time there, she developed a project investigating and tracking the evolution of cine-film stocks. Using microscopy, she created a collection of images documenting various film supports and emulsions. The results of her work have enabled the development of a current Image Permanence Institute project entitled Knowing and Preserving Motion Picture Film, a collaborative effort between the Image Permanence Institute and the George Eastman House.