FOCAL Awards 2024 Booklet

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The FOCAL Awards 2024 Host: Lucy Porter

Described as ‘charmingly effervescent’, Lucy Porter is a comedian whose bright and friendly persona can win over any audience. With a disarmingly warm and chatty style Lucy delivers her thoughts and observations on life, love and how odd the world can be like a longstanding and sometimes indiscreet friend.

Lucy has gathered a strong following and excellent reputation on the live circuit, and her Edinburgh shows are invariably a sell-out. Also at Edinburgh and away from comedy, Lucy starred alongside Christian Slater in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

A finalist on Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny?, Lucy is a regular on Radio 4 panel and comedy shows, and has also appeared a number of times on Have I Got News For You and Mock the Week. She has also appeared on Newsnight, The Culture Show, and Richard Osman’s House of Games, and has written for Johnny Vaughan, Adam and Joe, and Jimmy Tarbuck.

Lucy is a keen amateur quizzer, having won Celebrity Mastermind and The Chase. She has also appeared on Impossible, Fifteen to One, The Weakest Link and Pointless raising money for charities including Children in Need, the Loss Foundation and Carers UK.

Lucy also presents the quizzing podcast Fingers on Buzzers alongside The Chase’s Jenny Ryan.

‘A freshness of outlook, and a liveliness of intelligence that quite eclipses the majority of male counterparts.’- The Daily Telegraph

‘Measured and winning ... You will be smiling constantly, laughing regularly and will leave happy’ - The Independent

FOCAL International Team

Mary Egan - Director of Operations

Sebastian Martin - Business Coordinator

FOCAL International

Executive Council Members

Amanda Huntley, Ben Jones, Bobby Dicks, Chris Fossey, Chris Hulse, David Seevers, Elizabeth Klinck, Gordon Craig, Jo Griffin, Kate Griffiths, Kathy Manners, Raelene Rawlings, Vicky Turner

Video Editor: Nathan Leaman-Hill, R3store Studios

Programme Designer: Adrienne Kuster

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A message from FOCAL:

Welcome to the 21st annual FOCAL International Awards.

The Awards are dedicated to the promotion and celebration of archival footage and its contribution to the creative and cultural industries. It endeavours to recognise archive and preservation professionals alongside acknowledging the entertainment, educational and illuminating impact of archival storytelling. Over the years we have seen a growth in archive-driven productions which is evident in the increase of submissions entries since its inception in 2004. This evening, we are honouring 64 shortlisted nominees across 16 award categories which goes to illustrate the versatility and undeniable value of archive footage in productions, whether in the form of branded content or a cinematic feature.

We would like to thank all our professional and student jurors who spent hours viewing and deliberating over the outstanding submissions. A huge thank you to all our 19 sponsors, without your support we would not be able to hold the Awards. Lastly, not forgetting the volunteers and committee members who gave up their time to help us prepare for tonight’s event.

We hope you enjoy this evening – the annual FOCAL International Awards competition and ceremony is a celebration of your work.

Mary Egan – Director of Operations

Thank you to the Jurors:

We’d like to express our appreciation for all this year’s jurors, comprised of industry practitioners, critics, and students, who assisted in short-listing submissions.

Adam Dunlop, Adrienne Kuster , Alison McAllan, Al Hopkins, Andrew Northrop, Andrew Stevens, Angela Saward, Angela SpindlerBrown, Barbara Gregson, Ben Green, Ben Jones, Bérénice Hahn, Bianca Zeleani, Brandon Krajewski, Camille Carlier, Ceskary Avitia, Charlotte Mackie, Charlotte Ross, Chris Fossey, Daniel Glynn, David Walsh, Dhindsa Harkiran, Dora Ash Sakula, Eleanor Wass, Elizabeth Klinck, Elspeth Parson, Elsa Brosseau, Erik Scott, Evangeline Rouse, Fiona Kelly, Francis Jones, Gintare Kriauceliunaite, Gonzalo ChaconMora, Guillaume Boure, Hans Van den Berg, Helen Upcraft, Hope Rangaswami, James McMillian, Jane Fish, Jessica Berman-Bogdan, Jessica Stewart, Jo Stones, Jon Carey, Joseph Pidgeon, Josh Clark, Joy Kiuna, Kalbir Dhillon, Kate Coe, Kate Griffiths, Kate Lingley, Lauren Shute, Lee Shoulders, Lou Burkart, Lydia Meredith, Manuel Heller, Marie Paoli, Marie-Pierre Burquier, Massimo Moretti, Maxine Krawczyk, Molly Miles, Monika Preischl, Morgane Barrier, Nell Cunningham, Ninon Boileau, Paul Collard, Paul McClintock, Pierre Montet, Pranamika Shridhar, Raelene Rawlings, Raye Farr, Richard Higgins, Rosie Holliday, Sam Quinn, Sandra Coelho, Shane M O’Sullivan, Shanice Martin, Simon Clark, Sophia Panayi, Sophie Fisher, Sophie Quinio, Sue Malden, Susan Munns, Tess McNallyWatson, Valentina Rossetto, Vicky Turner, Yurko Hamaguchi

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The FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award 2024: Eric Kulberg

The FOCAL International Lifetime Achievement Award is gifted by the FOCAL International executive board to an individual who has contributed to and supported the audio-visual archive industry within their career and through the body of their work.

We are delighted to announce the 2024 recipient is Eric Kulberg.

Eric has been working in the media industry since early 1960s; within the music documentary field from licensing, research, producing to establishing Universal Media Inc., with John Paige.

Eric’s introduction to television came with his first position at KTVA, the CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska. Following a scholarship to attend American University majoring Broadcasting & Communications with minors in Musicology, Art History and Marketing/ Advertising he went on to work at WTTG for 8 years undertaking roles as a producer, director, production manager to feature film buyer for the programming department.

Through the mid-70s to mid-80s he produced programming for domestic and international outlets as well as directed and edited hundreds of commercials and political advertisements, including the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Presidential campaigns, as well as Executive Producer on 1982 Reggae Sunsplash in Jamica.

In 1985, he and John Paige started Universal Media Inc., producing programming for the National Park Service and EPA. Undertaking their first clearance work for CBS’ West 57th they continued to clear music, footage, photos and guilds, not only for documentaries, but feature film playbacks and for footage used in Time Life Infomercials for 27 years. In addition, from 1986 Eric was the music and archival consultant for the Kennedy Center Honors film unit lasting 28 years.

Eric produced the award winning documentary The Night James Brown Saved Boston co-produced with David Leaf, as well as worked on many highly noted productions such as Whiplash; Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things; The U.S. vs John Lennon; and When I Fall in Love: The One & Only Nat King Cole.

In the world of photography, he has had photo exhibitions at the Historical Society of Washington of his attendance at the March on Washington in 1963.

Anyone who has worked with Eric knows how special he is as an archivist, He knows where the Lost Ark is. Finds footage that nobody else can. Find the right footage or photo for every moment in a film. I am so proud to not just call Eric my friend, but that he’s truly one of my best friends.

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David Leaf

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I’ve known Eric for many years. I’m not sure when we first met, but it was probably around 1994. The company I worked for was purchased by Time Life Music and I became VP of Product Development at Time Life Music and was heavily involved in creating many of their long form 30-minute infomercials promoting music from different genres and different decades. Someone, and I don’t remember who, told me about this person, Eric Kulberg who was an expert at finding footage of different artists. This is an understatement. Eric would constantly find and help us license footage that frankly I don’t think anybody else knew existed. I can say without question, one of the reason’s Time Life Music was so successful in its time was because of Eric and his contributions to the look of our infomercials. We would get calls from customers who would ask us if they could buy the infomercial. We would have very famous artists, and I won’t name names, who would contact us and ask us where we found particular clips of footage. Coincidentally, Eric and I lived in the same neighborhood, and from time to time, I would stop at Eric’s house, and he would always have something interesting to show me, or something to listen to. Eric is one of the nicest and most generous people I know. I could not be more happy for him in receiving this award.

Eugene Zacharewicz

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Eric Kulberg has advocated for safeguarding our field through his early pioneer days and extensive career and body of work. Exploring all corners of audiovisual content and other mediums, he is the definition of a trailblazer, and we are so pleased to be able to honour Eric with this prestigious award for his outstanding contribution and dedication to the audiovisual industry.

Best Archival Restoration & Preservation Project

or Title

Dance Craze

Production Company: R3store Studios Ltd

Archival Highlights: The biggest challenge with this film was the grade as the 70mm film was extremally faded to red which happens with certain film stocks over time. However as you will see, the lights coming from the side of the stage were also red so it was very difficult to try to take out the red in the film but still retain the red that was coming off the lights. The film was very sparkly and had some scratches within it. Removing scratches where there is a lot of movement is very difficult also.

LA GRANDE PASSION

Production Company: TransPerfect Media France / CNC

Archival Highlights: This is the first digital restoration of the film, which has remained unseen for years because of a lack of screening material. The only surviving source material used for this restoration was the original nitrate black and white negative (7 x 300 meters reels), stored at the CNC (French National archive). The technical challenges faced to make a 4K restoration from a very damaged single source material added to the complexity of the restoration.

The Village / Unser Dorf

Production Company: Cinémathèque suisse

Archival Highlights: The restoration is the result of extensive preliminary work to identify and analyse all the film elements - over a hundred reels - deposited for this title at the Cinémathèque suisse by the Praesens-Films production company. Together with a meticulous study of the production’s papers archive and press cuttings from the time, also kept at the Cinémathèque, it was possible to reconstruct a large part of the film’s production history and to understand that there were two original versions from the very beginning : THE VILLAGE, technically of better quality, intended for the international market and presented at Cannes in 1953; and UNSER DORF, intended for the Swiss market, very similar to the first, but slightly longer and with around 20% of shots slightly different.

The Complete and Utter History of Britain

Production Company: R3store Studios Ltd

Archival Highlights: The original elements were lost on this project and the only surviving elements were16mm telerecording reels. All 16mm reels were scanned to 2K DPX and WAV on the Scanity Scanner. Restoring telerecordings requires much more manual intervention than a standard restoration due to burnt in tape faults, as well as film faults. Therefore the amount of manual work needed on this project was far higher due to the level of damage that the automated processes couldn’t fix.

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Best Use of Footage in a History Production

JFK: One day in America

Secret Service agents and other key eyewitnesses give a powerful and emotional account of how President John F Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

Director: Ella Wright | Producers: Charlotte Rodrigues, Sophie Dimitriadis, Henry Longden | Footage Archive Producers: Margaret Beckett, Lisa Clayton-Jones, Alex Cowan, Jacqui Edwards | Archival Sources: The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, The John F Kennedy Library and Museum, ABC News Videosource, Getty Images, Premium Archive Films: Editorial, NBC News, Texas Archive of the Moving Image | Production Company: 72 Films | Country of Production: UK

Résistances

Résistances recounts the lives (and deaths) of around thirty women and men between 1940 and 1945, whose heroic, romantic and tragic itineraries form the puzzle of the Resistance.

Director: Patrick Rotman | Producers: Michel Rotman, Marie-Hélène Ranc | Footage Archive Producer: Marie-Hélène Barbéris | Archival Sources: INA, AP Archive, Atelier des archives, NARA, ECPAD | Production Company: KUIV | Country of Production: France

Henry Ford, l’inventeur du siècle américain (The dark side of citizen Ford)

This documentary delves into the complex life of Henry Ford, depicting him as both a revolutionary industrialist who transformed the automotive industry and an antiSemitic figure who inspired Adolf Hitler.

Director: Nicolas Glimois | Producers: Samuel Kissous, Fabrice Frank | Footage Archive Producer: Karim Kamrani Ghajar | Archival Sources: Critical Past, NARA via Atelier des archives, Atelier des archives, The Henry Ford, Periscope Film | Production Company: Pernel Media | Country of Production: France

Out of Control. Reports on the Atomic Bomb

Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, over 2,000 nuclear tests have been conducted by various nations, meticulously filmed and documented, fueling an enduring arms race and resulting in vast stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction.

Director: Beatriz Caravaggio | Producer: Beatriz Caravaggio | Footage Archive Producer: Beatriz Caravaggio | Archival Sources: CriticalPast, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives of Australia, Prelinger Archives | Production Company: ArsVideo Producciones | Country of Production: Spain

1942

In Prague, on May 27, an attack against Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most terrifying servants of the Hitler regime, has just been carried out by Jan and Josef. Two Czechs, parachuted in January, to assassinate the blonde beast.

Directors: Véronique Lagoarde-Ségot, Marc Ball | Producer: David Coujard | Footage Archive Producers: Sharon Hammou, Gianna Franceschini | Footage Archive Researchers: Alya Aglan, Nora Attia Wafa, Barbara Schlönberger, Magali Bertholet, Cécile Calla | Archival Sources: Agentur Karl Höfffkes, RGAKFD, Bleed & Geluid, KOBE Planet Film Archive, Australian War Memorial | Production Company: Agat Films, ARTE France | Country of Production: France

Best Use of Footage in a Music Production

They All Came Out To Montreux

The extraordinary story of the world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival and its beloved founder, Claude Nobs.

Director: Oliver Murray | Producers: Stuart Souter, Bill Lord, Oliver Murray, Nicolas Bonard, Quincy Jones | Footage Archive Producers: Maureen Ford, Thierry Amsellem, Fraser Kennedy | Archival Sources: The Montreux Jazz Festival, The Claude Nobs Foundation, Radio Television Suisse, Getty Images | Production Company: BMG Films, Beyond TNC, Orofena Films, The Claude Nobs Foundation | Country of Production: UK, Australia, Switzerland

The Stones and Brian Jones

Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, The Stones and Brian Jones explores the creative musical genius of Jones.

Director: Nick Broomfield | Producers: Kyle Gibbon, Shani Hinton, Marc Hoeferlin | Footage Archive Producers: Kyle Gibbon, Simon Orman, Lisa Savage | Archival Sources: BBC, Reeling In The Years, Bill Wyman, Historic Films, Kinolibrary | Production Company: Lafayette Film | Country of Production: UK

American Experience: The War on Disco

The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.

Director: Lisa Q. Wolfinger | Producers: Lisa Q. Wolfinger, Rushmore DeNooyer, Cameo George | Footage Archive Producer: Mary Antinozzi Soule | Archival Sources: Retro Video, Historic Films, Chicago Film Archive, KinoLibrary, Media Burn | Production Company: Lone Wolf Media, WGBH | Country of Production: USA

Robbie Williams is nearly 50, a dad of four with a loving wife and a happy family. But he can’t escape his past — and his past has all been captured on film in thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes archive. He has never seen it, no one has. Until now.

Director: Joe Pearlman | Producers: Dominic Crossley-Holland, Asif Kapadia, Duncan Coates, Sally Brindle, Louis Mole, Kai Hsiung, Gabby Chelmicka, Helena Korner, Isabel Davis, Lottie Allen | Footage Archive Producer: Tess Mcnally-Watson | Archival Sources: Guy Chambers, RPW Archive, MTV EU, Universal, BBC | Production Company: Ridley Scott Associates, Netflix UK | Country of Production: UK

WHAM!

“WHAM!” is a documentary that captures George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s meteoric rise to global pop stardom from 1982 to 1986, featuring their timeless hits and unprecedented achievements, told through their own words and personal archives.

Director: Chris Smith | Producers: John Battsek, Chris Smith, Simon Halfon | Footage Archive Producer: Alex Black | Footage Archive Researcher: Kitty Robertson | Archival Sources: BBC, Sony Music, MTV Viacom, So Pure, George Michael Entertainment | Production Company: Ventureland, Library Films, Nemperor | Country of Production: UK, USA

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Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural

World Production

UKRAINIAN STORYBOXVoices of War

In this film, Ukrainian women share their firsthand experiences of the ongoing war, highlighting the challenges and sacrifices they face as many men are conscripted and they remain with their children. Through a year-long journey, our team collected these intimate stories, using a unique video booth format to capture unfiltered narratives straight from the women themselves.

Director: David Belton | Producers: Regina Bouchehri, Gunnar Dedio, Roman Martynenko, Olga Serdyuk, David Belton, Bjørn Johnson, Marie Pilhan, Eric Gonzalez | Footage Archive Producer: Manuel Heller | Archival Sources: Private Archives on Phones and Social Media, Screenocean, AP, Ukrainian State Institutions, Progress Film | Production Company: LOOKSfilm, Yard44, One Planet, MMDPRO | Country of Production: Germany, UK, France, Ukraine

Loch Ness They Created A Monster

“Loch Ness They Created a Monster” delves into the tumultuous world of Nessie hunting during the 1970s and 1980s, uncovering a tale of rivalry, deception, and violence among the monster hunters who sought fame and credibility in their quest to capture the Loch Ness Monster. Through a humorous and wild exploration, the documentary reveals the true monsters behind the scenes of this iconic legend.

Director: John MacLaverty | Producer: John Archer | Footage Archive Producer: Joanna Taylor | Footage Archive Researcher: Liga Gutane | Archival Sources: BBC Scotland, Fremantle, Dinsdale Archive (private), Scottish Television, Nippon TV | Production Company: Indelible Telly, Hopscotch Films | Country of Production: UK

Meeting Zelenskyy

Following a remarkable transition from entertainment to politics, Volodymyr Zelenskyy became Ukraine’s President amidst corruption and Russian threats. This film delves into his journey from show business stardom to skilled political leadership, offering new insights through an intimate interview with actor-filmmaker Liev Schreiber.

Directors: Liev Schreiber, André Singer | Producer: Rhodri Lowis | Footage Archive Producer: Halyna Demydova | Footage Archive Researchers: Rhodri Lowis, Masha Chelova | Archival Sources: Kvartal 95, Getty, AP, Suspilne Ukraine, International Commercial Television and Radio Company (ICTV) [Ukraine] | Production Company: STILLKING 23, Spring Films, Boat Rocker, Illuminated, Organisation of Ukrainian Producers | Country of Production: UK, Canada, USA, Ukraine

Best Use of Footage in a History Feature

U-96, la véritable histoire de «DAS BOOT» / U-96, THE TRUE STORY OF ‘DAS BOOT’

This documentary delves into the true story behind the famous U-boat U-96.

Director: Raphaël Millet | Producers: Nocturnes Productions, Girelle Production, ECPAD, Phish Communications | Footage Archive Producer: ECPAD | Footage Archive Researcher: Raphaël Millet | Archival Sources: ECPAD, BUCHHEIM MUSEUM DER PHANTASIE, BAVARIA MEDIA GmbH, Private colelctions of Luc Braeuer, Gerrit Reichert, Jost Vacano, Enrique Lehmann-Willenbrock, Colin Grimshaw | Production Company: Nocturnes Productions, Girelle Production, ECPAD, Phish Communications | Country of Production: France / Singapore

Obsessed with Light

The trailblazing life of Loïe Fuller, who revolutionized early 20th-century dance and visual culture with her innovative use of light and movement, and examines her lasting influence on contemporary artists.

Directors: Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum | Producers: Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl | Footage Archive Producer: Judy Aley | Footage Archive Researchers: Lewanne Jones, Jennifer Latham | Archival Sources: EYE Museum, Gaumont, University of South Carolina, Lobster, BFI | Production Company: Between the Rivers Productions, ARTE, ZDF, YUZU Productions | Country of Production: USA, France, Germany

Stasi FC

In Dresden, 1978, Dynamo Dresden’s championship celebration is halted by Erich Mielke, signaling BFC Dynamo Berlin’s takeover with dubious tactics, revealing the Stasi’s influence on East German football and its political implications.

Directors: Daniel Gordon, Arne Birkenstock, Zakaria Rahmani | Producer: Erik Winker | Footage Archive Producer: Stephen Maier | Footage Archive Researcher: Vanessa Christoffers-Trinks | Archival Sources: Progress, Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv (DRA), Bundesarchiv, Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) via RBB Media, ZDF via ZDF Studios | Production Company: Corso Films, Fruitmarket, Phiphen Pictures, Embankment Films | Country of Production: Germany, USA, UK

The Eichmann Trial

The Eichmann Trial documents the historic trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961, which brought the horrors of the Holocaust to global attention and sparked debates on obedience to orders and the banality of evil, told solely through archival footage.

Director: Elliot Levitt | Producer: Elliot Levitt | Footage Archive Producer: Jessica Berman-Bogdan | Archival Sources: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, NBC (via Getty Images), BBC (via Getty Images), UCLA Film & Television Archive, CBC | Production Company: Banality, LLC | Country of Production: USA

La Shoah des ghettos (Ghettos in the Holocaust)

Contrary to popular belief, the decision to exterminate Jews wasn’t made at the Wannsee Conference; it had been evolving since 1938, with anti-Semitic laws and the establishment of ghettos, which this film reexamines as integral elements in the Holocaust’s progression.

Director: Barbara Necek | Producers: Samuel Kissous, Fabrice Frank | Footage Archive Producer: Christine Loison | Archival Sources: AKH - Agentur Karl Hoffkes, Yad Vashem, The Bundes Archiv, National Center Jewish (Brandeis), Bednarski Eric | Production Company: Pernel Media | Country of Production: France

Best Use of Footage on Innovative Platforms

Mei Lanfang’s Artistic Impact Abroad

Mei Lanfang, a pioneering figure in promoting Chinese culture globally, showcased Peking Opera art through international tours and collaborations with renowned artists, broadening horizons and fostering deep friendships while garnering acclaim worldwide.

Director: Yu Weihong | Producer: Wang Min | Footage Archive Producer: Yu Weihong | Archival Sources: Shanghai Audiovisual Archives of Shanghai Media Group, Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive, University of South Carolina Libraries | Production Company: Shanghai Audiovisual Archives of Shanghai Media Group | Country of Production: China

LEVI’S 501 EXPERIENCESAN FRANCISCO

In honour of its 150th anniversary, Levi’s threw several interactive showcases with music, art and, of course, jeans all around the world, from London to Kuala Lumpur.

Director: RUFFMERCY aka Russ Murphy | Producer: Jamie Clark | Footage Archive Producer: Hazel May | Footage Archive Researcher: Jared Brown | Archival Sources: Getty Images, Film Supply, Kinolibrary | Production Company: My Accomplice, Hazel May | Country of Production: UK

Black History in 2 Minutes (or so)“The Origins of Black Basketball”

Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and other Black athletes have played pivotal roles in shaping basketball’s history, from its segregated origins to the rise of standout Black teams like the New York Renaissance.

Director: Kelsi Lindus | Producers: Robert Smith, Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Dyllan McGee | Footage Archive Producers: Megan Graham, Jade Edwards-Lovell | Archival Sources: Getty Images, Pond5, The Black Fives Foundation, Solomon Sir Jones Films, Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Newspapers.com | Production Company: McGee Media, Hidden Empire | Country of Production: USA

The Rolling Stones Chronicles

The Rolling Stones Chronicles series, co-produced by BBC Motion Gallery and ABKCO consists of six documentary shorts, each featuring a different ‘60s-era hit song by The Rolling Stones as its soundtrack. Episodes are based around the seismic cultural shifts between 1965 and 1969, of which The Rolling Stones themselves were emblematic.

Director: Robin Jenkins | Producers: Robin Klein, Andrew Stevens, Samira Choudhury | Footage Archive Producer: Samira Choudhury | Archival Sources: BBC Motion Gallery, Abkco, KinoLibrary, Radio Whistledown, AP | Production Company: BBC Studios | Country of Production: UK

Best Use of Footage in an Arts and Entertainment

Production

Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

The film, inspired by Nikki Giovanni’s assertion that the trip to Mars can only be understood through Black Americans, uses a blend of memories, history, and space imagery to explore her life, legacy, and vision of a future led by Black women.

Directors: Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster | Producers: Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Tommy Oliver | Footage Archive Producer: Hannah Shepard | Archival Sources: WNET, WGBH, Getty, Fox, British Pathé | Production Company: Rada Studio, Confluential Films, Cinetic Media, HBO Documentary Films | Country of Production: USA

Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story

Noel Coward grew up in poverty and left school when he was only nine years old. Noel went on to become a celebrated writer, actor, songwriter, and spy.

Director: Barnaby Thompson | Producers: Barnaby Thompson, Gregor Cameron | Footage Archive Producer: James R.M. Hunt | Footage Archive Researcher: Emma Gibbs, Chris Lovell, Mark Macey | Archival Sources: The Noel Coward Estate, BBC, BBC Motion Gallery, David Paradine Productions Ltd, Reelin’ In The Years Productions, ITV Archive, Sony Pictures Content Licensing | Production Company: Fragile Films, Unigram, AI Films, BBC Films, BBC Arts, Altitude Distribution, Warner Music | Country of Production: UK

Mary Pickford, a blessing and a curse

Mary Pickford, a pioneering actress and businesswoman, invented the star system in early 20th-century cinema, becoming the world’s biggest star and embodying the entire legend of cinema and the rise of women in the industry.

Directors: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Producers: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Footage Archive Producers: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Archival Sources: Mary Pickford Foundation, Bison Archives, Pond 5, UCLA | Production Company: Wichita Films, Kali Pictures | Country of Production: France, USA

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Told in his own words with a mix of archival and scripted elements, STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE recounts Fox’s rise to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Producers: Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King, Will Cohen | Footage Archive Producer: Jackie Clary | Archival Sources: WTTW, CBS Media Ventures, Universal Studios, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, Carson Entertainment Group | Production Company: Apple Original Films, Concordia Studio | Country of Production: USA

Obsessed with Light

The trailblazing life of Loïe Fuller, who revolutionized early 20th-century dance and visual culture with her innovative use of light and movement, and examines her lasting influence on contemporary artists.

Directors: Sabine Krayenbühl, Zeva Oelbaum | Producers: Zeva Oelbaum, Sabine Krayenbühl | Footage Archive Producer: Judy Aley | Footage Archive Researchers: Lewanne Jones, Jennifer Latham | Archival Sources: EYE Museum, Gaumont, University of South Carolina, Lobster, BFI | Production Company: Between the Rivers Productions, ARTE, ZDF, YUZU Productions | Country of Production: USA, France, Germany

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Best Use of Footage in Advertising or Branded Content

BoyleSports Rain (English Language Version)

RAIN. DOESN’T. CARE.

The film acts as an ode to rain, taking an unusual angle on sports betting and the impact weather plays and its indifference to the outcome.

The TVC explores how inclement weather might impact the outcome of a sporting event whether its horse-racing, F1 or football. While rain doesn’t care about who is playing what, the person placing the bet should care and that’s “why they should choose wisely.”

Director: Dom Goldman | Producer: Hanna Davies | Footage Archive Producer: Hazel May | Footage Archive Researcher: Jared Brown | Archival Sources: IMG / Race Course Media Group / At The Races / Jason Neff / New Zealand Rugby | Production Company: Collective Studios / Hazel May / Stalkr | Country of Production: UK / USA

Tide “You’re Gonna Need More Tide”

Tide marks the release of their new Power Pods with this self-aware, conceptually brilliant and very funny spot which informs the viewer that ‘You’re Gonna Need More Tide.’ The ad celebrates the meme-culture that has made Tide an internet phenomenon over the years, whilst also cleverly reframing some of the most messy, viral videos thanks to the digital inclusion of Kumail Nanjiani. From collapsing ceilings and a baby covered in peanut butter, to exploding watermelons, Nanjiani’s trademark charm reinvents these grimy meme-worthy moments, sourced and cleared by STALKR, as the perfect opportunity for Power Pods to do what they do best.

Director: Traktor | Producer: Dani Stoller | Footage Archive Producer: George Alvarez | Footage Archive Researcher: James Bernal, Lauren Wackell, Brandi Self, Jeffrey Harland, Jen Tam | Archival Sources: Jukin, Rumble, TikTok, Home Video Licensing | Production Company: STALKR, Saatchi & Saatchi | Country of Production: USA

The New York Times: More of life brought to life

Following the threads of our interests and passions — wherever they take us — is exhilarating. That’s why Times journalism not only reports on the issues that matter but illuminates how they’re connected. In our new ad, we demonstrate how our journalism helps bring your interests to life.

Director: Mackenzie Sheppard | Producers: Kyla Bridge, Patrick Wood, Harit Muttreja Muttreja, Jana Reinermann | Footage Archive Producer: Julia Alisson | Archival Sources: UGC | Production Company: New York Times, Droga5, Bonaparte / Kurator | Country of Production: USA, Germany

Best Use of Footage in a Short Film Production

Now and Then, The Last Beatles Song

Now and Then’s eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day.

Director: Oliver Murray | Producers: Jonathan Clyde, Sophie Hilton | Footage Archive Producer: Oliver Murray | Archival Sources: Apple Corps Ltd, MPL Communications Ltd, British Pathé, Getty Images, Yoko Ono Lennon | Production Company: Orofena Films, Apple Corps, Universal Music | Country of Production: UK

Nature Matters

A love letter to nature and a call to action, ‘Nature Matters’ speaks across generations, using over a century of archive footage to remind us of our innate relationship with the natural world.

Director: Andy Burns | Producer: Graham Relton | Executive Producers: Martin Hall, Jenny Hall | Editor: Andy Burns | Footage Archive Producer: Alexandra StockdaleHaley, Martha Cattell | Footage Archive Researcher: Megan McCooley, David Parsons, Montserrat Rovira Prieto, John Casey, Martin Watts, Ruth Patman | Archival Sources: Yorkshire and North East Film Archive collections, including local news material from our archive, ITV Archive and BBC Motion Gallery | Production Company: Yorkshire and North East Film Archives | Country of Production: UK

Incident

INCIDENT reconstructs a police shooting in Chicago in 2018, reassembling the event and its immediate aftermath from a variety of viewpoints, including surveillance, security, dashboard, and body-worn cameras as a continuous, synchronized splitscreen montage.

Director: Bill Morrison | Producers: Bill Morrison, Jamie Kalven | Footage Archive Producers: Jamie Kalven | Footage Archive Researcher: Bill Morrison | Archival Sources: Chicago Police Department | Production Company: Hypnotic Pictures, Invisible Institute | Country of Production: USA

The Rolling Stones Chronicles

The Rolling Stones Chronicles series, co-produced by BBC Motion Gallery and ABKCO consists of six documentary shorts, each featuring a different ‘60s-era hit song by The Rolling Stones as its soundtrack. Episodes are based around the seismic cultural shifts between 1965 and 1969, of which The Rolling Stones themselves were emblematic.

Director: Robin Jenkins | Producers: Robin Klein, Andrew Stevens, Samira Choudhury | Footage Archive Producer: Samira Choudhury | Archival Sources: BBC Motion Gallery, Abkco, KinoLibrary, Radio Whistledown, AP | Production Company: BBC Studios | Country of Production: UK

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Best Use of Footage in a Sports Production

Stephen Curry: Underrated

The coming-of-age story of one of the most influential players in the history of basketball: Stephen Curry.

Director: Peter Nicks | Producers: Ryan Coogler, Erick Peyton, Ben Cotner, Marissa Torres Ericson, Sean Havey | Footage Archive Producer: Matthew Fisher | Footage Archive Researcher: Loi Almeron | Archival Sources: NCAA, NBA, CBS Sports, Southern Conference, Catapult | Production Company: Apple Original Films, A24, Unanimous Media, Proximity Media | Country of Production: USA

HATTON

British boxer Ricky Hatton incredible journey from Manchester Council estate to fighting in Las Vegas. Also explores themes of celebrity and mental health, acting as both a celebration of talent and cautionary talent.

Director: Daniel Dewsbury | Producer: John McKenna | Footage Archive Producer: Cristina Miro | Footage Archive Researchers: Peter Scott, John Smith | Archival Sources: Top Rank Boxing, AP Archive, ITV Archive, Insurgency Films, Krafty Entertainment | Production Company: NOAH MEDIA GROUP, SKY | Country of Production: UK

Race to the Summit

Race to the Summit unfolds the intersecting narratives of two Swiss alpinists, Dani Arnold and Ueli Steck, whose lightning-quick ascents of the Alps’ most perilous north faces captured the world’s attention.

Directors: Nicholas de Taranto, Götz Werner | Producers: David Tryhorn, Max Dobbyn | Footage Archive Producer: Andres Aristizabal | Footage Archive Researcher: Alessandra Berti |Archival Sources: SRF, Don Bowie - personal archive, Mammut, Docmine Productions, Helliventures | Production Company: Pitch International | Country of Production: UK

Bill Russell: Legend

Bill Russell: Legend captures the remarkable life and legacy of an NBA superstar and civil rights icon.

Director: Sam Pollard | Producers: Reuben Atlas, Martha Spanninger | Footage Archive

Producer: Helen R. Russell, Andrew Mayz, Jim Podhoretz | Associate Archival Producer: Zach F. Williams | Archival Sources: NBA Entertainment, Fox Archives, Northeast Historic Films, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, AP Archive | Production Company: High Five Productions, LLC | Country of Production: USA

Mark Cavendish: Never Enough

On July 2nd 2016, British cyclist Mark Cavendish won his 27th Tour de France stage. The first British rider ever to wear the Tour’s green jersey now donned the coveted yellow jersey for the first time in his career.

Director: Alex Kiehl | Producer: David Tryhorn | Footage Archive Producer: Kirsty Asher | Footage Archive Researcher: Andres Aristizabal, Finn Cotter | Archival Sources: ASO, Pro Cycling Team, Dimension Data, Nick Poole & Decolef LUX (Quick-Step), WEDU, UCI | Production Company: Pitch International | Country of Production: UK

Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature

WHAM!

“WHAM!” is a documentary that captures George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s meteoric rise to global pop stardom from 1982 to 1986, featuring their timeless hits and unprecedented achievements, told through their own words and personal archives.

Director: Chris Smith | Producers: John Battsek, Chris Smith, Simon Halfon | Footage Archive Producer: Alex Black | Footage Archive Researcher: Kitty Robertson | Archival Sources: BBC, Sony Music, MTV Viacom, So Pure, George Michael Entertainment | Production Company: Ventureland, Library Films, Nemperor | Country of Production: UK, USA

Time Bomb Y2K

“TIME BOMB Y2K,” crafted from archival footage, humorously explores the potential technological disaster of the Y2K bug, which threatened global chaos as the year 2000 approached, highlighting the power and vulnerabilities of technology and its impact on modern life.

Directors: Brian Becker, Marley McDonald | Producer: Brian Becker | Footage Archive

Producers: Brian Becker, Peter Nauffts | Footage Archive Researchers: Shelby Fintak, Kushagra Kar | Archival Sources: ABC, CNN, CBC, Misc Home Video, Veritone | Production Company: HBO | Country of Production: USA

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Told in his own words with a mix of archival and scripted elements, STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE recounts Fox’s rise to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Producers: Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King, Will Cohen | Footage Archive Producer: Jackie Clary | Archival Sources: WTTW, CBS Media Ventures, Universal Studios, Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollan, Carson Entertainment Group | Production Company: Apple Original Films, Concordia Studio | Country of Production: USA

AMOR

AMOR begins a tale of Virginia crossing a mythic Rome one night to save her mother, Teresa, who has plunged into the Tiber during a deserted World Cup final evening.

Director: Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri | Producers: Gabriele Genuino, Edoardo Fracchia, Elena Filippini, Stefano Tealdi, Rasa Miškinytė | Footage Archive Producer: Guglielmo Parisani | Archival Sources: Cinecittà, Istituto Luce, Superottimisti | Production Company: RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, STEFILM, ERA Film | Country of Production: Italy, Lithuania

The Eichmann Trial

The Eichmann Trial documents the historic trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961, which brought the horrors of the Holocaust to global attention and sparked debates on obedience to orders and the banality of evil, told solely through archival footage.

Director: Elliot Levitt | Producer: Elliot Levitt | Footage Archive Producer: Jessica Berman-Bogdan | Archival Sources: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, NBC (via Getty Images), BBC (via Getty Images), UCLA Film & Television Archive, CBC | Production Company: Banality, LLC | Country of Production: USA

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Our team has many years’ experience working with our content and can research our archives to find the perfect shot for your production. We will personally take you through the whole process, from research to delivery, licensing through to invoicing.

Student Jury Award for Most Inspiring Use of Footage

We are pleased to continue our outreach work with the National Film and Television School (UK) and INA Sup (France) where students collectively discuss the merits of several production shortlist nomination; the winner is based on how archival footage has been used for inspirational and insightful means. Working with students it gives them the opportunity to think critically on films using archive as a narrative, formal and inspirational tool, putting the curatorial skills developed during their studies into practice.

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American Experience: The War on Disco

The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s.

Director: Lisa Q. Wolfinger | Producers: Lisa Q. Wolfinger, Rushmore DeNooyer, Cameo George | Footage Archive Producer: Mary Antinozzi Soule | Archival Sources: Retro Video, Historic Films, Chicago Film Archive, KinoLibrary, Media Burn | Production Company: Lone Wolf Media, WGBH | Country of Production: USA

Mary Pickford, a blessing and a curse

Mary Pickford, a pioneering actress and businesswoman, invented the star system in early 20th-century cinema, becoming the world’s biggest star and embodying the entire legend of cinema and the rise of women in the industry.

Directors: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Producers: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Footage Archive Producers: Clara Kuperberg, Julia Kuperberg | Archival Sources: Mary Pickford Foundation, Bison Archives, Pond 5, UCLA | Production Company: Wichita Films, Kali Pictures | Country of Production: France, USA

Time Bomb Y2K

“TIME BOMB Y2K,” crafted from archival footage, humorously explores the potential technological disaster of the Y2K bug, which threatened global chaos as the year 2000 approached, highlighting the power and vulnerabilities of technology and its impact on modern life.

Directors: Brian Becker, Marley McDonald | Producer: Brian Becker | Footage Archive Producers: Brian Becker, Peter Nauffts | Footage Archive Researchers: Shelby Fintak, Kushagra Kar | Archival Sources: ABC, CNN, CBC, Misc Home Video, Veritone | Production Company: HBO | Country of Production: USA

Loch Ness They Created A Monster

“Loch Ness They Created a Monster” delves into the tumultuous world of Nessie hunting during the 1970s and 1980s, uncovering a tale of rivalry, deception, and violence among the monster hunters who sought fame and credibility in their quest to capture the Loch Ness Monster.

Director: John MacLaverty | Producer: John Archer | Footage Archive Producer: Joanna Taylor | Footage Archive Researcher: Liga Gutane | Archival Sources: BBC Scotland, Fremantle, Dinsdale Archive (private), Scottish Television, Nippon TV | Production Company: Indelible Telly, Hopscotch Films | Country of Production: UK

Footage Person of the Year

The recipient is an individual member of staff working for a library, archive, or facility company, which is a member of FOCAL International, whether client-facing or internal support, and who, over the past year, has shown outstanding achievement, skills and/or dedication to their role.

Yannis Dubois

Archive Producer and Teacher, Le Chaînon Manquant

LE CHAINON MANQUANT is a French company founded in 1992, dedicated to the research and clearance of additional content, whether for documentaries, fiction, advertising, exhibitions, etc.

I know that doing this job within a company rather than on a freelance basis is rather strange, but it has enabled me to work on some particularly numerous and challenging projects: documentary series for platforms, dramas awarded at the Cannes Film Festival or the César Awards, commercials for international brands, and so on. It was a rich learning experience!

Lucy Francis

Sales Support Manager, Motion Gallery, BBC Studios

Lucy Francis, Motion Gallery’s Sales Support Manager, envisioned a digital workflow that would facilitate clients being able to carry out self-research and view digitised programmes on our VIDA library platform, select clips and submit them for approval. This could be achieved without clients contacting our sales team. To accomplish this Lucy brought together key stakeholders from Getty Images, Visual Data Media Services and Motion Gallery. Lucy laid out the benefits that this workflow would bring, minimising admin and increasing efficiency for clients, vital in an industry with very tight deadlines, whilst also reducing technical fees in a time of budgetary pressures.

Brian Sargent

Managing Director, Fox Archive

Brian and his team are extremely responsive and so fun to work with. They always have the most unique material, and Brian knows the collection extremely well. Even more, if he doesn’t have something I’m looking for, he will prioritize digitization of what I need. It’s so helpful, and it leads to unique and interesting footage. Brian also will work with projects, understanding our limitations while also showing extreme reverence for his vast archive and the enormous work they are doing. He understands the value of what they are doing for our community, but they also have reverence for the projects they help.

Stephanie Molloy

Strategic, Product Specialist, Getty Images

Stephanie is in a league of her own when it comes to delivering and licensing archive footage. Stephanie has been an integral part in project managing over 50 of the largest archive projects at Getty Images in 2023. Stephanie has nearly 30 years’ experience in the industry, which is evident with her wealth of knowledge.

She has passion, resilience and will do anything to get the best possible content delivered. She has a in-depth knowledge of archive content, processes and people. Not only has she been integral in delivering and licensing over 1000 minutes of archive footage, she has also been the Getty Images lead in launching the BBC’s ground breaking platform VIDA.

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Company of the Year

This award is an opportunity for the industry to recognise the endeavours of a company within the audio-visual industry, who is a FOCAL International member, that has introduced a new service, initiative or improvement in thepast year to benefit the industry. Sponsored By:

Prasad

We are motivated by the tremendous strides our team has taken in establishing 8K as a cutting-edge service offering in the Indian market. Worldwide, 8K has not become mainstream yet. But in India, we strongly believed that we could crack this puzzle. It was just not about taking this service to market but a major operation struggle to scan at 8K. We faced technical issues, issues, challenges relating to scanning, film compatibility, and data storage. The Prasad team had to constantly innovate and bring in several improvements to the hardware and software to optimize performance.

Prasad physically restore and prepare deteriorating cultural and historical treasures to be ‘preserved4posterity™’. This is probably one of the largest Analog Film Restoration and Preventive Conservation project executed in the world. The ambitious project involved restoring approximately 60,000 reels, which accounted for about one-third of the archive’s inventory. To achieve this, a combination of technologies, processes, and innovative thinking was employed on a large scale.

Getty Images

The EMEA Broadcast and Production team supported over 1,800 film and TV productions in 2023 across a variety of factual and scripted genres.

Getty Images offer key services to customers including Proof of Concept - free, content research feeding video and stills findings from our libraries back to customers. This service was used extensively in 2023, helping shape the viability or direction of over 3,000 projects. To help deliver on the Getty Images mission of “keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do” an Advisory Group of notable, experienced archive researchers was created. This group ensures Getty Images continue to listen to what customers need and to provide the enhancements and improvements they request into the future.

September 2023 saw the re-launch of the much-improved VIDA platform collaboration between Getty Images and BBC Studios, giving access to BBC archive video and a new seamless search, purchase and download experience. The improved platform has met with overwhelmingly positive customer reaction, and to help onboarding, Getty Images ran an extensive VIDA webinar and various support activities.

Kinolibrary

Kinolibrary is the perfect combination of the key facets exhibited by the best archive companies. Crucially, they have excellent material that is unique, high quality and easily accessible but they are also a lovely group of people offering excellent boutique service in their research, sales and in representing film-makers and licensors. They have also brought new talent into the industry who have since gone on to successful careers in production. I can’t think of another company that compares in such an allround contribution to our sector.

In 2023, Kinolibrary released a new website providing users with more visibility on the collections that Kinolibrary hold. The site was built and designed with direct input from archive researchers and producers and provides a searchable database of curated clips from across the Kinolibrary collections.

Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year

The recipient is an individual Footage Researcher (or team), who has demonstrated outstanding achievement whilst being primarily responsible for the footage research undertaken for a production. The award is named in honour of Jane Mercer, former FOCAL International Chair and Archive Researcher.

Stephen Maier for Stasi FC

Production Company: Corso Film

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Apart from interviews, “Stasi FC” consists almost exclusively of archive material. In his role as archive producer, Stephen therefore had a key position in this project. Without his knowledge of GDR film sources, his passion for research and his tenacity in clearing rights and negotiating prices, the project would not have been possible. Important film footage and photos, which are central to the story of the film, could only be used because Stephen did everything he could to fulfil the director’s wishes.

Kyle Gibbon for The Stones and Brian Jones

Production Company: Lafayette Film

Kyle not only Produced this film but also undertook all of the archive research and clearance. Kyle has always had a natural talent for archive and in the ten or so years we have worked together we have made several archive feature films including Whitney: Can I Be Me, Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (Focal winner), My Father and Me, and this latest film The Stones and Brian Jones.

Jackie Clary for Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Production Company: Apple Original Films, Concordia Studio

Jackie was the engine behind Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. It’s a film that is predominantly made of archival footage. Jackie is a rare treasure and a treat. She works like crazy to get what is requested and thinks gigantically out-of-the-box to get the best possible plus options. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie would not be the beloved and award-winning film that it is today without Jackie Clary.

Molly Rokosz for The Pigeon Tunnel

Production Company: Apple Original Films, Ink Factory

To bring these moments to life and create a concoction for the audience like the one in John le Carré’s brain, I turned to archival producer Molly Rokosz for help. Molly unearthed television programs featuring le Carré during his rise to fame, allowing the audience to experience what he was like as a young man. The archival footage for The Pigeon Tunnel is essential to helping the audience look into the past and understand where artistic inspiration is born. The fruits of Molly Rokosz’s archival research on this project enabled me to recreate a version of John le Carré’s mind’s eye and to illustrate his creative process, giving viewers unique insight into the workings of a literary wonder.

Helen R. Russell for Bill Russell: Legend

Production Company: High Five Productions, LLC

Helen tirelessly uncovered footage from his college years at the University of San Francisco through his tenure as a Boston Celtic and beyond as a coach, commentator, and television personality. She found never before seen home movies of the Celtics off the court at one of the player’s homes that said a lot about the team’s camaraderie and Bill’s close relationship with his teammates, and poignant audio from a town dinner to honor the Russell family that happened a short time before his home would be ransacked in that same neighborhood.