International Council for Film Television and Audiovisual Communication
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The International Council for Film, Television and Audiovisual Communication (ICFT) is the UNESCO advisory body on all matters concerned with film, television and new media. It has functioned for over 50 years as an independent NGO in official partnership with UNESCO, and is one of the select few to be based at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris.
Under the chairmanship of Professor Paul Rivet, in 1955, UNESCO organized a series of consultations to further the work of the International Institute of Educational Cinema, which was previously affiliated to the League of Nations.
On the occasion of the General Conference of UNESCO, held in New Delhi in 1958, the project of establishing an International Institute of Cinema and Television was presented by Professor Mario Verdone, Head of the Italian Delegation, and approved. The study was entrusted to Jean Benoit-Levy, filmmaker, honorary director of the United Nations Cinema, assisted by a group of twelve international experts.
The Constitutional Charter of ICFT was signed on 23 October 1958. The most important federations and associations working in the field of audiovisuals and media became the founding members of the ICFT.
In 1980, with the emergence of new technologies, Professor Enrico Fulchignoni, Director of Artistic and Literary Creation at UNESCO and President of the ICFT, decided to add audiovisual communication to the missions of the counsel.
Since the creation of the ICFT, the presidency has been succeeded by: John Maddison (ISFA), Jean d'Arcy (RTF-UN), Raymond Ravar (CILECT), Mario Verdone (CIDALC), Fred Orain (Production), Enrico Fulchignoni (UNESCO), Gérard Bolla (UNESCO) Christopher Roads (British Library), Jean Rouch (CIFES), Daniel Van Espen (Signis), Pierpaolo Saporito (OCCAM), Jean-Michel Arnold (Camera) and Hisanori Isomura (NHK).
The ICFT is currently managed by an Executive Bureau, chaired by H.E Ambassador Inoussa Ousseini, Permanent Delegate of Niger to UNESCO, film director. Mr. Georges Dupont (ORTF-TDF-INA-UNESCO) is the Director General and Ms. Lola Poggi Goujon, former civil servant of UNESCO, is the Secretary General.
The ICFT is the only organisation which has the UNESCO remit to bring together, on an international level, every professional body concerned with audiovisual communication including those concerned with new media.
There are 327 NGOs in "official" relations with UNESCO. Of these, there are 86 which are in "formal" relations with UNESCO. Of these, there are 22 which are in "associate" relations with UNESCO. Of these "official, formal, associate" NGOs, the ICFT is one of ten whose headquarters are at the UNESCO offices in Paris.
The aim of the ICFT is to:
The ICFT celebrated its 50th birthday at UNESCO on 23 October 2008.
Inoussa Ousseini, Niger’s ambassador to UNESCO and Head of Niger’s permanent delegation at UNESCO
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