„The flame has to kept alive”
The Hungarian documentary about the intangible cultural heritage has been awarded

October 30, 2014 | FIAMP.2014, Hungarian film, Moscow, award

At the awards ceremony of the FIAMP.2014 of AVICOM in Moscow at the State Tretyakov Gallery a Hungarian filmlet which was made for the application process for the membership of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage get recognition.

The 20 minutes long filmlet, called „The flame has to kept alive” gives a comprehensive picture of the main processes and results of the Humgarian intangible cultural heritage’s safeguarding methods. From Béla Vikár’s first phonograph records to the „Fölszálott a páva” television talent contest, the filmlet shows the most important stages of the tradition bequeathing and the heritage safeguarding as well as the scientific researches and the role of the civilian tradition movements or the role of the the public education.

The artistic creation was made by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Hungarian Open Air Museum, on the basis of the proposal of Katalin Bogyay Ambassador of UNESCO, per procuration of the Ministry of Human Capacities of Hungary.

The scenario and the editor works were made by Eszter Csonka-Takács, the director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Hungarian Open Air Museum. The material composition, the design and the director works of the movie were made by János Tari and Birinyi József. The Media Flash Company and the Stúdió Tradició were the official implementers of the movie

The main aim of the movie is to strengthten the lobbying of Hungary for the membership of the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage .

The awards ceremony of the (FIAMP 2014.) in Moscow were organized by the Russian Committee of the International Council Of Museums (ICOM). The competing movies were viewed in Paris, 2014 June by the jury of the AVICOM. This international organization, which is the audiovisual committee of the ICOM, also have a connection with the UNESCO and it is responsible for the strenghtening of the modern technology’s and the audiovisual materials’ role in the museums and in other cultural institutions.