This is Film! 2023

Film Heritage in Practice

8 March — 24 May 2023

still from Queen and the Black Eyed Squint (Barby Asante) (photo: Tiu Makkonen)

Under the overarching theme of ‘Activating the Archive’, also the theme of this year's Eye International Conference, scholars and film professionals worldwide present and discuss remarkable archival practices and initiatives.

This is Film! Film Heritage in Practice is an annual public lecture series devoted to notable projects in the fields of film restoration and film heritage, with international guest speakers and film screenings.

still from Färg mot fascismen! (Color Against Fascism!) (Leonardo Céspedes, Peter Lund & Kaj Mattson, SE 1978)

still from Amar Akbar Anthony (Manmohan Desai, IN 1977)

Each of the six sessions will highlight different institutional and non-institutional efforts to save and activate audiovisual heritage. Together with guests, we explore topics like the work of Cimateque – Alternative Film Centre Cairo, the preservation of Chilean exile films, and audiovisual heritage in India.

Film, talks & discussion

Each session will feature a short introduction by Giovanna Fossati (Chief Curator at Eye and Professor of Film Heritage at the University of Amsterdam), followed by a lecture and Q&A with an international expert on the topic and a film screening.

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still from Waar de ratten koning zijn (Barbara den Uyl, NL 1985)

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