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Film Restoration Summer School this November!
By InCinemas / 08 Nov 2013 (Friday)
For the first time in Asia, the National Museum of Singapore will host the inaugural Asian edition of the highly acclaimed Film Restoration Summer School from 18 – 23 November 2013.
The six-day Film Restoration School Asia provides film preservation and restoration training to safeguard our shared cinematic heritage and address the growing need for specialised knowledge and skills in this area within Asia.
Film Restoration Summer School
Date: 18 - 23 November 2013
Film screenings of restored films and selected lectures will be open to the public for free
(Visit the official website for more information)
Film Restoration School Asia is the first Asian edition of the biennial and world-renowned Film Restoration Summer School in Bologna, Italy, which started in 2007. The six-day programme in Singapore provides film preservation and restoration training through screenings, lectures, and practical hands-on lessons, conducted by experts from around the world and staff of L’Immagine Ritrovata – a highly specialised film restoration laboratory.
The National Museum of Singapore Cinémathèque received applications from 15 countries including the Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, attesting to the emerging interest and increased importance of film restoration and preservation in Asia. A final intake of 40 applicants, which includes current practitioners from various film archives and cinémathèques, have been selected to attend the school in Singapore.
Students of Film Restoration School Asia will undergo theory and practical classes that will give them further insight into the four key stages of film restoration: preparation, scanning, restoration and mastering. These will be complemented with panel discussions and screenings of restored films to function as case studies.
Selected lectures, talks and screenings of restored films are also open to members of the public as part of the Cinémathèque’s efforts to generate greater awareness about film restoration and preservation. Some renowned titles that will be screened include Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin Scorsese, chairman of the World Cinema Foundation and the experimental debut feature, Mysterious Object at Noon (2000), by award-winning Thai film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.