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  • The fifth edition of the Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop India (FPRWI) 2019 is being held December 8 to 15

    Viacom18 & Film Heritage Foundation hold annual workshop in Hyd

    By A Correspondent

     

    The fifth edition of the Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop India (FPRWI) 2019 was inaugurated at Hyderabad’s State Gallery of Art on Sunday. Supported by Viacom18, this initiative of Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) and International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) in collaboration with Annapurna Studios is being held December 8 to 15.

     

    Commenting on bringing the workshop to Hyderabad this year, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Founder & Director, Film Heritage Foundation, said: “Over the last four years, we’ve been the Pied Pipers of film heritage drawing over 200 conservators, librarians, film scholars, academics, cinematographers, editors, colourists and technicians into our fold, eager to learn to save remarkable film patrimonies from our part of the world and showcase the richness and diversity of a heritage that has been lying dormant and forgotten for decades. And this number will cross the 270 mark this year. We are now ready to consolidate and build the country’s first world-class Centre of the Moving Image, an institution devoted to the art of film and we hope that we can count on the support of the film industry, the government and the public to make our vision a reality.”

     

    Speaking on the association with this initiative, Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO and MD, Viacom18, added:, “India is a country of storytellers and the oldest stories in the world originate from here. Over the years, our cinema has portrayed the culture and heritage of India. At Viacom18, we realise the importance of preserving these stories that form a part of the Indian culture for the benefit of our future generations. As India’s foremost storytellers, we connect deeply with this ethos and our support to Film Heritage Foundation is a conflux of this shared sentiment. The Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop is a step in that direction and we at Viacom18 are proud to be associated with this initiative.”

     

     

  • The fourth Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop to Kolkata aims to advocate and build awareness on the importance of preserving cinematic heritage within the Bengali Film Fraternity

    Viacom18 & Film Heritage Foundation take workshop series to Cal

    By A Correspondent

     

    In line with the centenary celebration of the Bengali Film Industry, and with a purpose to encourage and give an impetus to film preservation and restoration, the fourth edition of Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop India (FPRWI) 2018 was inaugurated in Kolkata on Thursday. Supported by Viacom18, this initiative of Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) and International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) is being held in association with the Kolkata International Film Festival. The workshop startedon November 15 and will continue till November 22.

     

    With this edition of the workshop, a programme to restore 100 Bengali films such as Tapan Sinha’s Kabuliwala, P.C. Barua’s Devdas and Ajoy Kar’s Saat Paake Bandha, amongst others will be initiated.

     

    Speaking at the occasion, Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO and MD Designate, Viacom18, said: “At Viacom18 we believe in the power of synergies and the way our association has shaped up over the past three years is an apt example of harnessing the ability of the collective for the greater good. With collaboration of Government bodies, film fraternity, the international community of film restoration experts and cinema enthusiasts, we have been able to create an ecosystem that understands the importance of cinema as a cultural relic and is equipped to preserve and archive it, for future generations. With the past three editions of the workshop in Mumbai, Pune and Chennai, we are proud to now have created a pool of about 200 individuals who are aware and equipped to preserve films across India.”

     

    Added Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Founder & Director, Film Heritage Foundation: “Film preservation is a highly specialized field that requires trained archivists. The goal of these annual intensive workshops has been to create awareness about the urgent need to save our film heritage as well as to create a resource of trained archivists who can take this forward. After the success of the first three editions, we are thankful to the Government of West Bengal for their support towards bringing FPRWI to the Kolkata and we are encouraged by their decision to make the preservation of their film heritage a priority.”