Saving the World’s Film Heritage: Now or Never

Much of the world’s film heritage remains unpreserved, with collections in parts of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East particularly exposed by fragile materials, limited archival capacity, aging facilities and disappearing technical knowledge. Losing these works would mean erasing part of our shared memory and denying future generations access to the images through which societies understood and imagined themselves. This session asks how we can unite around an urgent global effort rooted in local expertise to identify, preserve and make endangered collections accessible.

Speakers

PART 1

OPENING REMARKS
Ms. Éléonore Caroit
Minister Delegate for
Francophonie, International
Partnerships and French
Nationals Abroad, France

PART 2

Mr. Valéry Freland
Executive Director, ALIPH

Mr. Shivendra Singh
Dungarpur
Founding Director, Film,
Heritage Foundation, and
Director, MANI Festival,
India

Ms. Vanessa Bendetti
Head of Motion Picture
and Entertainment,
Eastman Kodak Company,
United States

Mr. Thierry Frémaux
General Delegate, Festival
de Cannes, General
Director, Institut Lumière,
France

Mr. Fadli Zon
Minister of Culture,
Indonesia

Moderator:
Mr. Todd Spangler
Variety