Are you interested in film and film history? Wondering what the switch to digital film means for archives that preserve film? Don’t miss our big program Friday night! The National Archives will host a special panel discussion on “Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age” on October 19 at 7 p.m. at the National Archives building in Washington, DC. In 2007, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council released their landmark study The Digital Dilemma. Five years later, archival institutions and film industry continue to address the “digital dilemma” when facing the task of preserving and restoring our motion picture history. Josef Linder, Preservation Officer for the Academy Film Archive, and Criss Kovac and Bryce Lowe, Motion Picture Preservation Specialists at the National Archives, will discuss this important issue and present examples from their latest projects. Image: Deteriorating film before and after being treated in the Motion Picture Preservation Lab at the National Archives. This program is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in partnership with the Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the National Archives.
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Are you interested in film and film history? Wondering what the switch to digital film means for archives that preserve film? Don’t miss our big program Friday night!

The National Archives will host a special panel discussion on “Preserving Grain, Presenting Pixels: Film Preservation and Restoration in the Digital Age” on October 19 at 7 p.m. at the National Archives building in Washington, DC.

In 2007, the Academy’s Science and Technology Council released their landmark study The Digital Dilemma. Five years later, archival institutions and film industry continue to address the “digital dilemma” when facing the task of preserving and restoring our motion picture history.

Josef Linder, Preservation Officer for the Academy Film Archive, and Criss Kovac and Bryce Lowe, Motion Picture Preservation Specialists at the National Archives, will discuss this important issue and present examples from their latest projects.

Image: Deteriorating film before and after being treated in the Motion Picture Preservation Lab at the National Archives.

This program is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in partnership with the Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film and the Foundation for the National Archives.

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