This is Film!

The programme of This is Film! Film Heritage in Practice is now online! 8 March - 24 May 2023

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.
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.

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 Cimatheque - Alternative Film Centre Cairo, the preservation of Chilean exile films, and audiovisual heritage in India.
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.

#1: Cimatheque - Alternative Film Center Cairo
8 March - 15:30| Lecture by Tamer El Said (Artistic Director of Cimatheque) paired with screening of Atteyat Al-Abnoudy’s documentaries.
#2: Dispossesed Archives
22 March - 15:30 | Lecture by Amal Alhaag (3rd Eye Scholar in Residence), Barby Asante and Jeftha Pattikawa paired with film excerpts