Directed by:
Inés Toharia TeránScreenplay:
Inés Toharia TeránCinematography:
Daniel VilarComposer:
Robert Marcel LepageCast:
Margaret Bodde, Frédéric Bonnaud, Serge Bromberg, Kevin Brownlow, Costa-Gavras, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Patricio Guzmán, Jan-Christopher Horak (more)Plots(1)
Why are we still able to watch moving images captured over 125 years ago? As we move ever further into the digital age, our audiovisual heritage seems to be taken increasingly for granted. However, much of our filmed history and cinema has already been lost forever. Film archivists, curators, technicians and filmmakers from around the world explain what film preservation is and why it is needed. Our protagonists are custodians of film whose work behind the scenes safeguards the survival of motion pictures. It is a task they undertake based on their closely held belief in the artistic and cultural value of the moving image, in tune with a shared mantra that a film might one day transform someone’s life. This documentary is an homage to them all and sheds some light on their critical undertaking. (Seminci - Valladolid International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Frédéric Bonnaud
France
Serge Bromberg
France
Costa-Gavras
Greece
Best movies:
Madame Rosa (1977)
Spies Like Us (1985)
Special Section (1975)
Patricio Guzmán
Chile
Best movies:
Moon Over Parador (1988)
Ken Loach
UK
Ben Mankiewicz
USA
Best movies:
White House Down (2013)
Mank (2020)
The Bling Ring (2011) (TV movie)
Bill Morrison
USA
Best movies:
Mutual Appreciation (2005)
Martin Scorsese
USA
Best movies:
Raging Bull (1980)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Ridley Scott
UK
Vittorio Storaro
Italy
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Fernando Trueba
Spain
Best movies:
Wim Wenders
Best movies:
Kings of the Road (1976)
Alice in the Cities (1974)
Summer in the City (1971)
Adrian Wood
UK