Importance of film archiving and restoration discussed at Cine Dialogue
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 13 2021: The Cine Dialogue on Monday stressed on the aspects and importance of film archiving and restoration.

The dialogue is being conducted as a regular feature of the ongoing golden jubilee celebration of Manipuri cinema that began on April 9 .

Founder director of Film Heritage Foundation Shivendra Singh Dungarpur opined that people have a wrong conception that only celluloid films are lost.

He said that digital films also get lost and added many consider cinema as just an entertainment and not as an art form.

This is one main reason the archiving and preservation process is somewhat delayed in many places across India.

He maintained that it is not possible to make good films without a proper understanding of the history of films in one's place in particular and the world in general.

Mentioned may be made that Manipur State Film Development Society and Film Heritage Foundation have also signed an MoU to work together on preserving Manipur.

Moreover, it's also worth mentioning that the Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS), a state government undertaking, on Saturday last signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mumbai's Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) for setting up a film archive of Manipuri cinema in Imphal.

Partnering with FHF, a day after the yearlong golden jubilee celebration of Manipur cinema kicked off at MSFDS will be setting up the film archive to save the cinematic heritage of Manipur, said MSFDS Secretary Sunzu Bachaspatimayum, who signed the MoU with FHF's founder-director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur at the society's complex.

FHF being a non-profit organization, dedicated to supporting conservation, preservation, and restoration of film heritage in India, will provide technical and intellectual consultancy and support to MSFDS in starting the archive.

Special attention will be paid to restoration, preservation and digitalization of the cinematic heritage of Manipur, Sunzu Bachaspatimayum added.

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