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Film Restoration Summer School / FIAF Summer School
19 May to 17 July 2009

The Film Restoration Summer School 2009 is dedicated to train staff working in film archives and students in restoration and preservation of film heritage. Cineteca del Comune di Bologna has designed the training programme in cooperation with the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) and the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF).

According to the educational tradition inaugurated by FIAF in the 1970's, all past editions of FIAF Summer School aimed at educating and training staff working in film libraries and archives.

In 2007, FIAF Summer School moved to Bologna and it started focusing on film restoration. This field lacked specific adequate training that was perfectly complemented by the work in the laboratory. The Film Restoration Summer School is made of three phases: the final phase consists of an intensive training workshop at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. During this phase, all participants will be divided into small groups and work side by side with laboratory technicians on all machines and tools used for photochemical, digital and sound restoration.

The two preceding phases will familiarise the participants with a theoretical background. They are structured as follows: Phase 1 is represented by the distance learning classes; participants will download the texts to study that have been selected by Summer School scientific staff. Phase 2 will take place in Bologna and it will match the Cinema Ritrovato film festival week. Every day of this week there will be meetings with experts who will discuss with participants the major issues concerning the preservation of the film heritage.

Phase 1: Theory lessons on Film Restoration: distance learning, May 19 to 23 June (each Tuesday)
Phase 2: Introduction and attendance to Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival: Bologna, 27 June to 4 July
Phase 3: Restoration practice: Bologna, 6 to 17July

The two past editions of Summer School have proven that the demand in this field is considerably high (we received more than 100 applications each year), as much as the interest that this School has aroused all over the world. In 2007 we selected 28 participants coming from 16 different countries, and in 2008 we had 40 participants from 32 countries. These figures motivates us to continue this training that aims at giving practical grounding on preserving the film heritage and awakening archivists and people who work already in this field.

Contact
Ms. Elena Tammaccaro
elena.tammaccaro@immagineritrovata.it

For more information, including the detailed programme and the application form, please visit: http://www.cinetecadibologna.it/ (select “Restaurare”), www.fiafnet.org (select “education”) or www.acefilm.de (select “Activities”)