Cinéma

All professional events are free of charge, no registration necessary. For even more detailed information in Hungarian: http://filmarchiv.hu/hu/filmmaraton/2019/szakmai

5 SEPTEMBRE

Première journée professionnelle (en anglais)
5 septembre 2019, 9h00-13h00
Sound restoring of the film heritage, archival discoveries

Topics:

How do experts restore the sound of film heritage? How is the soundtrack for silent movie composed today? Can a lost soundtrack be replaced? There are 101 different types of sound recording systems sound designers have been worked with during film history – is it possible to restore a soundtrack that has been recorded with one microphone to a Dolby Surround System compatible version? Will it be authentic at all?

We are getting an insight into the hidden secrets of sound restoration and digital sound restoration by the help of sound editors and composer experts.

Presenters: Jean Pierre Verscheure, Cinevolution Studio, sound restoring studio, director; Dániel Bőhm sound restorer, Attila Pacsay composer (composer of the soundtrack for the silent film Undesirable, directed by Mihály Kertész/Michael Curtiz)

Presentation of the current works of the Hungarian Film Archive

Who was the first Hungarian female producer? How were the participants of the 100-year-old Hungarian newsreels identified? Jazz and popular music in Hungarian films – even the very first Hungarian film The Dance from 1901, was part of a musical compilation. And these were just the beginnings, long before the Phonofilm…

Presenters: Evin Hussein, Galina Torma, Márton Kurutz, colleagues from the National Film Archive

6 SEPTEMBRE

Deuxième journée professionnelle (en anglais)
6 septembre 2019, 9h00-16h00
Conservation of the film heritage, restoration, identification of lost films

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First ever in Hungary the film Rabmadár / Slave Girl romantic movie is screened, that was found in pieces in various European film archives. The Austrian Filmarchiv’s reseachers collected the pieces and show the whole film in Budapest! Accompanied with live piano by Ferenc Darvas!

How are the Belgian, the Danish, the Dutch, the Czech and the French Film Archives taking care of their national film heritage? How were films coloured in the 1910s? How is the European film treasury available to the public?

Danish, Dutch, French, Czech and other European experts tell their stories how they preserve, restore, identify and make the treasures of the European archives available to the public.

Presenters:

Thomas Christensen, lead curator, Danish Film Archive, Copenhagen; Eric Le Roy, head of collection, CNC Bois d’Arcy; Elif Rongen, lead researcher-archivist EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam; Nikolaus Wostry collection lead, Film Archive Austria; Arianna Turci, head of archival collection, Royal Belgian Cinematheque

7 SEPTEMBRE

Troisième journée professionnelle (en anglais)
7 septembre 2019, 9h00-16h00

Sharing and transmission – festivals, cinematheques, education

Topics:

What is the difference between the Cinematheque and a film museum? How a 100-year-old film should be marketed and presented today? How has the 35 mm film in cinemas become popular again in the US? What makes the film archivators’ job exciting?

Executives of the US and European Cinematheques and festival experts share their thoughts on how and why the archive films are more and more popular today. Among others, the director of the Cannes Classics, the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, Bologna, and the Lyon Classics Film Fairs and program directors of Yale and New York University share their experience.

Lecturers:

Brian Meachem, Director of Archive Collections, Yale University; Juana Suarez, Director of Moving Image Archiving and Presentation Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University; Guillame Poulet, Director, Cinematheque de Nice; Franck Loiret, Director, Cinematheque de Toulouse; Gerald Duchaussoy, Director, Cannes Classics / International Classic Film Market Lyon, Sophie Mirouze, Director, Festival de LaRochelle; Massimo Benvegnú, Head of the Programing Committee FIAF;  Veronique Joo'Aisenberg, La Cinémathéque Afrique; Guy Borlee, director of Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival, Bologna

All professional events are free of charge, no registration necessary. For even more detailed information in Hungarian: http://filmarchiv.hu/hu/filmmaraton/2019/szakmai