RENOVATION AND PRESERVATION: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN!

Sat Sep 21, 2019
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (90 min)

Master class by Sandra Schulberg

MODERATED BY: JAY WEISSBERG Saturday, September 21, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., TU Berlin (Audimax)

Voices are crucial to every democracy. Do you want your film to remain part of the lifeblood of your society? Then you must act. The work of many independent media makers is no longer accessible today and will certainly be lost to future generations unless we all work together to save our stories. This master class is designed for all generations of filmmakers, media journalists, NGO advocates, archivists, and cultural policy influencers. During the talk, Schulberg will inform her audience on several subjects. The topics include methods to save and restore older films that were shot on celluloid; archiving films created in a digital format; estimating the cost of restoration; and creating, naming and deploying the various digital deliverables theater venues and online platforms require. This is in addition to addressing the matter of framing films—both old and new—in a historical, cultural, and aesthetic context that appeals to today’s journalists, programmers and audiences. Sandra Schulberg is the founder of IFP (Independent Filmmaker Project), America’s largest association of independent filmmakers. She is also the founder and president of IndieCollect, a non-profit organization whose mission is to rescue, restore and reactivate American independent cinema. She has worked as a producer for more than 30 years on numerous acclaimed films, including Waiting for the Moon (1987), winner of a Sundance Grand Prize.