Academy Has Restored and Preserved 21 of Satyajit Ray’s Films

Filmmaker Shivendra Dungarpur and the Short Film Preservationist Teesa Idlewine at a workshop on Restoration of Satyajit Ray Preservation Project, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on November 23, 2016
Filmmaker Shivendra Dungarpur and the Short Film Preservationist Teesa Idlewine at a workshop on Restoration of Satyajit Ray Preservation Project, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS), during the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2016), in Panaji, Goa on November 23, 2016

The Workshop on Restoration of Satyajit Ray Preservation Project was held by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) at Kala Academy in IFFI 2016 on Wednesday.

The workshop was presented by Ms. Tessa Idlewine, Short Film Preservationist at AMPAS. The workshop highlighted the challenges involved in the task of restoring films. Ms. Idlewine mentioned they have been able to restore and preserve 21 of Satyajit Ray’s films in the time span of 20 years.


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Tessa Idlewine, an inventory film archivist at Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences elaborated the efforts undertaken by AMPAS to restore, conserve and preserve Satyajit Ray’s films.

Ms. Idlewine has specialized in film handling, film identification, cataloguing, film archiving, preservation and conservation. The session was moderated by Shivendra Dungarpur, an Indian filmmaker, producer, film archivist and restorer himself.

Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization with the stated goal of advancing the art and sciences of motion pictures.

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