FOCAL INTERNATIONAL RESTORATION / PRESERVATION CONFERENCE
2 May 2013,
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Road,
London SE1 8XT
www.focalint.org/

‘What is restoration?’

• a one day conference to celebrate, discuss and analyse the range of work being carried out to preserve the world’s film and video heritage
• issues covered: ethics, techniques, commercial pressures, principles, presentation, formats, the canon, audiences
• case studies of work done by archives, film laboratories, facility houses and other specialist digital operations, as submitted to the FOCAL International Awards in association with AP Archive
• key skills and technical achievements will be commended during the informal lunch
• followed by the FOCAL International Awards Gala ceremony in the evening to present major awards including Best Restoration / Preservation Project and Best Title plus an Award to be presented to Grover Crisp, Sony Pictures EVP (below), for Outstanding achievement in the field of film restoration and preservation.

DRAFT Timetable
09.30 Tea/coffee / registration
10.00 Welcome by FOCAL International and the BFI
10.05 Introduction
10.15 Technical achievements
10.45 Video restoration
11.30 The smaller archives
12.15 Buffet lunch & informal award presentations in the gift of the FOCAL International Awards Restoration/Preservation Jury
13.30 The process of restoration and the different issues affecting facility houses archives and the end distributor
14.30 Grover Crisp – Winner of the Award for Outstanding achievement in the field of film restoration and preservation
15.30 Closing comments
16.00 Close

Tickets for the Conference are on sale NOW!
Anyone wishing to go on to the gala FOCAL International Awards ceremony in the evening will need to book those tickets separately here
www.focalint.org/focal-international-awards

Supported by the BFI