The European Genre Film Foundation (Egff), aimed at restoring and raising awareness of classic genre films in Europe and globally, launched at Cannes on Tuesday.
The non-profit organization, headquartered in Stockholm, will work with film libraries, archives, rights holders, academics, film festivals and other institutions. It is modelled on Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation and the American Genre Film Archive (Agfa) in the U.S.
Among the first projects of the Egff will be an academic study of historic female genre film makers in Europe and raising funds for a 4K film scanner set-up dedicated to digitizing and restoring genre films and related material that is languishing in archives. The Egff will also be arranging symposiums, workshops and film screenings.
In its next phase the Egff will begin consultations with European film archives, public institutions and rights holders about developing a plan and workflow for identifying, rescuing, scanning and making...
The non-profit organization, headquartered in Stockholm, will work with film libraries, archives, rights holders, academics, film festivals and other institutions. It is modelled on Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation and the American Genre Film Archive (Agfa) in the U.S.
Among the first projects of the Egff will be an academic study of historic female genre film makers in Europe and raising funds for a 4K film scanner set-up dedicated to digitizing and restoring genre films and related material that is languishing in archives. The Egff will also be arranging symposiums, workshops and film screenings.
In its next phase the Egff will begin consultations with European film archives, public institutions and rights holders about developing a plan and workflow for identifying, rescuing, scanning and making...
- 5/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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- MUBI
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