The workshop, which was held on March 9 and 10, was organised by the Film Heritage Foundation helmed by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur in association with International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), Paris, and the Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai. “For a country like India which has an amazing cultural diversity, perhaps film archiving should be done more on a regional basis. Given the Indian landscape and the India’s film heritage being diverse and specific to different region, there are many advantages of having a national archive,” said Walsh. He said that having private organisations like Film Heritage Foundation comes with advantage of having flexibility and dynamism in the processes as they are not bound by governmental rules and protocols. “Film Heritage Foundation is in a fortunate position since they are not bound by decisions of a government which may be driven by factors that may not be in best interest of film heritage conservation.

Source: Indian Express March 11, 2018 22:07 UTC