The project concerns the creation of special facilities and equipment, which is necessary for the restoration and digitization, i.e. the transfer of films from analogue (35mm and 16mm films) to digital (DCP for cinemas, Prores, HD or other types of files for transmission, home video and VOD).
Included in the Recovery Fund is the project of Creating a Digital Film Restoration Laboratory of the Film Archive of Greece, with a budget of 2,028,957 euros.
The project concerns the creation of special facilities and equipment, which is necessary for the restoration and digitization, i.e. the transfer of films from analogue (35mm and 16mm films) to digital (DCP for cinemas, Prores, HD or other types of files for transmission, home video and VOD).
In particular, the following are foreseen:
– The supply of special equipment for the maintenance laboratory for film repair, material study, scanning, electronic data processing (EDP), digital restoration, color correction and mastering.
– The upgrading of two existing spaces of the Film Archive of Greece to convert them into specialized workshops.
– The pilot restoration of two films.
– The training of personnel in all individual phases of the restoration works.
With the decision of the Ministry of Culture to include this project in the Recovery Fund “beyond the obvious importance for the preservation and promotion of the film stock, the specialized laboratory will create jobs and new specialties, in the rapidly growing field of conservation and restoration of film films” it says the relevant announcement of the Ministry of the Interior. “In addition, Greek cinematographic works, which due to the poor quality of their materials cannot be shown, after their digital and physical restoration, will become accessible to the public again, both in international festivals and in cinemas.”
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