Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory

About the Film

“Those who confuse the action of cinematheques with nostalgia are mistaken”

(Paulo Emilio Sales Gomes - Brazil, 1982)

Film, the Living Record of Our Memory allows a unique and rare approach to the often troubled life story of moving images. Film professionals and film archivists, significant voices that are not usually heard despite their vast knowledge and passion for film, reveal their points of view. Their narrative guides us through the major setbacks, surprises or changes motion pictures have experienced: the evolution of film technology; film’s vulnerability to loss, damage and decay; the creation of film archives and cinematheques; the fragility of digital data; restoration projects; and the growing field of film and digital preservation, which protects and celebrates moving images as cultural heritage.

“When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
’Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room
Even in the eyes of all posterity”

(From Sonnet 55, William Shakespeare, 1609)

The Living Record of Memory
A Spanish/Canadian co-production by El Grifilm Productions and Filmoption International
DIRECTOR & WRITER INÉS TOHARIA  PRODUCERS ISAAC GARCIA, PAUL CADIEUX  DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY DANIEL VILAR  MUSIC COMPOSER ROBERT MARCEL LEPAGE  CAMERA JAVIER TRUEBA, JOHN ASHMORE, ALMUDENA SÁNCHEZ, DANIEL VILAR  SOUND ÁLVARO SILVA WUTH, KYLE STANFIELD, SERGIO FERNÁNDEZ, XANTI SALVADOR  EDITORS ABRAHAM LIFSHITZ, INÉS TOHARIA  SOUND EDITOR MARTIN CADIEUX-ROUILLARD   MIXER MICHEL LAMBERT  ONLINE EDITOR & COLORIST PHILIPPE CARBONNEAU  COMPUTER GRAPHICS JULIEN CHABOT–PAQUET  POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR ISABELLE BOUCHARD  TRAILER LUIS BERNADAS
  CLOSING SONG DUB INC EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ISAAC GARCIA, MARYSE ROUILLARD
INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL
UNITED STATES DISTRIBUTION KINO LORBER
SPANISH DISTRIBUTION LOST&FOUND


El Grifilm Productions

Canadian Film

ICAA

Quebec tax credit

Filmoption international



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