Restored Classic Film Premieres Highlight The Reel Thing Technical Symposium, Aug 24-26

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The Reel Thing, a symposium dedicated to addressing the preservation and restoration of audio visual collections, will open with the U.S. premiere of a new restoration of the Oscar -nominated 1960 film La Verite ( The Truth ). Two additional new 4K restorations also will be shown during The Reel Thing, including the U.S. premiere of Howard Hawks' Scarface and the world premiere of Alex Cox's Sid and Nancy.

The Reel Thing takes place August 24 - 26 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The event offers insight into the latest preservation and restoration efforts throughout the motion picture community, and brings together experts who are using the latest technologies to make cinema's legacy accessible for future audiences.

Registration is now open, with discounts for industry groups and students, at www.the-reel-thing.org.

In addition to restored screenings at The Reel Thing, this year's program addresses vital topics of interest to preservation and restoration professionals around the globe, including sessions on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in repairing assets; the explosion of digital formats and how to manage deliverables; optical sound recovery; and modern workflow solutions for safeguarding projects.

Case studies will examine the restoration of Scarface (1932), the silent film Behind the Door (1919), and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982). An in-depth look at how ACES was used to reformat and archive The Troop rounds out these discussions.

Speakers are expected to include Nicholas Bergh, End Point Audio; film director Marcus Dillistone; Miki Fukushima, Paramount Digital Archive; Mike Inchalik, PurePix Images; Wojtek Janio, MTI Film; Inna Kozlov, Algosoft Tech USA; Jim Lindner, Media Matters LLC; Josef Lindner, Academy Film Archive, AMPAS; Simon Lund, Cineric, Inc.; Andy Maltz, Science and Technology Council, AMPAS; Alexander Petukhov, University of Georgia; Michael Pogorzelski, Academy Film Archive, AMPAS; Peter Schade, NBCUniversal; Linda Tadic, Digital Bedrock; Sean Vilbert, Paramount Digital Archive; and Jason Wall, Metromedia Radio.*

An opening night reception will be followed by the screening of La Verite. Directed by acclaimed French director Henri-Georges Clouzot and starring Brigitte Bardot, La Verite follows the trial of a young French woman (Bardot) accused of her lover's murder. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and was a box office hit in France. La Verite was digitally restored at 4K by Sony Pictures Entertainment in partnership with The Film Foundation and RT Features.

Created and co-founded by Grover Crisp and Michael Friend, The Reel Thing supports the programs and services of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA).

For more information and to register for The Reel Thing, go to www.the-reel-thing.org.

ABOUT AMIA

As the world's largest international association of professional media archivists, the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is uniquely poised to bring together a broad range of experts. Members represent film studios, corporate and national archives, historical societies, labs, post production, universities, footage libraries and more. Because of this diverse membership, AMIA provides an opportunity to interact with every facet of the field and a single forum to address the best ways to preserve and provide access to our media heritage in digital and analog formats. For further information, visit www.AMIAnet.org and follow AMIA on Facebook, Twitter (@AMIAnet) and Instagram (@AMIArchivists).

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