Date & Time: 01.02.2020 (Sat) 16:30 Venue: 1/F Foyer, Broadway Cinematheque In English with Cantonese interpretation Moderator: Chanel Kong Guest Speaker: Dr. Giovanna Fossati While research on early colour films had been overlooked by major archival bodies until the mid 1990s, in the recent decade restoration organisations in Europe began restoring and reconstructing films stocks with emphasis on recovering the colours on film, and film festivals like Il Cinema Ritrovato and the Pordenone Silent Film Festival have also been founded to present and promote these films. Among the organisations dedicated to presenting these restored classics to modern-day audience is the Nederlands Filmmuseum (now EYE Filmmuseum), with its 1995 workshop ‘Colours in Silent Film’. Speaker Dr. Fossati, a participating researcher of this workshop, has been studying early colour films over the last 20 years. In this talk she discusses the history and conservation of early colour films, and the changes in the EYE Filmmuseum’s practices in the digital age. Admission: Free of Charge Seats are on first-come-first-served basis, with priority given to ticket holders of this programme

Dr. Giovanna Fossati is the Chief Curator at EYE Filmmuseum and Professor of Film Heritage and Digital Film Culture at the University of Amsterdam Ms. Chanel Kong is the Associate Curator, Moving Image, M+