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{{Short description|Indian non-profit organization}}
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Film Heritage Foundation
| logo = Film Heritage Foundation logo.png
| logo_size =
| type = [[Non-profit organization]]
| founded_date = 2014
| founder = [[Shivendra Singh Dungarpur]]
| location = [[Mumbai]], India
| coordinates = 
| purpose = [[Film preservation]], restoration and [[archiving]]
| homepage = [https://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/ filmheritagefoundation.co.in]
}}

'''Film Heritage Foundation''' is a [[non-profit organization]], based in [[Mumbai]], India, dedicated to [[film preservation]], restoration and [[archiving]] of India’s film heritage.<ref>{{cite news|author=Urvi Malvania |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/film-heritage-foundation-aims-to-ramp-up-film-preservation-restoration-in-india-116031200619_1.html |title=Film Heritage Foundation: Aims to ramp up film preservation & restoration in India | Business Standard News |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business-standard.com |date= 12 March 2016|accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref>

==History==
Film Heritage Foundation was founded in 2014 by [[Shivendra Singh Dungarpur]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/pk-nair-cinema-obituary/article8317562.ece | title=The man who saved India's cinematic heritage | newspaper=The Hindu | date=5 March 2016 | last1=Dungarpur | first1=Shivendra Singh }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/071017/bring-back-the-past.html |title=Bring back the past! |publisher=Deccanchronicle.com |date= 7 October 2017|accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref>

The foundation's aim is to preserve both films as well as film-related memorabili.<ref>{{cite news|author=Urvi Malvania |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/viacom18-film-heritage-foundation-launch-film-preservation-workshop-115022100635_1.html |title=Viacom18, Film Heritage Foundation launch film preservation workshop | Business Standard News |newspaper=Business Standard India |publisher=Business-standard.com |date= 21 February 2015|accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/education/for-posterity-and-beyond/article20185509.ece | title=For posterity and beyond | newspaper=The Hindu | date=12 November 2017 | last1=Srinivasan | first1=Madhumitha }}</ref> In 2015, the foundation raised funds for their film preservation and restoration workshop as well as from private businesses and [[Bollywood]] actors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/film-heritage-foundation-gets-corporate-funds-to-preserve-old-indian-cinema/articleshow/46318472.cms?from=mdr |title=Film Heritage Foundation gets corporate funds to preserve old Indian cinema - The Economic Times |publisher=Economictimes.indiatimes.com |date=2015-02-21 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref>

The foundation also runs education and training programmes and regularly holds workshops on film conservation and preservation and restoration around the country.<ref>{{cite web|first=Suryasarathi|last=Bhattacharya|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/at-film-heritage-foundations-workshops-experts-from-across-the-globe-aim-to-give-new-life-to-indias-iconic-works-5574571.html |title=At Film Heritage Foundation's workshops, experts from across the globe aim to give new life to India's iconic works|publisher=Firstpost.com |date=November 19, 2018 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/nagarjuna-and-amala-announce-film-heritage-foundation-s-film-preservation-restoration-workshop/article29219333.ece | title=Nagarjuna and Amala announce Film Heritage Foundation' s Film Preservation & Restoration Workshop | newspaper=The Hindu | date=22 August 2019 | last1=Dundoo | first1=Sangeetha Devi }}</ref> In 2019, the foundation received the memorabilia of the Indian actor [[Raj Kapoor]] for preservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/memorabilia-of-raj-kapoor-films-passed-on-to-film-heritage-foundation/21795010 |title=Memorabilia of Raj Kapoor films passed on to Film Heritage Foundation - entertainment |publisher=Mid-day.com |date=2019-09-25 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref> The foundation initiated an [[oral history]] project in 2018, in which it interviewed at length, for a permanent historical and cultural record, some of the most eminent film personalities of India, including [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]], [[Mani Ratnam]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], [[Goutam Ghose]] and [[Aparna Sen]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-24|title=On-camera accounts of legends who shaped Indian cinema to be archived - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/on-camera-accounts-of-legends-who-shaped-indian-cinema-to-be-archived/articleshow/69403409.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Uday Bhatia |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/the-art-of-the-unhurried-interview-1565342224828.html |title=The art of the unhurried interview |publisher=Livemint.com |date=2019-08-09 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref> The foundation in the past has been supported by Tata Trusts with a three-year grant in 2017 to provide scholarships for participants at their annual film preservation and restoration workshops.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatatrusts.org/our-stories/article/the-guardians-of-india-reel-heritage |title=The guardians of India's reel heritage - Transforming lives |publisher=Tata Trusts |date=2019-02-27 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref>

In 2015, Martin Scorsese’s [[The Film Foundation]] lent their support for Film Heritage Foundation’s first film preservation and restoration workshop in Mumbai. The foundation was accepted as an associate member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) at the General Assembly held in Sydney in April 2015 and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur was elected for a second term as a member of the Executive Committee of FIAF at the FIAF Congress in Lausanne in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|first=Anupriya|last=Chatterjee|date=May 11, 2017|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=30 yrs after PK Nair, Dungarpur elected to FIAF executive body|url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/civic/30-yrs-after-pk-nair-dungarpur-elected-to-fiaf-executive-body/articleshow/58617806.cms|website=Pune Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=The Preservation Man|url=https://www.dainikgomantak.com/542|website=www.dainikgomantak.com}}</ref>

==Preservation and archiving==
;Film collection
The foundation currently has around 500 titles on 35 mm, 16 mm, Super 8 and 8 mm formats. Besides feature films, the collections include important historical footage dating from the 1930s and ‘40s including footage of the freedom movement and rare home movies of the pre-Independence era that are preserved in a temperature-controlled storage facility.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Sangeetha Devi|last1=Dundoo|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=A workshop on saving India's cinema heritage to be held in Hyderabad|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/film-preservation-and-restoration-workshop-india-in-hyderabad/article29144420.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 August 2019|issn=0971-751X|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

;Non-film archive
The foundation also archive film-related memorabilia like posters, photographs, scripts, lobby cards, song booklets and artefacts of eminent film personalities.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Suman|last1=Layak|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=A man's crusade to save India's cinematic heritage from decay|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/a-mans-crusade-to-save-indias-cinematic-heritage-from-decay/articleshow/61167025.cms?from=mdr|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref>

==Training programmes==
The foundation has been conducting week-long annual film preservation and restoration workshops in collaboration with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) around the country since 2015 for creating awareness in major film centres.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Sangeetha Devi|last1=Dundoo|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=A workshop on saving India's cinema heritage to be held in Hyderabad|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/film-preservation-and-restoration-workshop-india-in-hyderabad/article29144420.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 August 2019|issn=0971-751X|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

Film Heritage Foundation held the first in the series of short workshops in association with the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and in collaboration with Nehru Science Centre (National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India) – “Film Preservation in Practice” – a two-day workshop with David Walsh and Mick Newnham on March 9 and 10, 2018. In March 2019, Film Heritage Foundation in association with FIAF and the Nepal Film Development Board conducted a workshop in Kathmandu to save Nepal’s Audiovisual Heritage.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=Film preservationists suggest regional archives because of India's diversity|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/film-preservationists-suggest-regional-archives-because-of-indias-diversity-5094551/|date=12 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=P is for preservation|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/p-is-for-preservation/article22969497.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 March 2018|issn=0971-751X|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-19|title=Saving Sri Lanka's Film Heritage|url=https://www.lankabusinessnews.com/saving-sri-lankas-film-heritage/|date=7 March 2018|website=Lanka Business News}}</ref>

Film Heritage Foundation organized ''Reframing the Future of Film'' an event headlined by visual artist [[Tacita Dean]] and film director [[Christopher Nolan]] in 2018 in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-20|title=Christopher Nolan arrives in Mumbai - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.commovies/india/christopher-nolan-arrives-in-mumbai/articleshow/63534473.cms|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2020-11-20|title=Nolan will visit Mumbai, talk on cinema preservation|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/nolan-will-visit-mumbai-talk-on-cinema-preservation.html|website=theweek.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Kennith|last1=Rosario|accessdate=2020-11-20|title=Christopher Nolan in India: Celluloid vs digital cinema debate rages on|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/film-looks-digital-see/article23416400.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 April 2018|issn=0971-751X|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Publications==
*The Film Heritage Foundation launched their first book ''From Darkness Into Light: Perspectives on Film Preservation and Restoration'', edited by Rajesh Devraj was published in 2015. It was the first-ever book dedicated to the topic of film preservation and restoration to have been published in India.
*Their second book ''Yesterday’s Films For Tomorrow'' a compilation of the writings of India’s foremost film archivist by PK Nair was published in 2107.

== References ==
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[[Category:Film preservation organizations]]
[[Category:2014 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2014]]
[[Category:Film archives]]
[[Category:Film organisations in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Mumbai]]

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