IDFB x ABPA PRESENT: SELECTIONS FROM DIGITALIZAÇÃO VIAJANTE
dir. Various
Brazil. 70 min.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Between September 2022 and February 2023, archivists Glênis Cardoso and William Plotnick of Cinelimite/IDFB traveled to six different Brazilian states in the north and south east with a portable 2K 8mm and Super 8 film scanner in an effort to digitize works of Brazilian film heritage in these formats from regions of Brazil with little access to film scanning services. This ambitious digitization project is called Traveling Digitization (Digitalização Viajante), and was a collaboration between Cinelimite's Iniciativa de Digitalização de Filmes Brasileiros (IDFB) and the Associação Brasileira de Preservação Audiovisual (ABPA).

The project resulted in the digitization of over 350 unique Brazilian 8mm and S8 films, in only three months. IDFB and ABPA are excited to present the first ever screening of an especially selected group of titles from this project to the Spectacle audience on a night of conversations about the importance of small gauge film formats, Brazilian cinema history, and independent film preservation initiatives in Brazil.

This event will feature an introduction and post-screening discussion with William Plotnick

Note: Proceeds from this event will go towards helping IDFB and ABPA purchase hard drives to digitally preserve the films digitized during the project Digitalização Viajante.