Dear Friends and Colleagues,

After a long and difficult year, the National Film Institute Hungary – Film Archive is organizing the 4thBudapest Classics Film Marathon onsite. The festival will take place between 21–26 September 2021. Over the six days of the festival, audiences can watch a wide selection of classic movies, participate in lectures and workshops, join cine-concerts, and enjoy various film-related programmes. 

All colleagues are invited to propose new restorations for the screening programme as well asscholarly lectures, reports on new discoveries, project ideas, and plans for panel discussions.

Recommended topics for the panel discussion

• New restorations and discoveries
• Ethics of digital film restoration – guidelines, problems, case studies
• Ethics of sharing archival content
• New paths to the audience after the pandemic

Decisions on the programme are made by the festival’s curatorial team, taking into consideration the programme focus, artistic aspects, and logistics. 

For those who already had the chance to enjoy our festival and our warm welcome, it’s an occasion toreturn to the beautiful city of Budapest. For those who could not yet participate, it’s time to discover a new destination for film professionalsand film lovers!

György Ráduly

director, NFI – Film Archive

Colleagues interested in presenting their new restorations and project(s) are kindly asked to send their proposals to nagy.tamara@nfi.hu
Submission deadline: 10 June 2021
See you in Budapest in 2021!