Abstract / topic summary
Nitrate film has never ceased to influence and shape the art of cinema. Far from being a medium of the past, once largely confined to leading film archives, it remains more relevant than ever. This presentation explores how, from its origins, nitrate film has continually contributed to the evolving practices of film preservation, supporting both the history and ongoing development of the art of cinema.
Speaker summary
Loubna Régragui
Loubna Régragui is a French film curator, senior expert in film preservation, and filmmaker with extensive experience working in international and multicultural professional environments across the United States, Europe, Asia, and North Africa.
An ARCHIMEDIA alumna, she graduated from The L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation at the George Eastman Museum, where she had the opportunity to work with Martin Scorsese’s private film collection. She has since collaborated with leading film archives in Europe and the United States, served as a senior film preservation expert for the European Union, and worked with nonprofit foundations and specialized film laboratories on major film preservation programs and restoration projects worldwide.
In addition, Loubna is a doctoral researcher at Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, where her PhD dissertation investigates Technicolor’s dye-imbibition process in the United States through the unique Technicolor collections conserved at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, NY.
