Manipur, April 12 -- Cine Dialogue lays stress on importance of film preservation

The Cine Dialogue on Monday stressed on the aspects and importance of film archiving and restoration.

The dialogue is being conducted as a part of the ongoing golden jubilee celebration of Manipuri cinema that began on April 9.

Founder director of Film Heritage Foundation Shivendra Singh Dungarpur expressed that people have a wrong conception that only celluloid films are lost. He said that digital films also get lost.

The Cine Dialogue on Monday was moderated by filmmaker and enthusiast of film archiving Johnson Rajkumar.

When Johnson queried about the apparent delay in preservation works, Shivendra said that one major hurdle in film archiving is the o...