Hollywood director Christopher Nolan and award-winning visual artist Tacita Dean are in Mumbai and they attended the 4th edition of ‘Reframing the Future of Film’.
The event was hosted by Viacom18, in association with the Film Heritage Foundation, in attendance for the dinner were a motley of top business leaders, filmmakers and media industry personalities such as Kamal Haasan, A.R. Rahman, Huma Qureshi, Anurag Kashyap, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Rajkumar Hirani, Santosh Sivan, Shyam Benegal, Ashish Bhasin, Vikram Sakhuja, and Prasoon Joshi.
Christopher Nolan and Tacita Dean have been raising awareness among the international film fraternity towards the cause of saving celluloid. After three editions in London, Los Angeles and Mexico, this time they’re in India. Film Heritage Foundation, which works towards the saving and restoring the film heritage of India and neighbouring countries has partnered with Nolan and Dean to raise awareness in India.
Nolan, along with directors like Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson, are ardent supporters of the traditional 70mm film.
Speaking about his visit to India, Nolan said: “Here’s to learning more from you guys, to looking forward to events over the next couple of days, and learning more about the amazing film culture that exists in India.”
‘Reframing the Future of Film’ – a conversation between Dean, Nolan and award-winning filmmaker and archivist, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur will be held at NCPA theatre Mumbai on April 1.
Here’s what Kamal Haasan shared after his meeting with Nolan:
Shah Rukh Khan too shared his fanboy moment:
My Fanboy moment. Inspiring to hear Mr.Nolan & Ms.Tacita Dean talk of the virtues of celluloid as an artist’s medium. Thanks @shividungarpur for having me over pic.twitter.com/08dyi0kmwz
— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) March 31, 2018
