Bollywood icon and Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be the 2021 recipient of the annual award presented by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).
The veteran actor will be the first Indian cinema personality to be bestowed with the prestigious FIAF Award for his dedication and contribution to the preservation of the world’s film heritage.
Hollywood filmmakers and previous recipients of the FIAF Award Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan will present the award to Amitabh Bachchan. The award will be presented in a virtual showcase scheduled to take place on March 19.
FIAF is a worldwide organization that comprises film archives and museums from across the world. The FIAF Award was introduced in 2001 when it was presented to Martin Scorsese.
It has since recognized personalities from outside the archival scene who have worked to advocate the cause of film preservation.
Past winners include Ingmar Bergman (2003), Mike Leigh (2005), Hou Hsiao-hsien (2006), Peter Bogdanovich (2007), Rithy Panh (2009), Agnès Varda (2013), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2016), Christopher Nolan (2017), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2018), Jean-Luc Godard (2019), and Walter Salles (2020).
The veteran actor’s name was nominated by the FIAF affiliate Film Heritage Foundation.
Founded by filmmaker and archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Film Heritage Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition, and study of India’s film heritage.
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