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Recent restoration, screening, and archive news from the association.
Restoration complete: a 1960s stage documentary
A film of Cantonese opera backstage has been cleaned and scanned, and will be screened this month.
Screening: a lost Cantonese film set
The association found a set of unpublished production photos and will hold a small screening and tour.
Workshop: caring for costumes and masks
Conservators demonstrate how to handle silk, pigment, and old wooden masks. Places are limited.
Archive gift: a family’s video tapes
A family gave the association thirty tapes of weddings and neighborhood performances to catalogue.
Talk: oral history of film music
A retired musician recalls recording on set. The talk includes time for questions.
Exhibition preview: a golden age in posters
Fifty hand-painted film posters go on display next month, some for the first time.
Volunteer day: cleaning old film
Volunteers check cans, copy catalogue numbers, and rehouse fragile film.
Interview: a retired lighting designer
We recorded forty years of stage experience. The interview will be written up.
Digitisation: the first stills are online
Eight hundred stills have been scanned and numbered, and can be viewed by appointment.
Community screening: a summer family show
The association screens restored shorts in a community hall, with a simple film-handling corner.
Year in review: what we have preserved
Scripts, posters, and recordings acquired over the past year have been given a basic catalogue record.