Five Minutes On Film

One of the FATF’s longest-running media projects, Five Minutes on Film asks various professionals to discuss what the preservation of film means to their life’s work.

Episode One  |  June 18, 2014

◄   Leonard Maltin, Film Critic

In the first in a series of short reflections, noted film critic, author and historian Leonard Maltin shares his views on the current status of motion picture film within moving image culture

Episode Two  |  November 19, 2014

◄   Tara Judah, Film Critic & Programmer

In the second in this series, Tara Judah, Film Critic & Programmer, offers a perspective on film versus the binary, the magic of projection, and the history of the object

+ Updated January 20, 2015

Episode Three  |  May 8, 2015

◄   Tacita Dean, Artist

In the third in this series, Tacita Dean, Visual Artist, and one of the leaders of the fight to make film classified as a world heritage through UNESCO, offers her perspective on film as artists’ medium, the importance of the print to her artistic process and the origins of cinemas as a space specifically constructed to experience projected film.