FIAF Film Restoration Summer School

2026 FIAF Film Restoration Summer School 

Film restoration online course: distance learning, April 30th to June 11th, 2026 (every Thursday)

Welcome meeting: Bologna, June 20th, 2026

Il Cinema Ritrovato film festival and Restoration lectures: Bologna, Cineteca facilities - June 20th to 28th, 2026

Restoration workshops: Bologna, L’Immagine Ritrovata facilities - June 29th to July 10th, 2026

Cineteca di Bologna, L'Immagine Ritrovata, the Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film (FIAF) and the Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) are thrilled to announce that the 11th FIAF Film Restoration Summer School will take place in Bologna during summer 2026.

The institutions behind the Summer School have come together once again in order to renew and strengthen their long lasting cooperation, a bond that aims to pursue the spread of film preservation and conservation through the international community. Specialists, film archive staff and students that are looking forward to experience the complete restoration workflow in our two-decade experienced film restoration laboratory are more than welcome to apply.

Application process is now open. Program and application form can be downloaded here below. 

Coordinator: Elena Tammaccaro
E-mail contact: filmrestorationschool@immagineritrovata.it