During IFFR 2025, Costa-Gavras and Sungji Oh spoke about the importance of film archives. Costa-Gavras, president of the Cinémathèque française, shared his experiences restoring the 1927 film 'Napoléon', a project that took 15 years. Sungji Oh, curator of the Korean Film Archive, discussed the challenges of her younger archive and its focus on female filmmakers. Both emphasized the importance of film history and the role of film archives in preserving and making this history accessible.

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