Day 1
Monday, 15 June 2026
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
Registration
09:45 – 10:00
Opening
Program Committee Opening Address
10:00 – 11:30
Roundtable
Session 1 — Roundtable
"Bridging Archives and Academia: The State of Affairs of Collaboration in Audiovisual Heritage"
- Karen Chan — Asian Film Archive, Singapore
- Giovanna Fossati — Utrecht University
- Tseng Chi Hsien — Tainan National University of the Arts
- Lisabona Rahman — FIAF
- Raphael De Luna Freire — Universidade Federal Fluminense
Moderator: Martino Cipriani (Bangkok University)
11:30 – 12:00
Break
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30
Individual Presentations
Session 2 — "Films, Materials, Histories"
- 'Chemical Borders: Can Historical Research in the Document Archives of Photochemical Manufacturers Assist Present-Day Film Preservation?'
Marek Jancovic — The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - 'Med Hondo: The Paper Trail'
Aboubakar Sanogo — Carleton University, Ottawa - 'Outside the Frame: Reconstructing Transnational Cinema Exhibition in Colonial Saigon-Cholon through Posters, Lists, and Archival Activation (1910s–1940s)'
Christopher Denis-Delacour & Piotr Wajda — RMIT Vietnam - 'From Vault to Screen: Digitisation, and Accessibility of India's Film Heritage at NFAI'
Ankit Vaishnav & Mahesh Kumar Meena — MSU of Baroda & Central University of Punjab
Moderator: Lisabona Rahman (FIAF)
13:30 – 15:00
Lunch
Lunch Break
15:00 – 16:30
Individual Presentations
Session 3 — "Transnational Itineraries"
- 'Crossing Borders Within and Beyond the Frame: Strategies for Overcoming Structural Amnesia in the Student Film Archive'
Yi Lou — University of Television and Film Munich - 'From Preservation to Celebration: The Legacy of the NFSA-NFI Partnership'
Jacqui Uhlmann (NFSA, Australia) & Zoe Baru (NFI, Papua New Guinea) - 'There Is a Strong Wind: The Open Archive and Transnational Solidarity'
Stefanie Schulte Strathaus — Arsenal Filminstitut Berlin - 'Animation Archiving in Taiwan: From Establishing Conservation Methods to Archival Interpretation'
Su Tien Chieh — Tainan National University of the Arts
Moderator: Karen Chan (Asian Film Archive, Singapore)
16:30 – 16:45
Break
Break
16:45 – 17:45
Performance-Lecture
'Against Archival Amnesia: Ratna Asmara and Collective Acts of Recovery'
- Umi Lestari, Julita Pratiwi, Efi Sri Handayani — Kelas Liarsip, Jakarta
18:00 – 21:00
Reception
Opening Reception
Day 2
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
Registration
09:30 – 11:00
Individual Presentations
Session 4 — "Strategies for Perseverance"
- 'Against Erasure: Pénurie, Archival Absences, and the Reconstruction of Moroccan Cinema's Years of Lead'
Rajaa Essaghyry — Keele University - 'Tropical Precarity and the Politics of Audiovisual Survival in Ghana'
Judith Opoku-Boateng — University of Ghana - 'Archival Activism and the Recovery of Militant Women's Cinema in the Philippines'
Rosemarie Omnes Roque — Polytechnic University of the Philippines - 'Digital Archives of Shame: Social Media, Taboo, and Afro-Emirati Cultural Memory'
Ameena Aljerman Alali — Mozarteum University, Salzburg
Moderator: Giovanna Fossati (Utrecht University)
11:00 – 11:30
Break
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Individual Presentations
Session 5 — "Archiving Elsewheres: Innovations and Knowledge Gaps"
- 'Corn, Peanuts, Garlic, and Film Objects: Media Rurality and the Post-Socialist Archive'
Xin Zhou — Concordia University, Montreal - 'Private Audiovisual Collectors in Sri Lanka; Divergent Preservation Practices and the Institutional Gap'
H. Ravindra Priyantha Lal — University College of Ratmalana,University of Vocational Technology. - 'Barefoot Archivist Wisdom in Tropical Zones: The "Guerrilla Archiving" of Super 8 Film in Piyamit Village'
Fong Jia Min — Independent Researcher, Malaysia - 'When Saving Is Not Yet Archiving: Preservation, Metadata, and the Saving Family Memory Campaign'
Yu-En Hsieh — Tainan National University of the Arts
Moderator: Ari Purnama (Utrecht University)
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00
Roundtable
Session 6 — "Building Global South Film Preservation Resilience"
- Laura Batitucci — ANIM of Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon
- Luíza Rosado — Filmmaker and AV Archivist, Brazil
- Janhavi Asthana — Cinematographer and Filmmaker, India
Moderator: Wua Ling Wu (Independent Researcher, Taiwan)
16:00 – 16:15
Break
Break
16:15 – 17:15
Performance-Lecture
'Like an Excavation: Programming for an Archive'
- Natalie Khoo — Asian Film Archive, Singapore
17:30 – 18:30
Screening Program
'Documentary as Archive: Reframing Botswana's Liberation History'
- Mpho Dintwa — University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Day 3
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
Registration
09:30 – 11:00
Roundtable
Session 7 — "Myanmar Film Heritage, Local Activation and International Collaboration"
- Okkar — Save Myanmar Films
- Linh Anh Moreau — UNESCO
- Sanchai Chotirosseranee — Thai Film Archive (Public Organization)
- Lisabona Rahman — FIAF
- Mengchun Tsai — Freelance audiovisual archivist, Taiwan
Moderator: Martino Cipriani (Bangkok University)
11:00 – 11:30
Break
Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00
Individual Presentations
Session 8 — "Expanding the Archiving Frame"
- 'The Art of Not Being Formalised: Gotong Royong, Archiving-on-the-go, and the Asia–Africa Connection in Uganda's Wakaliwood'
Ari Purnama — Utrecht University - 'Curating and Restoring Cinema in the Museum: M+ Restored and the Asian Avant-Garde Film Collection'
Chanel Kong — M+ Museum, Hong Kong - 'Posthumous Stardom and the Afterlife of Queer Archives: Ray Langenbach and the Political Economy of Dying Media'
Clone (Chenghao) Wen — New York University - 'Mining Australia's National Film Lending Collection: Avant-garde Rarities, Alternative Distribution Networks, and The National Film and Sound Archive'
Hayley Aaskow — National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Moderator: Kong Rithdee (Thai Film Archive (Public Organization))
13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
Lunch Break
14:30 – 16:00
Individual Presentations
Session 9 — "Elusive Border"
- 'Intimacies of a Contraband Corridor: The Contingent Presence of Arab Dancing Actresses in Bombay'
Silpa Mukherjee — University of California, San Diego - 'Moving Image/Movement of Images: Mapping Early 20th-Century Taiwan on Newsfilm'
Jamie Chih-Yun Yao — Film Archivist, Taiwan - 'Living Archives and Indigenous Knowledge: Audio-Visual Documentation Among Climate-Vulnerable Orang Asli Communities'
Hani Salwah Yaakup — Universiti Putra Malaysia
Moderator: Stefanie Schulte Strathaus (Arsenal Filminstitut Berlin)
16:00 – 16:15
Break
Break
16:15 – 17:15
Show and Tell Session
Save Myanmar Film
Tainan National University of the Arts
17:30 – 18:30
Screening Program
'The Forgotten Arctic Reels 1–7: Inuit-Sikusilarmiut Animation Studio (1972–1975)'
- Camilo Martin-Florez — National Film Board of Canada
Day 4
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Cultural Excursion
The Thai Film Archive is honored to invite delegates to a specialized heritage tour exploring the architectural and cinematic history of Bangkok. This excursion focuses on "hidden gems" and iconic landmarks that represent the evolution of the city's public spaces and cultural life.
Program Details
1. Nang Loeng Cinema (Sala Chalerm Thani)
Tucked deep within the Nang Loeng Market—one of Bangkok’s oldest and most vibrant traditional markets—lies Sala Chalerm Thani, a 108-year-old wooden standalone theater. It is a rare architectural survivor and a cornerstone of Thailand’s early cinema history.
2. Hua Lamphong (Bangkok Railway Station)
Following the visit to Nang Loeng, the host plans to take delegates to the historic Hua Lamphong Railway Station, an iconic example of the Italian Neo-Renaissance style, the station features a grand vaulted hall, decorated wooden roofs, and intricate stained glass windows. Construction began in 1910 and was completed in 1916, making it a century-old symbol of Thailand's modernization.
By Preecha.MJ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
By Preecha.MJ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
The detailed schedule will be announced soon.