Presumed lost (as are many of director Allan Dwan’s silent films), Padlocked was restored in 2023 by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival and Národní filmový archiv (Prague), where the only surviving print had lain unnoticed for decades. But what does such a restoration involve in the digital era? In this presentation, Maria Fuentes will look into this process, its challenges, and the principles that guided Padlocked’s release from the obscurity of the vaults.
About the Presenter
Maria Fuentes is an independent film restorer based in the Netherlands and specialized in digital image restoration. A graduate from the Preservation and Preservation of the Moving Image Master Program at the University of Amsterdam, she’s been involved with several aspects of audiovisual preservation since 2008 – analog and digital, from cleaning and repairing films to digitizing video tapes.
