Amitabh Bachchan To Be Honoured By Martin Scorsese & Christopher Nolan With 2021 FIAF Award
Amitabh Bachchan on March 19, 2021, will be honoured by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), an organisation of film archives and museums from across the world.
Amitabh
Bachchan
on
March
19,
2021,
will
be
honoured
by
the
International
Federation
of
Film
Archives
(FIAF),
an
organisation
of
film
archives
and
museums
from
across
the
world.
According
to
Variety,
filmmakers
Martin
Scorsese
and
Christopher
Nolan
will
be
presenting
the
award
to
Big
B
through
a
virtual
ceremony.
Interestingly,
Martin
Scorsese
and
Christopher
Nolan
have
been
previous
recipients
of
the
award
as
well.
Big
B
will
be
honoured
for
his
contribution
to
the
preservation
of
and
access
to
the
world's
film
heritage,
for
the
benefit
of
present
and
future
generations.
Reports
also
revealed
that
Bachchan
was
nominated
by
the
FIAF-affiliate
Film
Heritage
Foundation,
an
Indian
film
archival
organisation
founded
by
filmmaker
and
archivist
Shivendra
Singh
Dungarpur.
Amitabh
Bachchan
has
been
passionate
about
film
preservation
and
has
"constructively
wielded
his
influence
to
amplify
the
cause
on
a
war
footing," said
Dungarpur.
Scorsese
in
a
statement
also
commented
on
Big
B
being
honoured
and
said,
"Amitabh
Bachchan's
advocacy
for
preserving
India's
film
legacy
has
been
exceptional."
Meanwhile,
Nolan
congratulated
Mr
Bachchan
and
added
(where),
"He
has
played
an
essential
role
in
putting
the
cause
of
film
preservation
on
the
map
in
India
and
the
subcontinent.
As
a
past
recipient
of
the
FIAF
Award,
I
know
how
imperative
it
is
that
representatives
of
the
film
industry
around
the
world
come
together
to
ensure
that
we
preserve
our
film
heritage."
Apart
from
Scorsese
(2001)
and
Nolan
(2017),
past
winners
include,
Ingmar
Bergman
(2003),
Mike
Leigh
(2005),
Hou
Hsiao-hsien
(2006),
Peter
Bogdanovich
(2007),
Rithy
Panh
(2009),
Agnes
Varda
(2013),
Jean-Pierre
and
Luc
Dardenne
(2016),
Apichatpong
Weerasethakul
(2018),
Jean-Luc
Godard
(2019),
and
Walter
Salles
(2020).