The International Documentary Association (IDA), a Golden Globe Foundation grantee, is hosting a vital workshop to help filmmakers protect their work from the many threats that can compromise film preservation. Co-presented with fellow Golden Globe Foundation grantees Women In Film, Outfest, and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, alongside Digital Bedrock, this event is designed to provide hands-on strategies for ensuring that independent films not only survive but thrive for generations to come.
Event Details
- Date: Friday, September 12, 2025
- Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Location: International Documentary Association, 3600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1810, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Why Future-Proofing Matters
Whether shot on celluloid, video, or digital, films face a wide range of preservation challenges. Fires, floods, failed hard drives, disappearing cloud storage, vinegar syndrome, and mold have all been responsible for destroying irreplaceable creative work. This workshop will prepare filmmakers with the tools, knowledge, and practical protocols needed to prevent such disasters.
Through a mix of real-world case studies—both cautionary tales and success stories—participants will learn specific techniques for ensuring their films stand the test of time. The session promises to be not just educational, but inspiring, as it highlights the importance of protecting one’s creative legacy.
Speaker Bios
Sandra Schulberg
Sandra Schulberg has devoted her career to producing, distributing and saving indie films. Founding director of the IFP (now Film Independent), she also co-founded First Run Features. Movies she co-financed include Sundance Grand Prize-winner Waiting for the Moon, Camera d’Or-winner Northern Lights, Oscar-nominated Quills. In 2010, she launched the IndieCollect campaign to rescue, restore and re-release important American indie films that are at risk of going extinct. IndieCollect has saved thousands of negatives, helped dozens of filmmakers inventory and archive their work, and restored almost 90 films. Besides securing high-profile premieres (at Academy Museum, Museum of Modern Art, New York Film Festival, Cannes Classics, SXSW, etc.), IndieCollect launched a new restoration film festival in 2024 — RescueFest.
Linda Tadic
Linda Tadic is Founder/CEO of Digital Bedrock, a managed digital preservation service that preserves the works of independent filmmakers, studios, museums, artists, and archives. Her over 35 years’ experience includes positions at HBO, the Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, and Pacific Film Archive. Linda is also a filmmaker; her films are in the collection at Pacific Film Archive. Linda strongly believes in sharing information and knowledge on film, video, and digital preservation, and has taught in graduate programs at UCLA and NYU.
A Shared Commitment to Independent Filmmakers
The Golden Globe Foundation is proud to support IDA, Women In Film, Outfest, and NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, organizations that consistently empower, educate, and uplift independent creators. Together with partners like Digital Bedrock, this workshop embodies a shared mission: ensuring that independent films—and the diverse voices behind them—are preserved, protected, and celebrated.
For filmmakers, this is more than just a workshop—it is a call to action to secure the future of their creative legacy.
