ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project

ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project
Established2011; 13 years ago (2011)
ChairLeo Katigbak
AddressELJ Communications Center, Eugenio Lopez Drive, Diliman, Quezon City
Location
Philippines

ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project or also known as Sagip Pelikula, is a digital film restoration project of ABS-CBN Corporation in partnership with Central Digital Lab. The project is headed by Leo Katigbak of ABS-CBN Film Archives and Manet Dayrit of Central Digital Lab. The goal of the project is to digitally restore and remaster select Filipino films from the archives of ABS-CBN.

Since the beginning of the project in 2011, the project has successfully digitized, restored, and remastered over one hundred Filipino films into a 1080p or 2K Digital Cinema Package format with a maximum resolution of 2048x1080 pixels at 24 frames per second. These films have been released through a wide array of platforms including limited theatrical runs, film festivals, free-to-air and cable television, DVDs, pay per view, and over-the-top content platforms such as iTunes.[1] All of the restoration process are done by Central Digital Lab in the Philippines with the exception of Kakabakaba Ka Ba? and Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos which were commissioned by ABS-CBN to be restored abroad by L’Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy and was supervised by Davide Pozzi. All copyrights to the films restored and remastered are owned in perpetuity by ABS-CBN.[2]

On August 31, 2020, the film restoration project unit downsized its operations as part of the retrenchment by the company after its new legislative franchise for the company's broadcasting operations was denied by the House of Representatives.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ Cruz, Marinel (April 14, 2016). "Over 100 Filipino classic films restored". Inquirer.net.
  2. ^ Don Jaucian (April 7, 2017). "Rescuing the lost heritage of Philippine cinema". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  3. ^ Avendaño, Christine O. (July 19, 2020). "Final cut: Film 'rescue' unit among casualties of ABS-CBN shutdown". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. ^ Cruz, Marinel (July 23, 2020). "Devastating effects of ABS-CBN's Film Restoration and Archives group shutdown". Inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Chua, Zsarlene B. (July 21, 2020). "ABS-CBN Film Restoration unit to shut down". BusinessWorld. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  6. ^ Lago, Amanda T. (July 23, 2020). "After ABS-CBN shutdown, 'Sagip Pelikula' faces uncertain future". Rappler. Retrieved August 8, 2020.