IN CONVERSATION 2026

Special Guests

For the 14th edition of the Market of the Festival Lumière, three leading figures from the world of cinema will be in Lyon to share their perspectives on the audiovisual industry and the major transformations it is undergoing today, particularly in the fields of film preservation, digital innovation, education, new models of distribution and exploitation, and the future of the industry.

CHARLOTTE BARKER

Senior Director, Film Restoration and Preservation – Paramount Pictures

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Tuesday, October 13, from 11:30am to 12:30pm
Conference Room

Charlotte Barker is the Senior Director of Film Restoration and Preservation at Paramount Pictures, where she has worked since 2005 and has led the studio’s restoration program since 2019. She oversees a team dedicated to safeguarding and revitalizing Paramount’s motion picture legacy, with major projects including White Christmas, To Catch a Thief, Sunset Boulevard and Dragonslayer. Under her leadership, Paramount’s restoration of Sunset Boulevard received the first DEG EnTech Award for Technology Innovation in Film Restoration in 2025; in 2023, her team earned the inaugural Hollywood Professional Association Award for Best Restoration for The Godfather. Charlotte is one of the leading historians on the VistaVision widescreen process and is currently writing the definitive book on the subject.

PAOLO MORETTI

Director of the Cinema Department – École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL)
Director – Les Cinémas du Grütli
Programmer and Head of Film Fund – Fondazione Prada

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Wednesday, October 14, from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Conference Room

Paolo Moretti is Director of the Cinema Department at ECAL in Lausanne, Director of the Grütli Cinemas in Geneva, Film Curator and Head of the Film Fund at Fondazione Prada in Milan. From 2018 to 2022, he served as General Delegate of the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. He previously directed the La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival and worked with institutions including the Venice Film Festival, Centre Pompidou, Cinéma du Réel, FIDMarseille, Visions du Réel, Filmoteca Española and Cinemateca Portuguesa.

SHIVENDRA SINGH DUNGARPUR

Founder Director – Film Heritage Foundation
Festival Director – MAMI Mumbai Film Festival
Filmmaker, archivist

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Thursday, October 15, from 11:30am to 12:30pm
Conference Room

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is the Founder Director of Film Heritage Foundation, a non-profit organization of international repute based in India dedicated to the preservation of India’s film heritage, and the Festival Director of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, one of India’s premier festivals. An acclaimed filmmaker and producer, he has also created numerous award-winning commercials and documentaries under the banner of his production house, Dungarpur Films. In June 2025, Shivendra was conferred the Vittorio Boarini Award by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, recognizing his exceptional contribution to the preservation, restoration and dissemination of cinema as cultural heritage.