Naman Ramachandran Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan will be the 2021 recipient of the annual award presented by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF).The FIAF Award was introduced in 2001, when it was presented to Martin Scorsese for his film archival efforts.
It has since recognized personalities from outside the archival scene who have worked to advocate the cause of film preservation.Past winners include Ingmar Bergman (2003), Mike Leigh (2005), Hou Hsiao-hsien (2006), Peter Bogdanovich (2007), Rithy Panh (2009), Agnès Varda (2013), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2016), Christopher Nolan (2017), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2018), Jean-Luc Godard (2019), and Walter Salles (2020).The award will be conferred upon Bachchan in a.
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