Serge Bromberg isn’t the only one who collects, archives and restores rare films. What sets him apart from his peers is that he doesn’t hide the celluloid reels away, saving them for audiences that may never materialize.
Instead, he takes great joy in showing them: “I show films now so that actual, living human beings can embrace the traditions of cinema, as well as the individual works.”
Bromberg, who lives in Paris and is the founder of , was given the Lifetime Achievement Award during the festival’s opening-night gala at the Seawell Ballroom on Sept. 21.
Paul and Sue Ellen Goss chaired the gala, which also included a screening of the 1929 Academy Award-winning film “Wings,” starring Clara Bow, Buddy Rogers and Gary Cooper. Joanne Davidson
