LYON, France — Andrea Kalas , Vice President of Media and Archival Services at Iron Mountain and one of the field’s most influential voices, delivered the keynote at this year’s Marché International du Film Classique ( MIFC ), running alongside the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon, France.

Throughout a career spanning more than three decades, from her early days at UCLA Film & Television Archive, to the British Film Institute, Paramount Pictures, and now Iron Mountain, Kalas has helped design three sub-zero vaults to protect the fragile legacy of nitrate and acetate film stock – the frozen heart of cinema history.

At Iron Mountain, the company’s work goes far beyond celluloid. “We’re helping our clients advocate for their archives,” she said, describing a mission that spans not jus

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