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Débora Butruce is an audiovisual preservationist, researcher, cultural producer and independent curator. She has been dedicated to audiovisual preservation field since 2001 and has worked in the main heritage institutions in Brazil, such as Cinemateca do MAM-Rio, Arquivo Nacional, Centro Técnico Audiovisual and in projects with Cinemateca Brasileira. She has a PhD in Media and Audiovisual Processes from University of São Paulo (Brazil), focusing her dissertation on film restoration in Brazil and the incorporation of digital restoration technology in the 21st century. She was a Visiting Scholar at NYU in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program. Débora has experience as curator and film programmer. She did special programs for film festivals such as Interfilm – Berlin International Short Film Festival, Santa Maria da Feira Film Festival (Portugal), World Cinema Amsterdam, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Janela Internacional de Cinema do Recife and others. She is the founder and curator of the International Home Movies Festival, the first edition of which was held in 2021. Débora is currently the president of the Brazilian Association of Audiovisual Preservation (ABPA).