Il Cinema Ritrovato is nothing if not inspiring. Returning home from Bologna after another jam-packed edition of the festival, many film programmers and enthusiasts will hopefully come away with their eyes sparkling, their minds buzzing, and as Gian Luca Farinelli put it in his closing remarks in Piazza Maggiore, with a restored faith in the world and its future. It was during these moments of digestion post-festival that the idea came to both Mark Cosgrove and Geoff Gardner to set up events in their home countries inspired by what they had experienced in Bologna: Cinema Rediscovered in the UK and Cinema Reborn in Australia.