^[3] To all the films we have lost: visualizing Britain’s most sought-after films

The history of the seventh art is largely a history of loss: it's estimated that among 75% and 90% of silent films have gone lost, and even a considerable number of more recent operas have suffered a similar sad destiny.

An interesting initiative to approach the issue has been undertaken by the British Film Institute↗, which in 2010 published the list of the 75 most sought-after British featured films classified as "missing, believed lost". In the last 12 years, this call to action led to rediscovering various movies and inspired other archives worldwide. This visualization explores the list offering an overview of what is still lacking and what is now, fully or partially, visible.

The project is part of a broader exploration of the representation of missing data - like Objects Left Behind.

Featured in issue 9 of Market Cafe Magazine↗