PELECHIAN PROJECT (Land of the People, The Beginning, We, The Inhabitants, Seasons)
Artavazd Pelechian
1966-1975, 1h30, Armenia / Belarus / Russia
A presentation of Coproduction Office restored in partnership with Cineteca di Bologna under Artavazd Pelechian’s supervision.
4K scanning took place at Public Television Company of Armenia, except for The Inhabitants which was scanned in 2K at Belarusfilm in Minsk.
Restoration and color grading were carried out by L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.
In association with: Cinema Foundation of Armenia, Public Television Company of Armenia, VGIK and Belarusfilm. Additional support by: ZDF/ARTE, ArMa Media Production LLC, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. French Distributor: Potemkine Films.
Screening in the presence of director and documentary filmmaker Artavazd Pelechian.
SIERRA DE TERUEL (Espoir)
André Malraux
1938, 1h30, France
A presentation by the CNC, Library of Congress, Cinémathèque française, Grands films classiques, and André Malraux’s succession.
4k digitalization of nitrate elements was made by the CNC and the Library of Congress; restoration and color grading of André Malraux’s film was conducted by the CNC laboratory. Audio restoration and subtitles were carried out by Transperfect Media.
Screening in the presence of Olivier Henrard, Deputy Managing Director of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC) and André Malraux’s family.
MOONLIGHTING
Jerzy Skolimowski
1982, 1h37, United Kingdom
Restoration in 4K presented by mk2 Films and Goldcrest Films International carried out by Digital Orchard Group and Goldcrest Post London. The restoration has been supervised by the DoP Tony Pierce Roberts. French Distributor: Potemkine Films.
Screening in the presence of director Jerzy Skolimowski and his wife and producer Ewa Piaskowska.
METTI UNA SERA A CENA (Love Circle)
Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
1968, 2h05, Italy
Restored by SND (M6 Group) with participation of Cineteca Nazionale (Roma). Work was done by Image Retrouvée in 4k, using the original image negative and sound negative. French Distributor: Les Films du Camélia.
Screening in the presence of film screenwriter Dario Argento, director, screenwriter and producer.
AMMA ARIYAN (Report To Mother)
John Abraham
1986, 1h66, India
Presented and restored by Film Heritage Foundation at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Odessa Collective. Funding provided by Film Heritage Foundation. Special thanks to cinematographer Venu ISC and editor Bina Paul. 4K restoration completed using one of the only two surviving prints: the first-generation 35mm release print preserved at the NFDC - National Film Archive of India.
Screening in the presence of Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation, lead actor Joy Mathew, cinematographer Venu ISC and editor Bina Paul.
BAWANG BIEJI (Farewell my Concubine)
Kaige Chen
1993, 2h51, Hong-Kong
4K restoration. Special Thanks to Tomson Group Limited and Carlotta Films.
Screening in the presence of the actress Gong Li.
CZŁOWIEK Z ŻELAZA (Man of Iron)
Andrzej Wajda
1981, 2h33, Poland
A WFDiF Presentation. Człowiek z żelaza is presented in the film’s photographed aspect ratio of 1:1.37, preserved as intended by director Andrzej Wajda. This new 4K restoration was sourced from a 4K scan of the 35mm original camera negative. The colour grading for this restoration was based on a reference positive print and supervised by experienced cinematographer Grzegorz Kędzierski.
The high-definition transfer was created using state-of-the-art restoration processes to preserve the film’s historical and artistic integrity. Color Grading: Ewa Chudik at WFDiF. Digital image restoration: WFDiF.
The 5.1 surround audio mix was created from the original 35mm magnetic tracks, with audio restoration completed from the original sound elements to ensure the highest possible fidelity.
This restored digital version of Człowiek z żelaza was undertaken by WFDiF from original archival elements, preserving one of the most significant works of Polish cinema for contemporary audiences.
Screening in the presence of lead actress Krystyna Janda, production designer Allan Starski, and costume designer Wiesława Starska.
EVA (Eve)
Maria Plyta
1953, 1h30, Greece
Presented by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project.
Restored by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and the Cineteca di Bologna at the L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Alatas Films and Betty-Despoina Kaklamanidou and in cooperation with the Greek Film Archive. Restoration funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.
Presented by Margaret Bodde, Margaret Bodde, Executive Director of The Film Foundation and Betty-Despoina Kaklamindou, lecturer and head of the research project Unknown Cinema of Plyta (PUC).
KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS
Ken Russell
1971, 1h54, United Kingdom / United States
From Warner Bros. Clockwork. Directed by Academy Award®-nominee Ken Russell, Ken Russell’s The Devils stars Academy Award®-winner Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed.
This new 4K restoration of Ken Russell’s masterpiece was assembled from the original camera negative. The film's sound has been remastered from original English Composite 35mm Mag Film, transferred at 96kHz, plus other original film elements in selected spots as needed.
The Picture and Sound restoration was performed by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services, Water Tower Color, and Warner Bros. Sound.
Screening in the presence of Mark Kermode, biographer of Ken Russell, and Ken Russell’s wife, the academic and researcher Elisabeth Russell.
LA CASA DEL ANGEL (The House of Angel)
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
1957, 1h16, Argentina
Presented by Argentina Sono Film. Restored in 4K by Latam Classics, Society for Audiovisual Heritage at Cubic Restoration laboratory, with the support of the Cultural Patronage Program of the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires.
The restoration was coordinated by Fernando Madedo and supervised by Luis Alberto Scalella, based on the original black-and-white 35mm camera negative and a first-generation 35mm internegative preserved in the Argentina Sono Film Archive, and a 35mm positive print from the National Cinematheque (INCAA).
Screening in the presence of Luis Alberto Scalella, President of Argentina Sono Film.
LA CIOCIARA (Two Women)
Vittorio De Sica
1960, 1h41, France / Italy
A STUDIO TF1 - TITANUS presentation
4K restoration by Titanus, based on the original image negative and the Italian mono audio negative.
The restoration was carried out at the Video Master Digital laboratory in Rome.
Screening in the presence of Pierre Olivier (Studio TF1) and Guido Lombardo (Titanus).
LA DÉRIVE (The Drift)
Paula Delsol
1964, 1h23, France
Presented by Les Acacias. 4K restoration by the Cinémathèque française, in collaboration with the CNC, with support from the Neuflize OBC Corporate Foundation. Restoration carried out at the Transperfect Media laboratory from the original 35mm picture and sound negatives.
In the presence of visual artist Élisa Fantozzi, daughter of Paula Delsol, and academic Aurore Renaut.
LA SYMPHONIE PASTORALE (Pastoral Symphony)
Jean Delannoy
1946, 1h37, France
A Studiocanal presentation. Restored in 4K using the original nitrate negative 35mm by Transperfect Media laboratory with the support of the CNC. Releases in French theaters by the end of the year with Solaris.
Screening in the presence of Céline Defremery, Head of Catalogue France, Studiocanal.
L’INNOCENTE (The Innocent)
Luchino Visconti
1976, 2h10, Italy
A Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna presentation. Restored in 4K by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna in collaboration with MFE-MEDIAFOREUROPE N.V. – RTI and StudioCanal at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory
Screening in the presence of Gian Luca Farinelli, Director of the Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna.
LU BING HUA (The Dull-Ice Flower)
Yang Li-Kuo
1989, 1h40, Taiwan
Presented and restored by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute.
Restoration funding was provided through the Ministry of Culture’s Digital Restoration and Value-added Utilisation Project of Taiwan Classical Films and Audiovisual Assets.
LU BING HUA was restored in 2K from the best surviving elements. The image was sourced from the original 35 mm negative, while the soundtrack was reconstructed from 35 mm release prints preserved by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute.
The restoration addressed a wide range of image and sound issues, including splices, dirt, mould damage, scratches, flicker, colour fading, frame instability, background noise, pops, and other audio distortions. As the surviving materials derived from different source elements, image and sound also required resynchronisation. The image restoration process included stabilisation, deflickering, dirt and scratch removal, and colour grading, while preserving the original film grain. Sound restoration focused on noise reduction and tonal balance, with particular care taken to avoid over-processing and to retain the integrity of the original soundtrack.
Screened in the presence of cinematographer Mark LEE Ping-Bing and Arthur CHU, Chairman of the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute.
MACHINE GUN KELLY
Roger Corman
1958, 1h24, United States
An Independent Film Company presentation, in association with Radial Entertainment. Restoration from original 35mm fine grain print by Film Masters. 4K digitization by Jared Gibson at George Blood Audio/Video/Film and technical support by Rick Lombardi of Telefilm. Audio restoration of the original theatrical mono track by John Keegan of Madhouse Productions. Color correction by DI Remastering Colorist Marc Wielage, CSI. DCP creation by Duplitech. Superama consulting by Jack Theakston and Bob Furmanek. Restoration supervised by Philip Elliott Hopkins and Krystal Vander Ark of Film Masters. Special thanks to Julie Corman, Jordan Fields, and Scott Randolph.
Screening in the presence of producer and Roger Corman’s wife Julie Corman.
MEUWEEN STERVEN IN DE HAVEN (Seagulls Die in the Harbour)
Roland Verhavert, Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels
1955, 1h27, Belgium
A presentation by the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique – CINEMATEK, produced with the assistance of B-architecten, Marcel Van Put, RITCS, the School of Arts at Erasmushogeschool Bruxelles, Belspo – the Belgian Science Policy Office, and with the support of the Loterie Nationale.
Restoration from the original 35mm negatives preserved in the collections of the Cinémathèque royale de Belgique, where the film was digitized in 4K.
Screening in the presence of actor Matthias Schoenaerts, son of actor Julien Schoenaerts, CINEMATEK curator Tomas Leyers, and RITCS professor Wouter Hessels.
SUGATA SANSHIRO
Akira Kurosawa
1943, 1h31, Japan
A presentation and digital restoration by TOHO Global Inc. and TOHO CO., LTD.
The 4K restored version was produced by Toho Archives Co., Ltd. using the existing 35mm master positive print and 35mm duplicate negative. Images and sound respectively digitized by SCANSTATION and SONDOR RESONANCES. This new DCP includes a 12-minute sequence that had been lost for many years, from its initial release until recently.
French distributor: Carlotta Films
Screening in the presence of Shion Komatsu (TOHO Global) and Thierry Frémaux.
TILAÏ
Idrissa Ouedraogo
1990, 1h21, Burkina Faso / Switzerland / France
Presented by Waka Films.
A new 4K-restored version from the original negative. Digital and photo chemical works carried out by the Cité de Mémoire laboratory, supervised by Denis Garcia and Silvia Voser, on the account of the Institut français - Cinémathèque Afrique.
Screening in the presence of Nora Ouedraogo, daughter of Idrissa Ouedraogo, and producer Silvia Voser.
THE STRANGER
Orson Welles
1945, 1h35, United States
4K restoration led by Cinematheque française and the Library of Congress in collaboration with Amazon MGM Studios, using the original negative and sound negative at the TransPerfect Media laboratory.
Restoration received the support of TransPerfect Media.
Screening in the presence of Frédéric Bonnaud, General Manager of the
