A very good thread!
Borowczyk´s Story of Sin restored:
http://www.nfk-distribution.org/index.p ... =34&idf=53 - scroll down for e-mail address to a sales outfit (?)
Older Polish films screened at the 2015 Gdynia Film Festival - must be some restos among them:
http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/program ... ssics.htmlhttp://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/program ... nings.htmlEarly Has:
http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/program ... loved.htmlPre-war:
http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/program ... sures.htmlArchive:
http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/wirtualny_festiwal/Wajda´s Popioly restored including what seems to be all or most of the censor cuts:
http://www.digitalvision.se/fixafilm-re ... the-ashes/http://www.fixafilm.pl/en/project/51/https://www.arri.com/news/news/risen-from-the-ashes/http://www.zebrafilm.pl/filmy/65-popiolyhttp://www.portalfilmowy.pl/wydarzenia, ... -obok.htmlhttp://bluedvd.pl/popioly-booklet-blu-ray.htmlVarious Polish films:
http://www.restoration.fixafilm.pl/en/portfolio/Pagnol´s Marseilles trilogy:
http://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewtop ... &start=195http://www.cinematheque.fr/video/656.htmlRestos shown at the 2015 Cannes festival:
http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/Canne ... s2015.html - click on a title, sometimes there is a press kit
Duvivier´s Panique has been announced for a French DVD/Blu release, no English subs
The French National Film Centre has an ongoing multi-year film resto program. It regularly gives financial support to restorations of individual films:
http://www.cnc.fr/web/fr/resultats-du-groupe-expertsA great source of info for French restos
-click on "résultats 2015" (and earlier) for recent restoration decisions. Text is in French but individual films are quite easy to identify.
-"Liste globale des longs métrages aidés" = General list of features given financial support
The Cinematheque Francaise has a new Gance/Napoleon resto underway:
http://www.cinematheque.fr/article/661.htmlhttp://www.cinematheque.fr/article/662.htmlhttp://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/3 ... try4227268Check posts 4864/5/6/, including original press release and video of before/after comparisons
http://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.p ... 06#p147116The 2015 Giornate del Cinema Muto Festival - silent film festival in Italy:
http://www.cinetecadelfriuli.org/gcm/al ... _pre_w.pdfIncl. Les Misérables (1925), Ramona
http://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en ... taurati-5/http://www.immagineritrovata.it/it/Les Misérables (1925):
http://www.dvdclassik.com/critique/les- ... s-fescourtScorsese reports restorations underway of Whale´s The Road Back and Lubitsch´s Rosita:
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/ ... sese.shtmlPathé, France, tweeted in August 2015 about restoring La Belle Équipe. The original, pessimistic ending, has been found.
http://festival.ilcinemaritrovato.it/en ... -equipe-2/Report on recently shown ongoing restos of unfinished Orson Welles films:
http://www.wellesnet.com/4-nights-of-un ... t-at-moma/http://www.wellesnet.com/dark-voyages-t ... dead-calm/http://www.wellesnet.com/stefan-droessl ... on-welles/Each issue of Film Comment Magazine has a Restoration Row column listing recent resto projects. Not available online. From recent listings I remember To Sleep wth Anger and City of the Dead (1960):
http://www.filmcomment.com/issue/novemb ... mber-2015/Cohen Media Group regularly releases remastered films on Bluray. Seems a good idea to include those here:
http://www.cohenfilmcollection.net/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... JZqY7E7lsOTaviani Collection, upcoming on Blu - Padre padrone, Night of Shooting Stars, Kaos - trailer:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=17274Sandrine Veysset´s wonderful Will it Snow for Christmas? restored -- upcoming on Blu from Carlotta (French HOH subs only):
http://www.carlottavod.com/fiche/y-aura ... uct_blurayFeyder´s Visages d´Enfants:
http://www.silentfilm.org/archive/the-m ... ves-cinemaIt´s been released on DVD in the US earlier. This is a new scan of the original negative, plus parts of a 1993 resto.