Recent Film Restorations

[jmj713]

Does anyone know of a restoration and a possible director's cut of Lady Beware? Who even owns the rights?

The Ginger Rogers film or the Diane Lane one?

I meant the latter from 1987.

[JamesF]

Does anyone know of a restoration and a possible director's cut of Lady Beware? Who even owns the rights?

The Ginger Rogers film or the Diane Lane one?

I meant the latter from 1987.

I don't believe anyone has announced they're working on one, no. It was produced by Scotti Bros so is probably owned by MGM/Amazon.

[Markantony]

Mr Flower, slightly off-topic, but given there’s a 4K master of “The Name of the Rose”, released in Europe, do you think there’s any chance of Arrow getting the rights/know whose got them in the UK if already snaffled?

[qw0aszx]

Edward Yang's That Day, on the Beach is getting a re-release in Japan with the new 4K restoration, licensed from Fortune Star. This film is part of the Golden Princess library and majority of the rights for international region (apart from some Asia territories) are in Shout Factory now.

[Stefan Andersson]

Schedule for the 2026 UCLA Festival of Preservation:
https://cinema.ucla.edu/series/2026-ucl ... eservation
Includes de Toth´s The Other Love (1947), restored and with the original, longer ending previously shown only in premiere and preview screenings.

[andyli]

Metrograph is showing a 4K restoration of The Headless Woman with the director's Q&A on April 25th.

[Stefan Andersson]

The Hot Rock, 1972, 4K:
https://metrograph.com/film/?vista_film_id=9999004791

[Stefan Andersson]

Bel Ami, Willi Forst, 1939:
https://www.dff.film/kino/kinoprogramm/ ... e-digital/

2026 Internationale Stummfilmtage, Munich:
Hintertreppe, Jessner - new restoration
Marie Harder’s films “Der Weg einer Proletarierin” and “Lohnbuchhalter Kremke”, the latter newly restored by Deutsche Kinemathek
https://www.weimarcinema.org/
https://silentfilm.org/event/bookkeeper-kremke/

Stefan Drössler on restoring The Joyless Street:
https://www.weimarcinema.org/essay/Drossler2

[Calvin]

The Spirit of the Beehive

[qw0aszx]

The Spirit of the Beehive

Just inquired about this version and Video Mercury told me that there isn't a new restoration for this title and there seems to be some misunderstanding from Asian Film Archive. They provided the same HD restoration to them.

[Stefan Andersson]

Floating Life, Clara Law, 4K:
https://asianfilmarchive.org/event-cale ... life-1996/

Tainted Horseplay (Kopytem sem, kopytem tam), Věra Chytilová, 1988:
https://www.kviff.com/en/news/5645-kvif ... -horseplay

[Stefan Andersson]

Not exactly film restoration, but film preservation - a crowdfunding effort (goal reached) to preserve The Saga of William S. Hart (Blackhawk):
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=38792
The film "contains film footage from many Hart films which are now considered lost."

[Stefan Andersson]

Doktor Satansohn, 1916, starring Ernst Lubitsch, 44 min. new tinted reconstruction by Filmmuseum München
Backstairs (Die Hintertreppe, 1921), Jessner, 49 mins. new tinted reconstruction
https://www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/fi ... lmtage.pdf

[Calvin]

New restorations of Patrick Tam's Final Victory and Tsai Ming-liang's Vive l'amour at HKIFF

[andyli]

Vive l'amour has been touring the festival circuit since premiering at Venice Classics last year. Hope they follow suit and restore other early Tsai films in 4K!

[Stefan Andersson]

Don Juan et Faust (L´Herbier, 1922) restored by CNC:
https://www.fondation-jeromeseydoux-pat ... event/2228

[Stefan Andersson]

The Hummingbird (Sidney Olcott, 1924) w/ Gloria Swanson, restored:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/ ... 1777582974

[Stefan Andersson]

Stefan Drössler on restoring The Joyless Street:
https://www.weimarcinema.org/essay/Drossler2

Update:
this restoration is a digital one, different than the one on the Edition Filmmuseum DVD; made for the film´s 100th anniversary and featuring digitally optimized "exposure values and grading frame by frame. Besides, a more differentiated concept for tinting the scenes was developed. Compared to the analog 35mm color prints produced using the Desmet method, image quality was significantly improved. The stark differences among the various source materials were minimized through extensive digital retouching, and many shots in which individual frames had been lost during analog printing transitions were completed. The intertitles were revised once again and newly typeset in a font closely approximating one of the original typefaces. /.../ Of the film’s original length, just under 500 meters—approximately twenty minutes—remain missing. Much of this difference may be attributable not to missing scenes but to substantially longer intertitles, necessary to ensure readability at the elevated projection speeds used in premiere cinemas."

The German censorship card with original intertitles remain missing.

[Stefan Andersson]

Der Skandal in Baden-Baden (1928) w/ Brigitte Helm, restored by the Murnau Stiftung from OCN in 4K, with a new score.
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuel ... aden-baden
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuel ... -livemusik

Restoration excerpt:
https://www.filmportal.de/node/41647/video/2182899
According to onscreen restoration info, four seconds of censored footage, plus an intertitle rewritten for censorship reasons, are now both reinstated in original form.

[Stefan Andersson]

Shout! has restored A Room With a View:
https://www.americangenrefilm.com/theat ... th-a-view/

[Aunt Peg]

Saw a restoration of Esben Storm's brilliant In Search of Anna (1978) tonight.

Director Haydn Kennan did a talk after the film and said that the print shown still needed some minor work including the sound. I did notice that the sound seemed out of sync some times but not distracting. He expects the final restoration touches to be completed in the coming months and hopes to have the film re-released.

There was a good crowd for it's only screening at the Cinema Reborn Film Festival in Sydney. He also mentioned it was the first time the film had been seen since it released back in 1979 where is was a commercial failure as the local distributor didn't know what to do with the film.

From my recollections both In Search of Anna and Jim Sharman's The Night, The Prowler (1978) meet similar fates. Both were ready for release in 1978 but the distributor Greater Union Organisation simply didn't know what to do with them and they were ironically released in June/July 1979 at the Pitt Centre in Sydney with Sharman's film running 2 weeks and Storms running 3 weeks.

At least the Sharman film has still been in circulation on film, VHS & DVD over the years and received international distribution. In Search of Anna disappeared. I can't recall a VHS release to be honest.

Anyway, great to see it back and we are so lucky to have it. The original negative was unusable but thankfully there was a dupe and that is what the restoration has been taken from. Haydn also mentioned that the Australian National Film and Sound Archive were not remotely interested in restoration ay of Esben Storm's films which I personally think is a disgrace given Australian has not really made very many films over the years.

Anyway, In Search of Anna is as fresh and inventive as it was back in 1979 and holds up perfectly in every respect.

[Calvin]

The BFI Southbank Ritwik Ghatak retrospective includes eight 4K restorations, including a newer restoration of A River Called Titas than the one included in Criterion's World Cinema Project set

[okcmaxk]

From the Cannes Classics announcement:

KEN RUSSELL'S THE DEVILS
Ken Russell
1971, 1h54, United Kingdom/United States
A presentation by Warner Bros. Clockwork.

New 4K restoration made from the original camera negative. Sound remastered from the original 35mm Mag Film Composite, transferred to 96kHz. Image and sound restoration by Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services, Water Tower Color, and Warner Bros. Sound.

In attendance: Mark Kermode, biographer of Ken Russell, and the wife of Ken Russell, academic and researcher Elisabeth Russell.

[yoloswegmaster]

Not sure why you didn't link the entire lineup for Cannes Classics, but here it is:

Spoiler

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, 1h55, 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)
Chen Kaige
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, Pologne

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, États-Unis

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 Cinémathèque française.

[yoloswegmaster]

Outside of the big news about The Devils, glad to see that Toho are restoring the lesser Kurosawa titles. Also glad to see Man of Iron being restored.