Recent Film Restorations

[Stefan Andersson]

Pordenone 2026 titles are starting to appear:
https://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en ... io-021026/

some titles:

Reigen (Oswald, 1920, DCP, 100 mins.), probably the 2022 DFF Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum restoration
https://www.stummfilm-magazin.de/aktuel ... der-reigen

Genuine (Wiene, 1920, DCP, 83 mins.), probably the 1995/96 Cineteca di Bologna/Filmarchiv des Filmmuseums München/Cinémathèque de Toulouse restoration
https://ilcinemaritrovato.it/film/genui ... en-hauses/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine#Rekonstruktion
https://removiescom.wordpress.com/2018/ ... a-vampire/

Seven Sinners (Milestone, 1925, DCP, 64 mins.), probably the 2017 restoration
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinema/sc ... 2017-02-19
https://eu.dispatch.com/story/entertain ... 617836007/
https://warnerbros.fandom.com/wiki/Seve ... 1925_film)

Update:
Daily Schedule:
https://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/wp ... ancate.pdf
Water Magician, Mizoguchi, runs 121 mins. (benshi presentation)

[guyetgenevieve]

Nitrate Kisses, 1992, dir. Barbara Hammer - new 4K restoration premiering at New York Film Festival
https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2026/films/nitrate-kisses/

[Stefan Andersson]

Pordenone 2026 titles are starting to appear:
https://www.giornatedelcinemamuto.it/en ... io-021026/

Genuine (Wiene, 1920, DCP, 83 mins.), probably the 1995/96 Cineteca di Bologna/Filmarchiv des Filmmuseums München/Cinémathèque de Toulouse restoration
https://ilcinemaritrovato.it/film/genui ... en-hauses/
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genuine#Rekonstruktion
https://removiescom.wordpress.com/2018/ ... a-vampire/



Update:
Stefan Drössler on restoring Genuine:
https://www.weimarcinema.org/essay/drossler3/

[Stefan Andersson]

"Never Trust a Woman (Ich glaub’ nie mehr an eine Frau, dir. Max Reichmann, 1930) /found/ in the UCLA Film & Television Archive /.../ combined with additional prints located in Belgium and Portugal /../ full 4K restoration in 2021-22."
Source:
an essay on lost and restored films:
https://www.weimarcinema.org/essay/seyfert/

[Stefan Andersson]

Wild Girl, Walsh, 1932, 4K MoMA restoration:
https://silver.afi.com/movies/detail/0100005649/

[andyli]

Toho's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs and Scattered Clouds will premiere in new 4K restorations at Tokyo International Film Festival.
https://2026.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/film/39007CLA01
https://2026.tiff-jp.net/en/lineup/film/39007CLA02

In other restoration news, Hasegawa's The Man Who Stole the Sun received a 4K restoration from IMAGICA (image) & TOHO archive (sound) and will premiere in October.
https://taiyo-wo-nusunda-otoko-4k.toho-movie.jp/

[Stefan Andersson]

The Water Magician, Mizoguchi, 122 mins.:
"4K digital restored version based on a 35mm internegative created in 1999 based on multiple 16mm prints. /.../ 20fps for a more natural projection speed"'
https://2026.tiff-jp.net/ja/lineup/film/39007CLA10

Shin Heike Monogatari, Mizoguchi:
"In 2004, the film was digitally restored through a joint project between the National Film Center (now the National Film Archive of Japan) and what was then Kadokawa Pictures."
https://www.nfaj.go.jp/program/tiff-nfaj202610-11/