Next three rare Len Lye films at Re:Vision: COLOUR FLIGHT [fragment] (9/26), THE BIRTH OF THE ROBOT (9/26), KALEIDOSCOPE (9/27). Restored by SFFP, scanned by Scan2Screen, preserved at the British Film Institute, with the Len Lye Foundation. 🌈 filmpreserve.org/revision/#program #FilmSky

She’s the star of the rowing team, about to lose it all over a secret. 8 GIRLS IN A BOAT (1934) screens at the Roxie as part of SFFP’s Re:Vision — Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery, Sun, Sept 27, 6:10 PM 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-8-girls-in-a-boat/

Before Jean Harlow was “Jean Harlow,” she stole scenes uncredited in the short film WEAK BUT WILLING (1929), screening with THE GARDEN OF EDEN at SFFP’s Re:Vision. Sept 27, 3:40 PM at the Roxie 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-the-garden-of-eden/ #FilmSky #FilmFest #JeanHarlow

What does it take to bring Len Lye’s films back to life? Join us Friday, 9/11, for ONLINE WITH SFFP as Barbara Flueckiger explores scanning & restoring his pioneering color films. 12 pm PT 👉 filmpreserve.org/event/online-with-sffp-investigating-and-scanning-len-lyes-outstanding-experimental-films/

A 1928 critic called Lewis Milestone’s THE GARDEN OF EDEN “cheap pandering to dirty-minded people.” Montreal censors cut the last reel. See it uncensored, restored, and on 35mm at SFFP’s Re:Vision film fest. Sun 9/27, 3:40 pm, Roxie Theater. 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-the-garden-of-eden #FilmSky

Watch a film that vanished for 50 years! Karen Sperling wrote, directed, produced, and starred in THE WAITING ROOM (1973), shot by a 35-woman crew on Manhattan’s Wards Island. Screens Sept 27 at the Roxie for SFFP’s Re:Vision fest. 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-the-waiting-room

TRI (Aleksandar Petrović, 1965), a landmark of New Yugoslav Film nominated for an Academy Award, screens at Re:Vision with LES ENFANTS DE LA GUERRE (Jocelyne Saab, 1976). Sunday, September 27, 11:00 AM at the Roxie. 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-tri/ #FilmSky #FilmFest

SFFP partners with San Francisco Cinematheque for CROSSROADS 2026, Program 7: “before the great palaces, everything was still.” Six international premieres screen this Sunday, Sept 6, 5 pm at Gray Area. 🎟️ tickets.grayarea.org/events/019fd8dd-9aa5-8e0d-8189-970e3d2eda56 #FilmSky #avantgarde

El Santo battles a mob of murderous lepers in the legendary “sexy” cut of LEPERS & SEX, unseen until 2022 and never screened in SF before. Part of SFFP’s Re:Vision, intro by Peter Conheim. Sat, Sept 26 at the Roxie. 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-lepers-sex-aka-santo-vs-the-riders-of-terror/ #FilmSky

Watch our before/after restoration clip from Sumitra Peries’s GEHENU LAMAI [The Girls], the first feature directed by a woman in Sri Lanka. Screens with Satyajit Ray’s TWO at Re:Vision, Sat. Sept. 26 at the Roxie. 👉 roxie.com/film/revision-gehenu-lamai-the-girls/ #FilmSky #FilmFest

ONLINE WITH SFFP: Len Lye redefined film color, hand-painting animation onto Gasparcolor, Dufaycolor & Technicolor. SFFP, Len Lye Foundation, BFI & Scan2Screen are restoring it. Free talk Sept 11, 12 pm w/ Dr. Barbara Flueckiger 👉 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ekhh0-rBQLKEMiolt5cnXA #FilmSky

THE DISLOCATION OF AMBER (Hussein Shariffe, Sudan, 1972) screens Sat 9/26, 4:20 pm at the Roxie as part of SFFP’s Re:Vision, co-presented by San Francisco IndieFest and the Sudanese Association for Northern California. 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-the-dislocation-of-amber/ #FilmSky

Watch the ARAYA trailer, then clear your evening for one of the most stunning documentaries ever made. Margot Benacerraf’s 1959 film won acclaim at Cannes but was rarely seen again. Screens 9/26 @ SFFP’s Re:Vision, co-presented by San Francisco IndieFest 🎟️ roxie.com/film/revision-araya

Golden Decade of Thai action cinema, restored. 🥋 I AM WITH A MONK (1984) stars Sombat Metanee and Sorapong Chatree in Khom Akadet's actioner. Part of SFFP's Re:Vision. Restored 2024 by the Thai Film Archive. No trailer survives, so here's the opening credits: roxie.com/film/revision-i-am-with-a-monk

SFFP is proud to partner with San Francisco Cinematheque for CROSSROADS, a festival of contemporary artist-made, global avant-garde films. Join us for ‘Program 7: before the great palaces, everything was still,’ at Gray Area on 9/6 at 5 pm. sfcinematheque.org/screening/crossroads-2026-program-7/

Six rare Len Lye films screen at Re:Vision this year. First three: RAINBOW DANCE (9/24), A COLOUR BOX (9/25), SWINGING THE LAMBETH WALK (9/26). Restored by SFFP, scanned by Scan2Screen, preserved at the British Film Institute, with the Len Lye Foundation. filmpreserve.org/revision/#program #FilmSky

IT’S HERE! The Re:Vision trailer just dropped, and we cannot contain ourselves. 🎬✨ SFFP’s first-ever film festival: 14 programs, 34 films, 18 countries, 1896 to 2008. Sept 24–27 at the Roxie. 🎟️ Tickets on sale now; SFFP members save: filmpreserve.org/revision/ #FilmSky #FilmFestival

THE OUTCASTS (1982), the 1st major Irish feature funded in 40 years, screens 9/25 at SFFP’s Re:Vision Fest. Paired w/ short WITCH (1973). Tickets/passes on sale; members save: filmpreserve.org/revision/ Co-presented by @filmpreservation.bsky.social @deafcrocodile.bsky.social #FilmSky #FilmFestival

Watch the trailer for DAKAN (1997), the first West African film to explore gay love onscreen: youtube.com/watch?v=w4RATTXGZs8. Screens with Len Lye’s COLOUR BOX & the short NANCY, HENRI, AND ELIZABETH, Sept 25 @ Roxie. 🎟️ Tickets & passes on sale now; members save: roxie.com/film/revision-dakan/

Re:Vision: Dakan

This screening will open with Len Lye’s animated short film COLOUR BOX. The film was restored by San Francisco Film Preserve and scanned utilizing Scan2Screen’s multispectral scanning technology.

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Sept. 25 at Re:Vision: Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery: THE VALLEY OF THE BEES (1968), František Vláčil’s stunning period drama, newly restored in 2025 by the Národní filmový archiv. Screens with the short ATOM OF ETERNITY. Get tickets/passes: https://filmpreserve.org/revision/#tickets

Devo built a visual language as strange as their sound, video art predating MTV. Join us tomorrow, 8/14 @ 12 pm PT for ONLINE WITH SFFP: Peter Conheim on restoring Devo’s film archive. Register: https://filmpreserve.org/event/online-with-sffp-a-case-study-in-de-evolution-restoring-the-films-of-devo/

🎬 SFFP Members: your Re:Vision discount is live! $50 off the all‑festival pass + 20% off single tickets. Not a member yet? Join to unlock it. filmpreserve.org/memberships/ Check your email for your code, or ask us to resend it. Sept 24–27, Roxie Theater. filmpreserve.org/revision 🍿

RE:VISION TICKETS ARE ON SALE! The full schedule is live: 14 screenings, 4 days, 18 countries, 11 decades of cinema, from Irish fantasy to Mexican midnight movies to American experimental film. SFFP Members save 20% on tickets, $50 on passes. https://filmpreserve.org/revision/

Every restoration is a series of choices. Join us Fri, Aug 14 at 12 pm PT for ONLINE WITH SFFP: restorer Peter Conheim on preserving Devo’s film and video archive. FREE! 👉 Register: https://filmpreserve.org/event/online-with-sffp-a-case-study-in-de-evolution-restoring-the-films-of-devo/

Members, you’re first in line. 🎬 Re:Vision festival passes go on sale today, for SFFP members only! Priority access to discounted passes before the public. #FilmSky 👉 Become a member: filmpreserve.org/memberships 📽️ More info: filmpreserve.org/revision Photo: The Outcasts, 1982; Deaf Crocodile

This close-up has outlived the country it was filmed in. 👀 Can you guess the film? One of 14 programs at the inaugural Re:Vision: Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery, Sept 24–27 at SF’s historic Roxie Theater. #FilmSky #FilmFest 👉 https://filmpreserve.org/revision/

What does it actually take to restore a beloved new wave band’s film archive? On August 14, ONLINE WITH SFFP finds out! 1/4

It took a century, six archives, and a festival full of strangers in Italy falling for it all over again. Next week, SUNRISE lands in New York. US PREMIERE — SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS 📍 The Museum of Modern Art 🕖 Tuesday, August 4, 7:00 pm 🎹 Live piano accompaniment by Makia Matsumura 1/5

Re:Vision: Festival of Restoration & Rediscovery is coming to The Roxie Theater, September 24–27 — and SFFP members get in first. Membership means primary access to festival passes and first word on programming, before anyone else hears it. 1/2

SFFP is doing such cool stuff!

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Mark your calendars: on Friday, August 14, ONLINE WITH SFFP welcomes film/media restorationist Peter Conheim for a deep dive into “A Case Study in DE-EVOLUTION: Restoring the Films of DEVO.” 1/5