San Francisco Film Preserve
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SFFP's mission is to restore, preserve, and provide access to the world’s cinematic heritage, ensuring that films—of all genres and eras—remain accessible for future generations. https://linktr.ee/sffilmpreserve
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
Hope I can fit this into my vacation that week!
San Francisco Film Preserve@sffilmpreserve.bsky.social · 2w agoMark 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
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
🎬 RE:VISION 2026 — PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS We announced Re:Vision: Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery yesterday, and honestly, this is only the beginning. Here’s a closer look at four of the programs already in the lineup: 🎞️ Angie Chen’s remarkable MY NAME AIN’T SUZIE (Hong Kong, 1985) 1/5
Oh, boy! Look what @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social has got cooking!! #FilmSky filmpreserve.org/revision/
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Re:Vision: Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery September 24-27, Roxie Theater, San Francisco Archivists worldwide work tirelessly to preserve and provide access to every kind of moving image mater...
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🎬 BIG NEWS! San Francisco Film Preserve is bringing the inaugural Re:Vision: Festival of Restoration and Rediscovery to the historic Roxie Theater from September 24–27! filmpreserve.org/rev... 1/5
Become an SFFP member today. 🎥 🎞️ filmpreserve.org/memberships Your membership supports SFFP’s work to preserve, restore, and share cinema history while giving you exclusive access to members-only streaming, special events, and so much more. Films like SUNRISE don’t endure by chance.
🎬 Online with SFFP: A Case Study in DE-EVOLUTION — Restoring the Films of DEVO 📅 Friday, August 14 | 12:00–1:00 pm PST Before there was streaming, there was static — and DEVO turned that static into art. 1/5
🌺 This month’s member screening: HULA (1927) 🌺 Clara Bow lights up the screen as “Hula” Calhoun, the wayward daughter of a Hawaiian estate owner, in this raucous silent gem from director Victor Fleming (yes, the same Fleming behind THE WIZARD OF OZ and GONE WITH THE WIND). 1/3
After its world premiere at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna this June, our restoration of SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS is coming home to the U.S. Mark your calendars: Tuesday, August 4 at 7:00 p.m. at MoMA. 1/6
🎬 What to Watch: JANE’S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1915) Some things never change: a strong-willed daughter, a disapproving father, and true love that won’t be denied. In this charming 1915 short, Jane is determined to marry her soldier fiancé, no matter what stands in her way. 1/3
🎬 Miss any episodes of ONLINE WITH SFFP? Our free monthly virtual series dives into cinema history, film preservation and restoration, forgotten gems, and everything in between, all with expert guests who know their stuff. 1/3
A restored, decadent silent epic, streaming through July 10. FOOLISH WIVES (1922), Erich von Stroheim’s “Million Dollar Picture,” is streaming on SFFP’s site exclusively for members. Join today and get immediate access to the film! 1/3
7,000(!) people. One historic piazza. A live orchestra under the stars. That’s how the definitive restoration of F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS made its world premiere on June 20 at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna... 1/6
The latest edition of the @fiaf.bsky.social Bulletin is out! Catch up on all the latest from the #filmarchive community. Better yet, you’ll find SFFP updates on pages 25 & 26, including a nice introduction to and photo of our newest team member, Elise! 📰 READ IT HERE: www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/00...
More stunning photos from the SUNRISE premiere at Il Cinema Ritrovato! We can’t stop looking at these. 😍 1/2
What a night on the piazza in Bologna. 🌅 Thank you to the extraordinary audience at Il Cinema Ritrovato who joined us for the world premiere of our 4K restoration of F.W. Murnau’s masterpiece SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS.
Happy world premiere day! It’s nearly time for the most beautiful SUNRISE you ever did see. 🌅 👉 ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/eventi/su...
We’re one day away from the world premiere of our 4K restoration of F.W. Murnau’s masterpiece SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS! Here’s one more sneak peek. 👀 👉 ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/eventi/su...
German Expressionism gave director F.W. Murnau a radical tool: the camera as a window into the human psyche. In this shot from SUNRISE, cinematographers Charles Rosher & Karl Struss layer images of the City Woman (Margaret Livingston) over, above & through George O’Brien from multiple angles at once
It’s almost time for the big reveal! On June 20, our 4K restoration of F.W. Murnau’s “SUNRISE” makes its world premiere at Il Cinema Ritrovato. Nearly a century after it first stunned audiences, this silent masterpiece returns sharper, richer, and more radiant than ever. Here’s a sneak peek! 👀🌅
Missed last Friday’s ONLINE WITH SFFP? Catch “First Women of Hollywood” now on YouTube. June’s edition of our free, monthly online series welcomed historian Mary Mallory for a deep dive into the women who built the silent film industry from the ground up. 1/4
